89Period of custody on remand to be treated as detention on sentence

89 Period of custody on remand to be treated as detention on sentence

[Section 89 Subsection (1) amended by No. 16 of 2006, s. 43, Applied:01 Nov 2006] [Section 89 Substituted by No. 23 of 2016, s. 8, Applied:23 Aug 2016]

(1)  In this section, a reference to a period of custody includes a reference to part of a period of custody.

(2)  In making a detention order in relation to an offence or a group of offences (the relevant detention order), the Court must take into account any period during which the youth was held in custody on remand in relation to proceedings for, or arising from, that offence or group of offences unless that period has been taken into account by the Court, or another court, in relation to the making of another detention order or the imposition of a term of imprisonment under the Sentencing Act 1997 .

(3)  If in making a relevant detention order the Court takes into account a period of custody referred to in subsection (2) , the Court must order that the period of detention under the relevant detention order is to commence on a day earlier than the day on which it is imposed, being such day as the Court considers appropriate in the circumstances.