Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)

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12(1)Section 99 (conversion of sentence of detention to sentence of imprisonment) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (3), omit the words from “; and” to the end.

(3)After that subsection insert—

(3A)Where the Secretary of State gives a direction under subsection (1) above in relation to an offender serving an extended sentence of detention imposed under Chapter 5 of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003—

(a)if the sentence was imposed under section 226B of that Act, the offender shall be treated as if the offender had been sentenced under section 226A of that Act, and

(b)if the sentence was imposed under section 228 of that Act, the offender shall be treated as if the offender had been sentenced under section 227 of that Act.

(4)In subsection (5)(c), after “section” insert “226B or”.