Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13)

Prospective

SCHEDULE 3 S SHORT-TERM CUSTODY AND COMMUNITY SENTENCES: CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 17) S

9 (1) Section 51 (prisoners serving extended sentences) is amended as follows. S

(2) In subsection (1), for “(2)” substitute “ (1A) ”.

(3) After that subsection insert—

“(1A) In section 5, the reference to the prisoner's short-term custody and community sentence is to be read as a reference to the confinement term of the prisoner's extended sentence.”.