Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 14)

PART 4 S Prisoners: control of release, being unlawfully at large, etc.

Control of release, etc. S

53 Re-release after revocation of licences generally S

(1) The 1993 Act is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3)(b) of section 10A, the word “immediately” is repealed.

(3) In section 17—

(a) in subsection (2), for the words “revocation of a person's licence” there is substituted “ return to prison of a person whose licence is revoked ”,

(b) in subsection (4)—

(i) the word “immediate” is repealed,

(ii) for the words from “the Secretary of State” to the end there is substituted “ the Scottish Ministers must give effect to the direction without undue delay ”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 53(1)(3)(a) in force at 11.10.2019 by S.S.I. 2019/309, reg. 2, sch.

I2 S. 53(2)(3)(b) in force at 1.10.2020 by S.S.I. 2020/283, reg. 2(o) (with reg. 5)