Part 2

Confinement and release of prisoners
Chapter 6

Extended and multiple sentences

Prisoners serving extended sentences: application of Part 2
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1
Where a prisoner is serving, or liable to serve, an extended sentence, this Part applies subject to the modifications in subsections (2) to (5).
2
In section 6(4), (5), (7) and (10), references to a custody and community sentence are to be read as references to the confinement term of an extended sentence.
3
In section 14(9), the second reference to the prisoner's custody and community sentence is to be read as a reference to the confinement term of the prisoner's extended sentence.
4
In sections 18(1) and 19(1), references to the prisoner's custody and community sentence are to be read as references to the confinement term of the prisoner's extended sentence.
5
In section 47(4)(a)(i), the reference to the prisoner's sentence is to be read as a reference to the confinement term of the prisoner's extended sentence.
6
In this section, the expressions “extended sentence” and “the confinement term” are to be construed in accordance with section 210A(2) of the 1995 Act.

Prisoners serving more than one sentence: application of Part 2
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Schedule 2 (which makes provision for the application of this Part to prisoners serving, or liable to serve, more than one sentence of imprisonment) has effect.

Sentences framed to run consecutively
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Schedule 3 (which makes provision for and in connection with the imposition of sentences of imprisonment framed to take effect on the expiry of another sentence) has effect.
Pt. 2 power to modify conferred (24.9.2012) by Criminal Cases (Punishment and Review) (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 7), ss. 2(2), 5(2); S.S.I. 2012/249, art. 2