SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 23Powers to amend the Sentencing Code
PART 8Custodial sentences
Detention and training orders: end of period of supervision
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Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary of State may by regulations amend section 242 (detention and training order: period of supervision) as it has effect for the time being so as to alter the point at which the period of supervision of a detention and training order is to end.
2
The period of supervision must end no later than the end of the term of the order.
3
Regulations under this paragraph may not include provision about cases in which—
a
the offender is aged 18 or over at the half-way point of the term of the detention and training order, and
b
the order was made in respect of an offence committed on or after 1 February 2015.
4
Expressions used in this paragraph and sections 233 to 237 have the same meanings in this paragraph as in those sections.
5
For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(b), where an offence is found to have been committed—
a
over a period of 2 or more days, or
b
at some time during a period of 2 or more days,
it is to be taken to have been committed on the last of those days.
6
Regulations under this paragraph are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.
7
Subsections (4) and (6) of section 407 (general powers to make provision in regulations) do not apply to the power conferred by this paragraph.