# Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, Paragraph 20

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In this Schedule—
"detention and training order” includes an order under section 211 of the Armed Forces Act 2006;
“prison”, unless the context otherwise requires, includes any accommodation which is youth detention accommodation (within the meaning given by section 248(1) of the Sentencing Code), a young offenders institution, a young offenders centre and a remand centre;
“sentence of imprisonment” includes any sentence of detention (except a sentence of service detention within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006) and a sentence of custody for life under section 93 or 94 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 or section 272 or 275 of the Sentencing Code, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
“supervision” means—
(a)supervision under an order made for the purpose,
(b)supervision under a detention and training order,
(c)in the case of a person released from prison on licence, supervision under a condition contained in the licence,
(d)... or
(e)supervision under section 256B of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (supervision after release of certain young offenders serving less than 12 months).
(2) References in this Schedule to a person being remanded in custody are references to his being remanded in or committed to custody by an order of a court.
(3) In determining, in relation to any person serving a sentence of imprisonment, the time which is to be served in respect of an equivalent sentence treated as passed in another country or island, regard shall be had, not only to any time already served by him, but also to—
(a) any periods for which he has been remanded in custody, being either—
(i) periods by which his sentence falls to be reduced; or
(ii) periods which have been directed to count as time served as part of his sentence; and
(b) any early release or additional days awarded to him.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/43/schedule/1/paragraph/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-sentences-act-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-20
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