SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Recall adjudicators: further provision

Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)

7(1)Section 250 (licence conditions) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (5A) (inserted by section 15 of this Act), for “Subsection (5B) applies to a licence granted, either on initial release or after recall to prison,” substitute “Subsections (5B) and (5C) apply”.

(3)In subsection (5B) (inserted by section 15 of this Act), at the beginning insert “In the case of a licence granted when the prisoner is initially released,”.

(4)After that subsection insert—

(5C)In the case of a licence granted when the prisoner is released after recall to prison, the Secretary of State must not—

(a)include a condition referred to in subsection (4)(b)(ii) in the licence, either on release or subsequently, or

(b)vary or cancel any such condition included in the licence,

unless a recall adjudicator directs the Secretary of State to do so.