The Intermittent Custody (Transitory Provisions) Order 2003

• Citation: S.I. 2003/3283
• Sections: 3

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Intermittent Custody (Transitory Provisions) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 26th January 2004.

(2) In this Order, “the 2003 Act ” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

Section 2

In relation to any time before the commencement of the repeal of section 78 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 by the 2003 Act, section 183 of the 2003 Act shall have effect with respect to sentences passed by magistrates' courts with the following modifications—

(a) in subsection (4)(b), for “28”, substitute “14”;

(b) in subsection (4)(c), for “51”, substitute “26”;

(c) in subsection (5)(b), for “90”, substitute “45”;

(d) in subsection (7)(a), for “65”, substitute “52”; and

(e) in subsection (7)(b), for “180”, substitute “90”.

Section 3

In relation to any time before the commencement of section 240 of the 2003 Act, section 241 of that Act shall have effect with the following modifications—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) for “to whom a direction under section 240 relates”, substitute “whose sentence falls to be reduced under section 67 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 by any relevant period within the meaning of that section (“the relevant period”)”; and

(ii) for “number of days specified in the direction are”, substitute “relevant period is”; and

(b) in subsection (2), for “number of days specified in a direction under section 240”, substitute “relevant period”.