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Paragraph 2

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In this Schedule—

(a)

" sentence " includes any order made on conviction of an offence ;

(b)

two or more sentences for consecutive (or partly consecutive) terms shall be treated as a single sentence ;

(c)

a person shall be deemed to be detained by virtue of a sentence—

(i)

at any time when he is liable to imprisonment or detention by virtue of the sentence, but is unlawfully at large ; and

(ii)

during any period of custody by which under any relevant enactment the term to be served under the sentence is reduced ;

(d)

" Islands " means the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.