Explanatory Notes

Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004

2004 CHAPTER 28

15 November 2004

Commentary on Sections

Part 2: Criminal Justice

Section 31: Intermittent custody

110.The provisions of section 31 and Schedule 6 ensure that those serving a sentence of intermittent custody become eligible for home detention curfew at an equivalent point in their sentence to those serving a sentence of custody plus.    Schedule 6 also inserts a new section 264A which makes separate provision for those serving consecutive sentences of intermittent custody.  As before, its effect is to ensure equivalence between the sentences of intermittent custody and custody plus.