# Sentencing Act 2020, Section 269: Detention in a young offender institution: consecutive sentences


(1) Where—
(a) an offender is convicted of more than one offence for which a sentence of detention in a young offender institution is available, or
(b) an offender who is serving a sentence of detention in a young offender institution is convicted of one or more further offences for which a sentence of detention in a young offender institution is available,
the court has the same power to pass consecutive sentences of detention in a young offender institution as if they were sentences of imprisonment.
(2) Where an offender who—
(a) is serving a sentence of detention in a young offender institution, and
(b) is aged 21 or over,
is convicted of one or more further offences for which the offender is liable to imprisonment, the court has the power to pass one or more sentences of imprisonment to run consecutively upon the sentence of detention in a young offender institution.
This is subject to section 225 (restriction on consecutive sentences for released prisoners).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/section/269 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-269
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