Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014

Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)

23 (1) Section 268 (interpretation of Chapter 6) is amended as follows.

(2) The existing text is re-numbered as subsection (1).

(3) In subsection (1), in the definition of “fixed-term prisoner”, for ““fixed-term prisoner” has” substitute ““fixed-term prisoner” and “fixed-term sentence” have”.

(4) In subsection (1), at the appropriate places insert—

• ““offender subject to supervision under this Chapter” means a person who is subject to supervision requirements under section 256AA or 256B;”;

• ““supervision default order” means an order described in section 256AC(4)(c), whether made under that provision or under paragraph 9 of Schedule 19A;”;

• ““the supervision period”, in relation to an offender subject to supervision under this Chapter, has the meaning given in section 256AA or 256B (as appropriate);”;

• ““the supervisor”—

  (a)

  in relation to an offender subject to supervision requirements under section 256AA, has the meaning given in that section, and

  (b)

  in relation to an offender subject to supervision requirements under section 256B, means the person who provides supervision under that section;”.

(5) At the end insert—

“(2) For the purposes of sections 243A(1A), 256AA(1), 256B(1A) and 264B(1), where an offence is found to have been committed over a period of 2 or more days, or at some time during a period of 2 or more days, it must be taken to have been committed on the last of those days.”