Criminal Justice Act 2003

[F1Period for which licence to remain in force: section 85 extended sentence prisonersU.K.

Textual Amendments

18U.K.This paragraph applies to a person who—

(a)has been convicted of an offence committed on or after 30 September 1998 but before 4 April 2005,

(b)is serving a section 85 extended sentence imposed in respect of that offence, and

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

19(1)Where a person to whom paragraph 18 applies is released on licence and the custodial term is less than 12 months, the licence shall remain in force until the end of the period found by adding—U.K.

(a)one-half of the custodial term, and

(b)the extension period.

(2)Where a person to whom paragraph 18 applies is released on licence and the custodial term is 12 months or more, the licence shall remain in force until the end of [F2the relevant period].

(3)Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to any revocation under section 254.

(4)Sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) apply in place of section 249 (duration of licence).

[F3(5)In sub-paragraph (2), “the relevant period”—

(a)in relation to a person released on licence under section 247A at any time after the end of the period of three-quarters of the custodial term, means the period found by adding—

(i)the proportion of the custodial term served before release, and

(ii)the extension period;

(b)in relation to any other case, means the period found by adding—

(i)three-quarters of the custodial term, and

(ii)the extension period.]]

Textual Amendments

F2Words in Sch. 20B para. 19(2) substituted (26.2.2020) by Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Act 2020 (c. 3), ss. 6(6)(a), 10(4)