s 200ZB Modifications of sections 264A and 277A of the Sentencing Code
(1) Section 264A of the Sentencing Code (presumption of suspended sentence order: offender under 21) has effect in relation to a suspended sentence order made by a relevant service court as if— (a) in subsection (3), after paragraph (d) there were inserted— (da) the offender is deemed to have served the whole custodial period of the sentence for the offence (or in the case of two or more sentences imposed on the same occasion where those sentences are to be served consecutively, the aggregate of the custodial periods for each offence) by virtue of section 246 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (crediting of time in service custody: terms of imprisonment and detention), (b) in subsection (5), the reference to section 30 of the Sentencing Code were to section 256 of this Act, and (c) in subsection (7), before the definition of “order of a court” there were inserted— “ custodial period ” means the period of a custodial sentence (within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006: see section 374 of that Act) which the offender is required to serve in custody; (2) Section 277A of the Sentencing Code (presumption of suspended sentence order: person aged 21 or over) has effect in relation to a suspended sentence order made by a relevant service court as if— (a) in subsection (3), after paragraph (d) there were inserted— (da) the offender is deemed to have served the whole custodial period of the sentence for the offence (or in the case of two or more sentences imposed on the same occasion where those sentences are to be served consecutively, the aggregate of the custodial periods for each offence) by virtue of section 246 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (crediting of time in service custody: terms of imprisonment and detention), (b) in subsection (6), the reference to section 30 of the Sentencing Code were to section 256 of this Act, and (c) in subsection (8), before the definition of “order of a court” there were inserted— “ custodial period ” means the period of a custodial sentence (within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006: see section 374 of that Act) which the offender is required to serve in custody;