Section 246 Effect of detention and training order made where offender has reached 18I1 C1 C2

(1)

This section applies where—

(a)

a court has power, by virtue of any enactment, to deal with a person for an offence in any way in which—

(i)

a court could have dealt with the person on a previous occasion, or

(ii)

a court could deal with the person if the person were the same age as when convicted,

(b)

in exercise of the power, the court makes a detention and training order for any term, and

(c)

the person has reached the age of 18.

(2)

The person is to be treated as if sentenced to detention in a young offender institution for the same term.

Annotations

C1: Ss. 237-248 modified by 2006 c. 52, s. 213(1)(a) (as substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 33(2) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)
C2: S. 246 modified by 2006 c. 52, s. 213(2)(b) (as substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 33(2) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)