{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/section-268",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/section-268.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/44",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003",
  "path": "section/268",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "268",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Chapter 6",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter —\n“the 1997 Act” means the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c. 43);\n“the Board” means the Parole Board;\n“fixed-term prisoner” and “fixed-term sentence” have the meaning given by section 237(1) (as extended by section 237(1B));\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n...\n“prison” and “prisoner” are to be read in accordance with section 237(2);\n...\n...\n“the supervisor”—\n(a)...\n(b)in relation to an offender subject to supervision requirements under section 256B, means the person who provides supervision under that section;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1A) In this Chapter, “the requisite custodial period” means (except where it has the meaning given by section 247A(8)) —\n(a) in relation to a person serving an extended sentence imposed under section 226A or 226B or under section 254, 266 or 279 of the Sentencing Code, the requisite custodial period for the purposes of section 246A;\n(b) in relation to a person serving an extended sentence imposed under section 227 or 228, the requisite custodial period for the purposes of section 247;\n(c) in relation to a person serving a sentence imposed under section 236A or under section 252A, 265 or 278 of the Sentencing Code, the requisite custodial period for the purposes of section 244A;\n(ca) in relation to a prisoner whose case has been referred to the Parole Board under section 244ZB, the requisite custodial period for the purposes of section 244ZC;\n(d) in relation to any other fixed-term prisoner, the requisite custodial period for the purposes of section 243A , 244 or 244ZA (as appropriate).\n(2) For the purposes of sections 243A(1A), ... 256B(1A) and 264B(1), where an offence is found to have been committed over a period of 2 or more days, or at some time during a period of 2 or more days, it must be taken to have been committed on the last of those days.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 268 renumbered as s. 268(1) (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), s. 22(1), Sch. 3 para. 23(2) (with Sch. 7 para. 2); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(u)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 268(1) substituted (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), s. 22(1), Sch. 3 para. 23(3) (with Sch. 7 para. 2); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(u)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 268: words in definition of \"fixed-term prisoner\" inserted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378(1), 383, Sch. 16 para. 227; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Definitions in s. 268 omitted (3.12.2012) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 10 para. 35; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 268(1) omitted (11.5.2026) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 5 para. 9(5)(a)(i) (with s. 34(4)(5)); S.I. 2026/402, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 268(1) omitted (11.5.2026) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 5 para. 9(5)(a)(ii) (with s. 34(4)(5)); S.I. 2026/402, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 268(1) omitted (11.5.2026) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 5 para. 9(5)(a)(iii) (with s. 34(4)(5)); S.I. 2026/402, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 268(1) inserted (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), s. 22(1), Sch. 3 para. 23(4) (with Sch. 7 para. 2); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(u)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 268(1) omitted (11.5.2026) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 5 para. 9(5)(a)(iv) (with s. 34(4)(5)); S.I. 2026/402, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "S. 268(1A) inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), ss. 14(2), 95(1) (with s. 14(7)); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in s. 268(1A) inserted (26.2.2020) by Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Act 2020 (c. 3), ss. 7(8), 10(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in s. 268(1A)(a) inserted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 238(a) (with Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in s. 268(1A)(c) inserted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 238(b) (with Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Word in s. 268(1A)(c) inserted (22.3.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), ss. 7(8)(d), 49(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "S. 268(1A)(ca) inserted (28.4.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 132(10), 208(4)(p)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Words in s. 268(1A)(d) substituted (28.6.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 130(7), 208(5)(m)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "S. 268(2) inserted (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), s. 22(1), Sch. 3 para. 23(5) (with Sch. 7 para. 2); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(u)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "Word in s. 268(2) omitted (11.5.2026) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 5 para. 9(5)(b) (with s. 34(4)(5)); S.I. 2026/402, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 268 wholly in force at 4.4.2005; s. 268 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 336(3); s. 268 in force for certain purposes at 26.1.2004 by S.I. 2003/3282, art. 2, Sch.; s. 268 in force in so far as not already in force at 4.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 19 (subject to art. 2(2), Sch. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2015/2",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/section/268",
    "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."
}