The Compulsory Electronic Monitoring Licence Condition Order 2021

Specified period E+W

4.  The specified period—

(a) commences on the date a qualifying offender is first released on licence pursuant to—

(i) section 244 of the 2003 Act;

(ii) section 246 of the 2003 Act (power to release prisoners on licence before required to do so)(1); or

(iii) sections 255B, 255C or 256A of the 2003 Act (further release after recall)(2); and

(b) continues to the earlier of—

(i) any of the conditions described in Article 2 not being met;

(ii) the end of sentence; or

(iii) 12 months from the date of first release referred to in paragraph (a), excluding any period where the qualifying offender is no longer released on licence.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 4 in force at 12.4.2021, see art. 1(1)

(1)

Section 246 has been amended by paragraph 221 of Schedule 16 to the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), section 24 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), sections 110(9) and 112 of, and paragraph 23 of Schedule 10, paragraph 7 of Schedule 14, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 20 to, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), section 15(4) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to, the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), section 2(5) of the Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Act 2020 (c. 3) and paragraph 224 of Schedule 24 to the Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17).

(2)

Sections 255B and 255C were substituted by section 114(1) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10). Section 255B has been subsequently amended by section 9(5) of the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11). Section 256A was inserted by section 30(6) of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4) and amended by section 116(4) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.