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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-254",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "Sentencing Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020",
  "path": "section/254",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "254",
  "heading": "Extended sentence for certain violent, sexual or terrorism offences",
  "text": "An extended sentence of detention under this section is a sentence of detention the term of which is equal to the aggregate of—\n(a) the appropriate custodial term (see section 256), and\n(b) a further period (the “extension period”) for which the offender is to be subject to a licence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 254 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/section/254",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:00:57.370248+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."
}