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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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</Number><Title>Community and Life Licences</Title><CommentaryDivision id="n00052" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/17/notes/division/3/4/3/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17/notes/division/3/4/3/4"><Title>Life licences</Title><CommentaryP1 id="n00054" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/17/notes/division/3/4/3/4/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17/notes/division/3/4/3/4/2">
<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00186" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2007/17/section/33" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-33">Section 33</CitationSubRef> - Compassionate release on life licence: conditions</Title>
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<Text>This section applies where Scottish Ministers have granted compassionate release to a life sentence prisoner.  Subsection (2) provides that the Scottish Ministers must include the standard conditions specified at section 28 and, if applicable, the supervision conditions and such other conditions as they consider appropriate.  Subsection (3) provides that the Scottish Ministers may vary or cancel conditions or include further conditions.</Text>
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