Commentary on Sections Part 12 - Sentencing Chapter 6: Release of Prisoners on Licence Section 265: Restriction on consecutive sentences for released prisoners
604.This section re-enacts with changes provisions in section 84 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000. The section provides that if an offender is sentenced to imprisonment for an offence while he is on licence in connection with a sentence for another offence, the prison term for the new offence is to start immediately, and not wait until the first term expires.