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(1)The 1993 Act is amended as follows.
(2)In section 3AA, in subsection (2), for the words from “whichever” to the end there is substituted “one quarter of the prisoner’s sentence”.
(3)In section 3AA, for subsection (6)(b) there is substituted—
“(b)amend a period for the time being specified in subsection (2) above (which may be done by amending the subsection to describe a period as a particular length of time or a proportion of a prisoner’s sentence),”.”.
(4)In section 3AA, after subsection (6) there is inserted—
“(7)For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this section requires the Parole Board to make a decision by a particular date about whether to recommend that a long-term prisoner be released having served one-half of the prisoner’s sentence.”.
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