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SCHEDULES

[F1SCHEDULE 20BU.K.Modifications of Chapter 6 of Part 12 in certain transitional cases

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Schs. 20A, 20B applied by 1997 c. 43, Sch. 1 para. 8(2)(a) (as amended (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), s. 22(1), Sch. 3 para. 3(2)(b) (with Sch. 7 para. 2); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(u))

C2Schs. 20A, 20B applied by 1997 c. 43, Sch. 1 para. 9(4)(a) (as amended (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), s. 22(1), Sch. 3 para. 3(3)(b) (with Sch. 7 para. 2); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(u))

C3Schs. 20A, 20B applied by 1997 c. 43, Sch. 1 para. 9(2)(a)(4)(a) (as amended (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), s. 22(1), Sch. 3 para. 5(2)(3) (with Sch. 7 para. 2); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(u))

Part 2U.K.Prisoners serving 1991 Act sentences etc

Duty to release on licence at two-thirds of sentenceU.K.

4(1)This paragraph applies to a person in relation to whom—U.K.

(a)all the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) are met, and

(b)the condition in any one or more of sub-paragraphs (3) to (5) is met.

(2)The conditions in this sub-paragraph are that—

(a)the person has been convicted of an offence committed before 4 April 2005,

(b)the person is serving a sentence of imprisonment imposed in respect of that offence on or after 1 October 1992 but before the commencement date,

(c)the sentence or (in the case of a section 85 extended sentence) the custodial term is for a term of 4 years or more, and

(d)the person has not previously been released from prison on licence in respect of that sentence.

(3)The condition in this sub-paragraph is that the offence (or one of the offences) in respect of which the sentence was imposed is—

(a)an offence specified in Schedule 15 (specified violent offences and specified sexual offences) as it had effect on 4 April 2005,

(b)an offence under any of sections 11, 12, 15 to 18, 54 and 56 to 63 of the Terrorism Act 2000,

(c)an offence under any of sections 47, 50 and 113 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001,

(d)an offence under section 12 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956,

(e)an offence of aiding, abetting counselling, procuring or inciting the commission of an offence listed in any of paragraphs (b) to (d), or

(f)an offence of conspiring or attempting to commit an offence listed in any of paragraphs (b) to (d).

(4)The condition in this sub-paragraph is that the person has served one-half of the sentence or (in the case of a section 85 extended sentence) of the custodial term before 9 June 2008.

(5)The condition in this sub-paragraph is that—

(a)the person is serving the sentence by virtue of having been transferred to the United Kingdom in pursuance of a warrant under section 1 of the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984,

(b)the warrant was issued before 9 June 2008, and

(c)the offence (or one of the offences) for which the person is serving the sentence corresponds to murder or to any offence specified in Schedule 15 as it had effect on 4 April 2005.]