Valid from 28/03/2009
197Imprisonment with or without a custody plus orderU.K.
(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.