PART 4Prisoners: control of release, being unlawfully at large, etc.
Control of release, etc.
I148Release on licence under section 3AA of the 1993 Act
1
The 1993 Act is amended as follows.
2
In section 3AA, in subsection (2), for the words from “whichever” to the end there is substituted “
one quarter of the prisoner's sentence
”
.
3
In section 3AA, for subsection (6)(b) there is substituted—
b
amend a period for the time being specified in subsection (2) above (which may be done by amending the subsection to describe a period as a particular length of time or a proportion of a prisoner's sentence),”.
4
In section 3AA, after subsection (6) there is inserted—
7
For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this section requires the Parole Board to make a decision by a particular date about whether to recommend that a long-term prisoner be released having served one-half of the prisoner's sentence.