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Sentencing Act 2020

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326 Section 325: interpretation

(1) For the purposes of section 325, “sentence of imprisonment” does not include a committal— (a) in default of payment of any sum of money, other than one adjudged to be paid on a conviction, (b) for want of sufficient distress to satisfy any sum of money, or (c) for failure to do or abstain from doing anything required to be done or left undone, and references to sentencing an offender to imprisonment are to be read accordingly. This definition has effect in place of the definition of “sentence of imprisonment” in section 397 for those purposes. (2) For the purposes of section 325(1), another offence is “related” to the offence in respect of which the sentence is passed (the “sentenced offence”) if— (a) the offender was charged with that other offence, and (b) the charge for that other offence was founded on the same facts or evidence as the sentenced offence. (3) In section 325— “curfew requirement” means a requirement (however described) to remain at one or more specified places for a specified number of hours in any given day, which— is imposed by a court or the Secretary of State, and arises as a result of a conviction; “electronic monitoring condition” means any electronic monitoring requirements imposed under section 3(6ZAA) of the Bail Act 1976 for the purpose of securing the electronic monitoring of a person‘s compliance with a qualifying curfew condition; “qualifying curfew condition” means a condition of bail which requires the person granted bail to remain at one or more specified places for a total of not less than 9 hours in any given day.

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326 Section 325: interpretation

(1) For the purposes of section 325, “sentence of imprisonment” does not include a committal— (a) in default of payment of any sum of money, other than one adjudged to be paid on a conviction, (b) for want of sufficient distress to satisfy any sum of money, or (c) for failure to do or abstain from doing anything required to be done or left undone, and references to sentencing an offender to imprisonment are to be read accordingly. This definition has effect in place of the definition of “sentence of imprisonment” in section 397 for those purposes. (2) For the purposes of section 325(1), another offence is “related” to the offence in respect of which the sentence is passed (the “sentenced offence”) if— (a) the offender was charged with that other offence, and (b) the charge for that other offence was founded on the same facts or evidence as the sentenced offence. (3) In section 325— “curfew requirement” means a requirement (however described) to remain at one or more specified places for a specified number of hours in any given day, which— is imposed by a court or the Secretary of State, and arises as a result of a conviction; “electronic monitoring condition” means any electronic monitoring requirements imposed under section 3(6ZAA) of the Bail Act 1976 for the purpose of securing the electronic monitoring of a person‘s compliance with a qualifying curfew condition; “qualifying curfew condition” means a condition of bail which requires the person granted bail to remain at one or more specified places for a total of not less than 9 hours in any given day.

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