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(1)If—
(a)a person is convicted of an offence under section 27,
(b)that offence was committed in the course of requesting the ICRIR to grant the person immunity from prosecution under section 19, and
(c)the person was granted the immunity from prosecution,
the court which sentences the person for the offence must revoke that grant of immunity from prosecution.
(2)If—
(a)a person is convicted of a terrorist offence or an offence with a terrorist connection, and
(b)the person had been granted immunity from prosecution under section 19 before the offence was committed,
the court which sentences the person for that offence must revoke every grant of immunity from prosecution under section 19 given to the person before the offence was committed.
(3)For the purposes of subsection (2) a person is convicted of “a terrorist offence or an offence with a terrorist connection” if—
(a)the person is convicted of an offence by a court in Northern Ireland and either—
(i)the offence is listed in Schedule 1A to the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, or
(ii)the court determines under section 30(2) of that Act that the offence has a terrorist connection;
(b)the person is convicted of an offence by a court in England and Wales and either—
(i)the offence is listed in Schedule A1 to the Sentencing Code, or
(ii)the court determines under section 69 of the Sentencing Code that the offence has a terrorist connection;
(c)the person is convicted of an offence by a court in Scotland and either—
(i)the offence is listed in Schedule 1A to the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, or
(ii)section 31 of that Act applies to the offence (offences with a terrorist connection in Scotland).
(4)Where—
(a)an offence is found to have been committed over a period of two or more days, or at some time during a period of two or more days, and
(b)a grant of immunity from prosecution is given at any time during that period,
that grant of immunity from prosecution is to be regarded for the purposes of subsection (2) as having been given before the offence was committed.
(5)A revocation of immunity under this section—
(a)has immediate effect;
(b)does not prevent a person making a further request for immunity under section 19 (but see Part 2 of Schedule 5 for provision about requests that overlap with revoked immunities).
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