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

Part 2 Confinement and release of prisoners

Chapter 3 Community and life licences

Community licences

31 Community licences in which Scottish Ministers may specify conditions

(1) This section applies where by virtue of section 11(2) or 27(1) the Scottish Ministers release a prisoner on community licence.

(2) The Scottish Ministers—

(a) must include in the prisoner’s community licence—

(i) the standard conditions, and

(ii) if section 29(1) applies, the supervision conditions,

(b) may include in the licence such other conditions as they consider appropriate.

(3) The Scottish Ministers may—

(a) vary the conditions mentioned in subsection (2),

(b) cancel conditions (other than the standard conditions and the supervision conditions),

(c) include in the licence such further conditions as they consider appropriate.

(4) Before exercising any of the powers conferred by subsection (2) or (3), the Scottish Ministers must, in pursuance of arrangements established under section 9(1), co-operate with the appropriate local authority.

(5) In subsection (4) “appropriate local authority” has the same meaning as in section 9.