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SCHEDULES TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

PART 1 S EXISTING LIFE PRISONERS

17SIf the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that the prisoner is no longer incapable of instructing a solicitor in relation to the hearing under paragraph 12 above, they shall, as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, refer the case of the prisoner to the court for such a hearing.