Section 125: New extended sentences: release on licence etc

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 · 2012 c. 10View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 3: Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders — CHAPTER 5: Dangerous offenders

Chapter 6 of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (sentencing: release and recall) is amended as follows.

In section 244(1) (duty to release prisoners on licence) (as amended by Schedule 14 to this Act) after "243A" insert ." , 246A "

After section 246 insert—

Schedule 20 (release of new extended sentence prisoners: consequential amendments of Chapter 6 of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) has effect.

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