Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 17)

Part 2 Confinement and release of prisoners

Chapter 2 Confinement, review and release of prisoners

Custody and community prisoners

19 Release after three-quarters of sentence served

(1) As soon as a custody and community prisoner has served three-quarters of the prisoner’s custody and community sentence, the Scottish Ministers must release the prisoner on community licence.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a prisoner whose licence has been revoked by virtue of section 37(1) or (4).