Part V Miscellaneous and supplemental

Release and recall of prisoners

I1104 Release on licence following recall to prison.

1

In subsection (3) of section 33 of the 1991 Act (duty to release short-term and long-term prisoners), for the word “unconditionally” there shall be substituted the words “ on licence ”.

2

After subsection (1) of section 37 of that Act (duration and conditions of licences) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

1A

Where a prisoner is released on licence under section 33(3) or (3A) above, subsection (1) above shall have effect as if for the reference to three-quarters of his sentence there were substituted a reference to the whole of that sentence.