108 Crediting of periods of remand in custody
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (2012 c 10) | Legislation

Chapter 4
Release on Licence etc

Calculation of days to be served

108  Crediting of periods of remand in custody

(1)     Omit section 240 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (court to direct that remand time be credited towards time served).

(2)     Before section 240A of that Act insert—

“240ZA Time remanded in custody to count as time served: terms of imprisonment and detention

(1)     This section applies where—

(a)     an offender is serving a term of imprisonment in respect of an offence, and

(b)     the offender has been remanded in custody (within the meaning given by section 242) in connection with the offence or a related offence.

(2)     It is immaterial for that purpose whether, for all or part of the period during which the offender was remanded in custody,

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