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Crime (Sentences) Act 1997
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Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, Section 32ZAC is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 11 August 2026. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 32ZAC:
- s. 35(5)(c)s. 35(8)(a) by 2000 c. 43 Sch. 7 para. 139(b)
- s. 8(5) by 2000 c. 43 Sch. 7 para. 143
- s. 32ZAB(1)(fa) inserted by 2026 c. 20 Sch. 11 para. 8
- s. 32ZAC(1) power to amend or apply conferred by 2012 c.10, s. 128(3A) (as inserted) by 2024 c. 21 s. 60(3)
- s. 32ZZA(3A) inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 58(5)
- s. 34A inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 69
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Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 35(5)(c)s. 35(8)(a) by 2000 c. 43 Sch. 7 para. 139(b)
- s. 8(5) by 2000 c. 43 Sch. 7 para. 143
- s. 32ZAB(1)(fa) inserted by 2026 c. 20 Sch. 11 para. 8
- s. 32ZZA(3A) inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 58(5)
- s. 34A inserted by 2024 c. 21 s. 69
[F132ZACPowers of the High CourtE+W
(1)On a referral of a prisoner’s case under section 32ZAA, [F2and unless subsection (2B) applies on the referral,] the High Court—
(a)must, if satisfied that it is no longer necessary for the protection of the public that the prisoner should be confined, make an order requiring the Secretary of State to give effect to the Parole Board’s direction to release the prisoner on licence;
(b)otherwise, must make an order quashing the Parole Board’s direction to release the prisoner on licence.
(2)An order under subsection (1)(a) may include directions as to the conditions to be included in the prisoner’s licence on release.
[F3(2A)Subsection (2B) applies on a referral of a prisoner’s case under section 32ZAA if, by virtue of section 31A(4F)(a), the Parole Board has directed the Secretary of State to release the prisoner unconditionally.
(2B)The High Court—
(a)must, if satisfied that it is no longer necessary for the protection of the public that the prisoner should be confined, make an order requiring the Secretary of State to give effect to the Parole Board’s direction to release the prisoner unconditionally;
(b)otherwise, must make an order quashing the Parole Board’s direction to release the prisoner unconditionally.]
(3)An order under subsection (1)(b) [F4or (2B)(b)] has effect as if the prisoner’s case were disposed of by the Parole Board on the date on which the order was made.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 32ZAA-32ZAC and cross-heading inserted (31.12.2025) by Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), ss. 61(1), 81(2); S.I. 2025/1325, reg. 2(e)
F2Words in s. 32ZAC(1) inserted (22.3.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), ss. 43(2), 49(4) (with s. 43(8))
F3S. 32ZAC(2A)(2B) inserted (22.3.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), ss. 43(3), 49(4) (with s. 43(8))
F4Words in s. 32ZAC(3) inserted (22.3.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), ss. 43(4), 49(4) (with s. 43(8))
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