Legislation – Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
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- s. 102(2)(ba) inserted by 2022 c. 32 Sch. 11 para. 35(2)(a)
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- s. 102(2)(ba) inserted by 2022 c. 32 Sch. 11 para. 35(2)(a)
PART 12Extradition
Time spent in custody awaiting extradition to the United Kingdom
172Discount on sentence for time spent in custody awaiting extradition: Scotland
(1)
Section 210 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (consideration of time spent in custody) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (1)—
(a)
in paragraph (a), after “United Kingdom” there is inserted “
;
otherwise than from a category 1 territory
”
(b)
in paragraph (c)(ii), for “for the purposes of this section” there is substituted “
.
who was extradited to the United Kingdom otherwise than from a category 1 territory
”
(3)
“(1A)
Subsection (1B) applies where—
(a)
a court is passing a sentence of imprisonment or detention on a person for an offence, and
(b)
the person is an extradited prisoner who was extradited to the United Kingdom from a category 1 territory.
(1B)
The court shall specify—
(a)
the period of time spent in custody awaiting extradition, and
(b)
the date of commencement of the sentence in accordance with subsection (1C).
(1C)
The date of commencement of the sentence is to be a date the relevant number of days earlier than the date the sentence would have commenced had the person not spent time in custody awaiting extradition.
(1D)
In subsection (1C), “the relevant number of days” means the number of days in the period specified under subsection (1B)(a).”
(4)
“(2A)
In this section, “category 1 territory” means a territory designated under the Extradition Act 2003 for the purposes of Part 1 of that Act.”
(5)
Subsection (3) is repealed.