[210A Extended sentences for] [sex, violent and terrorist offenders]
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (1995 c 46) | Legislation

[210A  Extended sentences for] [sex, violent and terrorist offenders]

[(1)     Where a person is convicted on indictment of a sexual[, violent or terrorism] offence, the court may, if it—

(a)     intends, in relation to—

(i)     a sexual offence, to pass a determinate sentence of imprisonment; or

(ii)     a violent [or terrorism] offence, to pass such a sentence for a term of four years or more;. . .

(b)     considers that the period (if any) for which the offender would, apart from this section, be subject to a [[short-term community or]] licence would not be adequate for the purpose of protecting the public from serious harm from the offender, [and

(c)     is not required by section 205ZA to impose a serious terrorism sentence of imprisonment or a serious terrorism sentence of detention,]

pass an extended sentence on the offender.

(2)     An extended sentence is a sentence of imprisonment which is the aggregate of—

(a)     the term of imprisonment (“the custodial [confinement] term”) which the court would have passed on the offender otherwise than by virtue of this section; and

(b)     a further period (“the extension period”) for which the offender is to be subject to a [short-term community or] licence [community]

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