SCHEDULE 3SHORT-TERM CUSTODY AND COMMUNITY SENTENCES: CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 17)

9

1

Section 51 (prisoners serving extended sentences) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), for “(2)” substitute “ (1A) ”.

3

After that subsection insert—

1A

In section 5, the reference to the prisoner's short-term custody and community sentence is to be read as a reference to the confinement term of the prisoner's extended sentence.