SCHEDULETRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
PART 1EXISTING LIFE PRISONERS
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The Scottish Ministers shall not refer the case of an existing life prisoner who was released on licence under section 3 of the 1993 Act to the High Court of Justiciary under paragraph 3 above unless—
a
the prisoner has been recalled to prison under section 17(1) of the 1993 Act; and
b
the Parole Board has not directed that the prisoner be released on licence immediately under section 17(4) of that Act.