Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)

Part V U.K. Miscellaneous and supplemental

Release and recall of prisoners E+W

101 Early release: two or more sentences. E+W

(1) F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) After subsection (3) of section 34 of the 1997 Act (interpretation of Chapter II) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(4) Where a person has been sentenced to one or more life sentences and to one or more terms of imprisonment, nothing in this Chapter shall require the Secretary of State to release the person in respect of any of the life sentences unless and until the Secretary of State is required to release him in respect of each of the terms.”

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 101(1) repealed (4.4.2005) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 332, 336(3), Sch. 37 Pt. 7; S.I. 2005/950, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 44(4)(p) (with Sch. 2)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 101 wholly in force; S. 101 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 121; In force at 30.9.1998 by S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1) (subject to savings in arts. 5-8)