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Section 104: Release on licence following recall to prison.

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 · 1998 c. 37View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part V: Miscellaneous and supplemental

REPEALED on 2005-04-04 by Criminal Justice Act 2003.

The text below is the provision as originally enacted. It is historical and may not include amendments made before this status change. View the enacted source.

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”.

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.

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