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The Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (Release of Prisoners etc.) Order 1995
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- 1995 No. 910 (S. 75)
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This Order specifies a class of case for the purposes of sections 22(1A) and 28(1A) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (“the Act”).
The effect of Articles 2 and 3 of the Order is to provide that any prisoner serving a sentence of imprisonment of less than 10 years who was sentenced before 1st October 1993, shall be released on licence under section 22 of the Act by the Secretary of State where the Parole Board for Scotland so recommends. It also provides that where such a prisoner has been released on licence the Secretary of State will be required to revoke his licence and recall him to prison if the Parole Board so recommends.
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