The Transfer of Offenders (Designation of Equivalent Sentences) Amendment Order 1983

• Citation: S.I. 1983/1695
• Sections: 2

Section 1

This order may be cited as the Transfer of Offenders (Designation of Equivalent Sentences) Amendment Order 1983 and shall come into operation on 15th November 1983.

Section 2

Schedule 1 to the Transfer of Offenders (Designation of Equivalent Sentences) Order 1983 shall be amended as follows:—

(a) In Part I, in paragraph (b) of the entry in column 2 specifying an equivalent sentence in Scotland to a youth custody sentence under section 6 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (which is specified in column 1), for the words “section 208(3)” there shall be substituted the words “section 207” ;

(b) In Part I, in paragraph (b) of the entry in column 2 specifying an equivalent sentence in Scotland to a detention centre order under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (which is specified in column 1), for sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) there shall be substituted the words “detention in a detention centre under section 207 of that Act for the like term” ;

(c) In Part II, for the entry in column 1 “Detention in a young offenders institution under section 208(3) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975.” there shall be substituted the entry “Detention in a young offenders institution.” ;

(d) In Part III, in paragraph (b) of the entry in column 2 specifying an equivalent sentence in Scotland to imprisonment for a determinate period (which is specified in column 1), for the words “section 208(3)” there shall be substituted the words “section 207” ;

(e) In Part III, in the entry in column 2 specifying an equivalent sentence in Scotland to detention in a young offenders centre (which is specified in column 1), for the words “section 208(3)” there shall be substituted the words “section 207” ;

(f) In Part IV, in paragraph (b) of the entry in column 2 specifying an equivalent sentence in Scotland to imprisonment for a determinate period (which is specified in column 1), for the words “section 208(3)” there shall be substituted the words “section 207” ; and

(g) In Part IV, for the entry in column 2 specifying an equivalent sentence in Scotland to Borstal training (which is specified in column 1) there shall be substituted the following entry:—

In Scotland, detention in a young offenders institution under section 207 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 for a term of 12 months.