Part 8Sentencing Powers and Mandatory etc Sentences
Chapter 2Consecutive Sentences
188Consecutive custodial sentences
(1)
This section applies where a court passes a qualifying custodial sentence on a person in respect of a service offence.
(2)
In this section “qualifying custodial sentence” means—
(a)
a determinate sentence of imprisonment;
F1(aa)
a determinate sentence of detention in a young offender institution;
(b)
a determinate sentence of detention under section 209; or
(3)
The court may direct—
(a)
that the sentence shall take effect from the end of any other qualifying custodial sentence that the court passes on the person on the same occasion;
(b)
that the sentence shall take effect from the end of any sentence to which this paragraph applies that was passed on the person on a previous occasion; or
(c)
that the sentence shall take effect from the date when the person is (or but for the direction would be) released from custody under any sentence to which this paragraph applies that was passed on him on a previous occasion.
(4)
Subsection (3)(b) applies to any of the following sentences, other than one from which the person has already been released early under Chapter 6 of Part 12 of the 2003 Act F4or under Part 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991—
(a)
a determinate sentence of imprisonment passed in respect of a service offence or by a civilian court in England and Wales;
F5(aa)
a determinate sentence of detention in a young offender institution passed in respect of a service offence or by a civilian court in England and Wales;
(b)
F8(ba)
a sentence of detention under section 254 of the Sentencing Code (whether or not passed as a result of section 221A of this Act);
F11(4A)
The sentences referred to in subsection (4)(a) and (aa) are to be taken to include a custodial order under—
(a)
section 71AA of the Army Act 1955 or the Air Force Act 1955 or section 43AA of the Naval Discipline Act 1957, or
(b)
paragraph 10 of Schedule 5A to the Army Act 1955 or the Air Force Act 1955 or paragraph 10 of Schedule 4A to the Naval Discipline Act 1957.
(5)
Subsection (3)(c) applies to any of the following sentences (wherever passed)—
(a)
a determinate sentence of imprisonment F12or detention in a young offender institution not falling within paragraph (a) or (aa) of subsection (4);
(b)
a sentence not falling within paragraph (b) F13, (ba) or (c) of subsection (4) but corresponding to a sentence so falling.
(6)
In subsection (1) “court” does not include a civilian court.