{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-act-2003-requisite-and-minimum-custodial-periods-order-2024/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2024/9780348262476",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-act-2003-requisite-and-minimum-custodial-periods-order-2024",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order “the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003.\n(2) A sentence is a “relevant sentence” for the purposes of this Order if—\n(a) in a case where it is one of two or more consecutive sentences, the terms of those sentences are in aggregate less than 5 years,\n(b) in a case where it is one of two or more sentences which are wholly or partly concurrent, the term of each of those sentences is less than 5 years, or\n(c) in any other case, the term of the sentence is less than 5 years.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348262476/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:40:57.487089+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."
}