s 268 Interpretation of Chapter 6
(1) In this Chapter — “ the 1997 Act ” means the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c. 43); “ the Board ” means the Parole Board; “ fixed-term prisoner ” and “ fixed-term sentence ” have the meaning given by section 237(1) (as extended by section 237(1B)); . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ offender subject to supervision under this Chapter ” means a person who is subject to supervision requirements under section 256AA or 256B; “prison” and “prisoner” are to be read in accordance with section 237(2); “ supervision default order ” means an order described in section 256AC(4)(c), whether made under that provision or under paragraph 9 of Schedule 19A; “ the supervision period ”, in relation to an offender subject to supervision under this Chapter, has the meaning given in section 256AA or 256B (as appropriate); “the supervisor”— in relation to an offender subject to supervision requirements under section 256AA, has the meaning given in that section, and in relation to an offender subject to supervision requirements under section 256B, means the person who provides supervision under that section; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1A) In this Chapter, “ the requisite custodial period ” means (except where it has the meaning given by section 247A(8)) — (a) in relation to a person serving an extended sentence imposed under section 226A or 226B or under section 254, 266 or 279 of the Sentencing Code , the requisite custodial period for the purposes of section 246A; (b) in relation to a person serving an extended sentence imposed under section 227 or 228, the requisite custodial period for the purposes of section 247; (c) in relation to a person serving a sentence imposed under section 236A or under section 252A, 265 or 278 of the Sentencing Code , the requisite custodial period for the purposes of section 244A; (ca) in relation to a prisoner whose case has been referred to the Parole Board under section 244ZB, the requisite custodial period for the purposes of section 244ZC; (d) in relation to any other fixed-term prisoner, the requisite custodial period for the purposes of section 243A , 244 or 244ZA (as appropriate). (2) For the purposes of sections 243A(1A), 256AA(1), 256B(1A) and 264B(1), where an offence is found to have been committed over a period of 2 or more days, or at some time during a period of 2 or more days, it must be taken to have been committed on the last of those days.