PART 2SENTENCING
C1CHAPTER 4RELEASE ON LICENCE
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
Preliminary
Interpretation of this Chapter16
1
In any provision of this Chapter “fixed-term prisoner” means a person serving a determinate custodial sentence for an offence committed after the commencement of that provision.
2
In this Chapter—
“custodial sentence” means—
- a
a sentence of imprisonment;
- b
a sentence of detention in a young offenders centre;
- c
a sentence of detention under Article 13(4)(b) or 14(5);
- a
“determinate custodial sentence” means a custodial sentence for a determinate term.
3
In this Chapter—
“prison” includes any place where a person serving a sentence falling within paragraph (b) or (c) of the definition of “custodial sentence” is liable to be detained;
“prisoner” includes a person serving a sentence falling within either of those paragraphs.
Pt. 2 Ch. 4 applied (with modifications) by Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984 (c. 47), Sch. para. 2A(4) (as inserted (15.5.2008) by Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1216 (N.I. 1)), arts. 1(4), 102(1), Sch. 5 para. 4(2)); S.R. 2008/217, art. 2, Sch. (with transitory provision in art. 4)