# The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024, Article 2: Interpretation


(1) In this Order “the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
(2) A sentence is a “relevant sentence” for the purposes of this Order if—
(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,
(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
(c) in any other case, the term of the sentence is less than 5 years.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348262476/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-act-2003-requisite-and-minimum-custodial-periods-order-2024/article-2
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