571.Section 241 ensures that time spent on remand counts towards time served under the sentence for the purpose of calculating whether or not an offender has served a particular proportion or period of his sentence. The application of these provisions to a sentence of intermittent custody is dealt with in subsection (2).
Commentary on Sections Part 12 - Sentencing Chapter 6: Release of Prisoners on Licence Section 241: Effect of direction under section 240 on release on licence