Part 2

Sentencing

Release and recall of prisoners

Recall of life prisoners: abolition of requirement for recommendation by Parole Board
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1
Section 32 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c. 43) (recall of life prisoners while on licence) is amended as follows.
2
For subsections (1) and (2) (power of Secretary of State to revoke licence) substitute—
1
The Secretary of State may, in the case of any life prisoner who has been released on licence under this Chapter, revoke his licence and recall him to prison.
3
In subsection (3) (representations by prisoner) for “subsection (1) or (2) above” substitute “ this section ”.
4
In subsection (4) (reference to Parole Board by Secretary of State) for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute “ the case of a life prisoner recalled under this section ”.
S. 31 in force at 14.7.2008 by S.I. 2008/1586, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 17