SCHEDULE 3SHORT-TERM CUSTODY AND COMMUNITY SENTENCES: CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

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

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(1)

Section 51 (prisoners serving extended sentences) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1), for “(2)” substitute “ (1A) ”.

(3)

After that subsection insert—

“(1A)

In section 5, the reference to the prisoner's short-term custody and community sentence is to be read as a reference to the confinement term of the prisoner's extended sentence.”.