SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 17 Transitional Provisions

Young offenders

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A person who immediately before the commencement of sections 1 to 15 above is under supervision by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the M1Criminal Justice Act 1961 (supervision of a person released from a detention centre) shall be treated—

(a)

as if he were under supervision by virtue of section 15 above; and

(b)

as if the requirements specified in the notice given to him under that paragraph had been specified in a notice given under subsection (10) of that section;

and the supervision period for the purposes of that section shall end at the end of the period of three months from his release or on the commencement of sections 1 to 15 above, whichever is the later.