12(1)The following shall be substituted for section 1(1) and (2) of the M1Northern Ireland (Remission of Sentences) Act 1995 (release on licence of persons subject to restricted remission)—U.K.
“1(1)This section applies to persons serving sentences to which section 79 of the Terrorism Act 2000 applies (restricted remission for persons sentenced for scheduled offences).
(2)A person to whom this section applies shall be released on licence for the period (or, where that period has partly elapsed, for the remainder of the period) during which, by reason only of section 79, he is prevented from being discharged in pursuance of prison rules.”
(2)The following shall be substituted for section 1(6) of that Act—
“(6)Section 80 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and Part II of the Treatment of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (conviction within certain period after discharge from prison, &c.) shall apply in relation to a person released on licence under this section as if he had been discharged in pursuance of prison rules.”
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