Power of court to recommend licence conditions for sentences of 12 months or moreN.I.
23.—(1) A court which sentences an offender to a determinate custodial sentence of 12 months or more in respect of any offence may, when passing sentence, recommend to the [F1Department of Justice] particular conditions which in its view should be included in any licence granted to the offender under Article 17 [F2, 19 or 20A] on release from prison.
(2) In exercising the powers under Article 24 in respect of an offender, the [F1Department of Justice] shall have regard to any recommendation under paragraph (1).
(3) A recommendation under paragraph (1) is not to be treated for any purpose as part of the sentence passed on the offender.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 23(1)(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 6(2), Sch. 5 para. 18 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)
F2Words in art. 23(1) substituted (30.4.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), s. 50(1)(i), Sch. 13 para. 74(7)
Commencement Information
I1Art. 23 wholly in operation at 1.4.2009, see art. 1(4) and S.R. 2009/120, art. 2, Sch. 1 (subject to Sch. 2 paras. 1(1)(2)(a), 4)