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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001 No. 2564
12.—(1) This Order shall apply to an existing licensee as it applies to a person who is released on licence under this Order.
(2) In paragraph (1), “existing licensee” means any life prisoner who, before the appointed day, has been released under section 23 of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 or discharged on licence under Article 46 of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and whose licence is in force on the appointed day.
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