58Definitions

58 Definitions

58 Definitions

In this Part—

day leave means leave to be absent from a detention centre granted under section 24 of the Act, being leave that does not involve absence overnight.

detention period, in relation to a person subject to control, means the period—

(a) starting on the commencement of the control order or sentence of imprisonment under which the person is detained (or, if the person is subject to more than one control order or sentence of imprisonment, the first of them), and

(b) ending on the person’s earliest release date.

earliest release date, in relation to a person subject to control, means the first date on which the person is entitled to be released from a detention centre or is eligible for release on parole.

overnight leave means leave to be absent from a detention centre granted under section 24 of the Act, being leave that involves absence overnight.

serious children’s indictable offence has the same meaning as it has in the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987.