PART 1

FINES AND OTHER PENALTIES: ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER 2

Other enforcement procedures

Limitations on remission
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In section 13 of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (prison rules), after subsection (7) insert—
7A
Prison rules may not provide for—
a
the grant of remission to a person imprisoned or detained in default of a payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by or imposed on his conviction of an offence or a sum treated for the purposes of any statutory provision as if it were a sum so adjudged or imposed;
b
the grant of remission to an offender in respect of a period of imprisonment under paragraph 5 or 6 of Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (supervised activity order).
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2
In paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (failure to comply with supervised activity order), after sub-paragraph (4) insert—
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Section 13(7A) of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 prevents prison rules from providing for the grant of remission to an offender in respect of a period of imprisonment imposed under sub-paragraph (4).
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3
In paragraph 6 of that Schedule, after sub-paragraph (1) insert—
1A
Section 13(7A) of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 prevents prison rules from providing for the grant of remission to an offender in respect of a period of imprisonment imposed under sub-paragraph (1)
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This section does not apply in relation to offences committed before the commencement of this section.
S. 32 in operation at 1.6.2018 by S.R. 2018/99, art. 2(a)