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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17" id="c00001" Class="ScottishAct" Year="2007" Number="0017">Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007</Citation>
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<Number>17</Number>
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<DateText>19 April 2007</DateText>
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</ENprelims><Body><Division id="d00003" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/17/notes/division/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17/notes/division/3"><Title>Commentary on Parts</Title><CommentaryPart id="n00011" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/17/notes/division/3/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17/notes/division/3/4"><Title><CitationSubRef id="c00049" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17/part/2" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="part-2">Part 2</CitationSubRef> - Confinement and Release of Prisoners</Title><CommentaryChapter id="n00015" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/17/notes/division/3/4/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17/notes/division/3/4/2"><Number><CitationSubRef id="c00064" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17/part/2/chapter/2" CitationRef="c00049" SectionRef="part-2-chapter-2">Chapter 2</CitationSubRef>
</Number><Title>Confinement, Review and Release of Prisoners</Title><CommentaryDivision id="n00040" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/17/notes/division/3/4/2/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17/notes/division/3/4/2/4"><Title>Referral to Parole Board: postponement</Title><CommentaryP1 id="n00041" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/17/notes/division/3/4/2/4/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17/notes/division/3/4/2/4/1">
<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00151" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17/section/26" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-26">Section 26</CitationSubRef> - Referral to Parole Board: postponement</Title>
<NumberedPara id="paragraph-58" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/17/notes/paragraph/58" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17/notes/paragraph/58"><Pnumber>58</Pnumber><Para>
<Text>Subsections (<CitationSubRef id="c00153" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17/section/26/1" CitationRef="c00151" SectionRef="section-26-1">1</CitationSubRef>) and (<CitationSubRef id="c00154" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17/section/26/2" CitationRef="c00151" SectionRef="section-26-2">2</CitationSubRef>) require the Parole Board to postpone the date which it would otherwise have fixed for the review of a prisoner’s case where he or she receives a subsequent sentence of imprisonment after the case has been referred to the Board but before the Board has fixed a date for considering the referral.  This applies where the prisoner would not be eligible for release from the subsequent sentence on the date which would otherwise have been fixed.  In such circumstances, subsection (2) obliges the Board to fix a different date.</Text>
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<NumberedPara id="paragraph-59" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/17/notes/paragraph/59" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17/notes/paragraph/59"><Pnumber>59</Pnumber><Para>
<Text>Subsections (<CitationSubRef id="c00156" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17/section/26/3" CitationRef="c00151" SectionRef="section-26-3">3</CitationSubRef>) and (<CitationSubRef id="c00157" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17/section/26/4" CitationRef="c00151" SectionRef="section-26-4">4</CitationSubRef>) deal with the situation in which the Board has fixed a date to review a particular case and the prisoner subsequently receives a further sentence from which he or she would not be eligible for release at that date.  In this event, the Board must fix a different date for considering the case.</Text>
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<Text>Subsection (<CitationSubRef id="c00159" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17/section/26/5" CitationRef="c00151" SectionRef="section-26-5">5</CitationSubRef>) provides that, in either of these scenarios, the date fixed must be the date which would have been set if the prisoner were only subject to the subsequent sentence.  It replaces any other dates fixed previously.</Text>
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