Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993

Consecutive terms of imprisonmentS

2Where his offence term and his non-offence term are consecutive—

(a)his offence term shall be taken to precede his non-offence term;

(b)notwithstanding section 1(1) to (3) of this Act, he shall not be released when he has served the proportion of his offence term mentioned in whichever of those subsections is (or are) relevant to the term in question but when he falls to be released by virtue of the application of section 5 of this Act to his non-offence term; and

(c)his non-offence term shall be taken as beginning on the date on which he would have been released under section 1(1) to (3) but for sub-paragraph (b) above.