Crime and Disorder Act 1998

104 Release on licence following recall to prison.E+W

(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.

Commencement Information

I1S. 104 wholly in force; S. 104 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)