Crime (Sentences) Act 1997

10 (1) Where a person’s transfer under paragraph 1(1)(a), 2(1)(a) or 3(1)(a) above from Scotland to England and Wales is a restricted transfer—

(a) sections 65 and 147 of the [1995 c. 46.] Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (time limits for solemn and summary prosecutions where prisoner remanded in custody) shall apply to him in the place of the corresponding provisions of the law of England and Wales; but

(b) subject to that and to any conditions to which the transfer is subject, he shall be treated for the relevant purposes as if he had been remanded for an offence committed in England and Wales.

(2) Where a person’s transfer under paragraph 1(1)(b), 2(1)(b) or 3(1)(b) from Scotland to England and Wales is a restricted transfer—

(a) sections 15, 18 and 19 of the [1993 c. 9.] Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (“the 1993 Act”) and sections 33(5), 34, 37 and 39 of the [1997 c. 48.] Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (“the 1997 Act”) or, as the case may require, sections 1(4), 2, 3, 11 to 13 and 17 of the 1993 Act shall apply to him in place of the corresponding provisions of the law of England and Wales; but

(b) subject to that, to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) below and to any conditions to which the transfer is subject, he shall be treated for the relevant purposes as if his sentence had been an equivalent sentence passed by a court in England and Wales.

(3) A person who has been sentenced to a sentence of a length which could not have been passed on an offender of his age in the place to which he is transferred shall be treated for the purposes mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) above as the Secretary of State may direct.

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-paragraph (2)(b) above, sections 16 to 18 of this Act shall not apply to a person whose transfer from Scotland to England and Wales is a restricted transfer.

(5) Where a transfer under paragraph 4(1) above of a person’s supervision from Scotland to England and Wales is a restricted transfer—

(a) sections 15, 18 and 19 of the 1993 Act and sections 33(5) and 37 of the 1997 Act or, as the case may require, sections 2(4), 11 to 13 and 17 of the 1993 Act shall apply to him in place of the corresponding provisions of the law of England and Wales; but

(b) subject to that and to any conditions to which the transfer is subject, he shall be treated for the relevant purposes as if his period of supervision had been an equivalent period of supervision directed to be undergone in England and Wales.

(6) Any reference in—

(a) sub-paragraphs (2) and (5) above to sections 15, 18 and 19 of the 1993 Act is a reference to those sections so far as relating to supervised release orders;

(b) in the said sub-paragraph (2)—

(i) to section 34 of the 1997 Act includes a reference to any rules under section 39 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 made by virtue of subsections (13) to (16) of that section; and

(ii) to section 39 of the 1997 Act is a reference to that section so far as it relates to section 37 of that Act.

(7) Any provision of Part I of the 1993 Act or Part III of the 1997 Act which is applied by sub-paragraph (2) or (5) above shall have effect (as so applied) as if any reference to an expression specified in the first column of the following Table were a reference to the expression set out opposite it in the second column of that Table.

Table

Expression	Substituted expression
Chief social work officer	Chief social worker of a local authority social services department
Young offenders institution	Young offender institution