Section 21
1In this Schedule, “the commencement day”, in relation to an amendment made by a provision of this Act, means the day on which that provision comes into force.
2The amendments made by sections 1 to 3, 4(2), 5 and 6, Part 1 of Schedule 1, Schedules 2 and 3 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 apply in relation to—
(a)any person who falls to be released under Chapter 6 of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 on or after the commencement day, and
(b)any person who falls to be released under a detention and training order (including an order under section 211 of the Armed Forces Act 2006) on or after the commencement day.
3The amendments made by section 4(3) to (8) and Part 2 of Schedule 1 apply where a person was released before the commencement day (as well as where a person is released on or after that day).
4The amendments made by section 8 do not apply in relation to an offence committed before the commencement day.
5The amendments made by section 9 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 apply only where an offender is recalled on or after the commencement day.
6The amendments made by sections 11, 12 and 13 apply where a person was released before the commencement day (as well as where a person is released on or after that day).
7The amendments made by sections 15, 17 and 18, Schedule 5 and paragraphs 8 to 11 of Schedule 6 do not apply in relation to an order made in respect of an offence committed before the commencement day.
8Where an offence is found to have been committed over a period of 2 or more days, or at some time during a period of 2 or more days, it must be taken for the purposes of this Schedule to have been committed on the last of those days.