# Criminal Justice Act 1982, Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, an order for detention in a detention centre for a term which has not expired at the commencement of sections 1 to 15 above shall be treated for all purposes of detention, release and supervision as if it had been made under section 4 above.
(2) Where an order for detention of an offender in a detention centre was made before the comencement of sections 1 to 15 above and the term for which he was ordered to be so detained has not expired at the commencement of those sections, nothing in sub-paragraph (1) above shall prevent his detention in such a centre after that date.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/48/schedule/17/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1982/schedule-17/paragraph-2
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