Commentary on Sections Part 12 - Sentencing Chapter 1: General provisions about sentencing Section 149: Passing of community sentence on offender remanded in custody
452.If an offender has been remanded in custody, and then receives a custodial sentence, his time on remand counts towards his sentence. This is covered in section 240. Section 149 enables the court to have regard to any time spent on remand when putting together the requirements of a community sentence, and deciding upon what restrictions on liberty ought to be imposed.