First Group of PartsDiscipline

Part 8Sentencing Powers and Mandatory etc Sentences

Chapter 4Imprisonment for Term of Under 12 Months

Imprisonment with or without “custody plus” order

197Imprisonment with or without a custody plus order

1

Subsection (2) applies where a relevant service court—

a

imposes a sentence of imprisonment on an offender; and

b

would (apart from this section) be required by section 181(3)(b) of the 2003 Act to make a custody plus order.

2

Section 181(3)(b) of the 2003 Act shall be read as conferring on the court a power rather than a duty to make a custody plus order (but this does not affect the duty of the court under section 181(3)(a) of that Act).

3

A relevant service court may not specify in a custody plus order a requirement to be complied with outside the United Kingdom.

4

Section 219(3) of the 2003 Act (requirement to give copy of order to magistrates' court) does not apply in relation to a custody plus order made by a relevant service court.