The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2005

Savings for prisoners convicted of offences committed before 4^th April 2005

19.  The coming into force of—

(a) sections 244 (duty to release prisoners), 246 (power to release prisoners before required to do so), 248 (power to release on compassionate grounds), 249 (duration of licence) and 250 (licence conditions);

(b) paragraph 8(2)(b) of Schedule 32 (Criminal Appeal Act 1968(1));

(c) the repeal of sections 33, 33A to 38A, 40A to 44, and 46 to 47 and 51 of the 1991 Act;and

(d) the repeal of sections 59 and 60, 99 and 100, 101, 103 to 105 and 121 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998,

is of no effect in relation to a prisoner serving a sentence of imprisonment imposed in respect of an offence committed before 4^th April 2005.

(1)

1968 c. 18.