SCHEDULE TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

PART 4 TRANSFERRED LIFE PRISONERS

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The Scottish Ministers shall not so refer the case of an existing transferred life prisoner to whom paragraph 49(c) above applies if the prisoner—

a

has, under paragraph 54 below, waived the entitlement to such a hearing; or

b

has served the part of the sentence specified in the certificate referred to in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 57 below issued in respect of that prisoner.