Criminal Justice Act 1991

Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984 (c.47) E+W

35 (1) In section 2 of the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984 (transfer of prisoners out of United Kingdom), in subsection (4)(b), for sub-paragraph (i) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(i) released on licence under section 33(1)(b) or (2), 34(3) or 35(1) or (2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991;”.

(2) In section 3 of that Act (transfer of prisoners into United Kingdom), after subsection (8) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(9) The provisions contained by virtue of subsection (1)(c) above in a warrant under this Act shall, in the case of a prisoner to whom section 48 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (discretionary life prisoners transferred to England and Wales) applies, include provision specifying the relevant part of his sentence within the meaning of section 34 of that Act (duty of Secretary of State to release discretionary life prisoners).”

(3) In paragraph 2 of the Schedule to that Act (operation of certain enactments in relation to prisoners transferred into United Kingdom)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for the words from “section 60” to “of that section” there shall be substituted the words “section 33(1)(b) or (2), 34(3) or (5) or 35(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 whether the prisoner has at any time served a particular proportion or part of his sentence specified in that provision,”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (2), for the words “one third” there shall be substituted the words “any particular proportion or part”.

(4) In paragraph 3 of that Schedule, for the words “section 61 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967” there shall be substituted the words “section 35(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 11 para. 35 wholly in force at 1.10.1992 see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.