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Section 246: Effect of detention and training order made where offender has reached 18

Sentencing Act 2020 · 2020 c. 17View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 10: Custodial sentences — CHAPTER 2: Offenders aged under 18

This section applies where—

a court has power, by virtue of any enactment, to deal with a person for an offence in any way in which—
a court could have dealt with the person on a previous occasion, or
a court could deal with the person if the person were the same age as when convicted,
in exercise of the power, the court makes a detention and training order for any term, and
the person has reached the age of 18.

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

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