{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/section-242",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/section-242.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/44",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003",
  "path": "section/242",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "242",
  "heading": "Interpretation of sections 240ZA, 240A and 241",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of sections 240ZA, 240A and 241, the definition of “sentence of imprisonment” in section 305 applies as if for the words from the beginning of the definition to the end of paragraph (a) there were substituted—\n““sentence of imprisonment” does not include a committal—\n(a) in default of payment of any sum of money, other than one adjudged to be paid on a conviction,”;\nand references in those sections to sentencing an offender to imprisonment, and to an offender’s sentence, are to be read accordingly.\n(2) References in sections 240ZA and 241 to an offender’s being remanded in custody are references to his being—\n(a) remanded in or committed to custody by order of a court,\n(b) remanded to youth detention accommodation under section 91(4) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, or\n(c) remanded, admitted or removed to hospital under section 35, 36, 38 or 48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20).\n(3) In sections 240ZA and 240A, “detention and training order” has the meaning given by section 233 of the Sentencing Code.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 242 substituted (3.12.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 110(7), 151(1) (with Sch. 15); S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 242 inserted (3.11.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 21(6), 153; S.I. 2008/2712, art. 2, Sch. para. 1 (subject to arts. 3, 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 242(2)(b) omitted (3.12.2012) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 12 para. 51(a); S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(j) (with art. 7(2)(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 242(3) inserted (28.6.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), s. 208(5)(s), Sch. 16 para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 242(3) omitted (3.12.2012) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 12 para. 51(b); S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(j) (with art. 7(2)(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 242(2) applied (1.12.2008) by The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), s. 133B(8) (as inserted by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 61(7), 153; S.I. 2008/2993, art. 2 (subject to art. 3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 242(2)(b) modification to saving for effects of 2012 c. 10, Sch. 12 para. 51(a) by S.I. 2012/2906, art. 7(2)(3) (1.12.2020 immediately before the consolidation date (see 2020 c. 9, ss. 3, 5(2)(3) and 2020 c. 17, ss. 2, 416)) by Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Act 2020 (c. 9), s. 5(2)(3), Sch. 2 para. 138; S.I. 2012/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 242(3) modification to saving for effects of 2012 c. 10, Sch. 12 para. 51(b) by S.I. 2012/2906, art. 7(2)(3) (1.12.2020 immediately before the consolidation date (see 2020 c. 9, ss. 3, 5(2)(3) and 2020 c. 17, ss. 2, 416)) by Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Act 2020 (c. 9), s. 5(2)(3), Sch. 2 para. 138; S.I. 2012/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Pt. 12 Ch. 6 modified (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 245(1)(2)(c), 416(1) (with ss. 2, 245(3), 398(1), 406, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Pt. 12 Ch. 6 modified (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 244(1)(2)(c), 416(1) (with ss. 2, 244(3), 398(1), 406, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 242 wholly in force at 4.4.2005, see s. 336(3) and S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 19 (subject to art. 2(2), Sch. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/section/242",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:40.404644+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}