Part II E+W Early Release of Prisoners

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. II (ss. 32-51) applied (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 43, ss. 41, 56(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II paras. 8(4), 9(4), 9(5),Sch. 5 paras. 9(1)(c)(2)(c), 10(1)(d)(2)(c); S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1).

Pt. II (ss. 32-51) modified (prosp.) by 1997 c. 43, ss. 56(1), 57(2), Sch. 5 para.2(3) (by 1998 c. 37, s. 120(2), Sch.10 in the said Sch. 5, paras. 1-4 are repealed (30.9.1998); S.I. 1998/2327, art.2(1)(aa)(3)(x)).

Pt. II (ss. 32-51) applied (prosp.) by 1997 c. 43, ss. 56(1), 57(2), Sch. 5 para. 2(6) (by 1998 c. 37, s. 120(2), Sch.10 in the said Sch. 5, paras. 1-4 are repealed (30.9.1998); S.I. 1998/2327, art.2(1)(aa)(3)(x)).

Pt. II (ss. 32-51) excluded (prosp.) by 1997 c. 43, ss. 56(1), 57(2), Sch. 5 paras. 2(7), 3(6) (by 1998 c. 37, s. 120(2), Sch.10 in the said Sch. 5, paras. 1-4 are repealed (30.9.1998); S.I. 1998/2327, art.2(1)(aa)(3)(x)).

Pt. II (ss. 32-51) modified (1.4.2000) by 1998 c. 37, s.79(3)(4); S.I. 1999/3426, art. 3 (subject to art. 4 of the said S.I.)

Pt. II (ss. 32-51) applied (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s.102; S.I. 1998/2327, art.2(1)(v).

Pt. II (ss. 32-51) modified (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 116(6)(a), 168

Pt. II (ss. 32-51) excluded (1.9.2001) by 2001 c. 17, s. 42, Sch. 7 para. 3(1) (with s. 78); S.I. 2001/2161, art. 2

Commencement Information

I1 Pt. II (ss. 32 - 51) wholly in force at 1.10.1992 see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 (as repealed (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 120(2), Sch. 10; S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1)(aa)(3)(x)).

New arrangements for early release E+W

[F1 37 Duration and conditions of licences. E+W

(1) Subject to [F2 subsections (1A), (1B) and (2)]] below, where a short-term or long-term prisoner is released on licence, the licence shall, subject to any suspension under section 38(2) below or, as the case may be, any revocation under section 39(1) or (2) below, remain in force until the date on which he would (but for his release) have served three-quarters of his sentence.

[F3 (1A) Where a prisoner is released on licence under section 33(3) or (3A) above, subsection (1) above shall have effect as if for the reference to three-quarters of his sentence there were substituted a reference to the whole of that sentence.]

(2) Where a prisoner whose sentence is for a term of less than twelve months is released on licence under section 36(1) above, subsection (1) above shall have effect as if for the reference to three-quarters of his sentence there were substituted a reference to one-half of that sentence.

F1 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F4 F1 (4) A person subject to a licence [F5 under this Part]] shall comply with such conditions F6 . . . as may for the time being be specified in the licence; and the Secretary of State may make rules for regulating the supervision of any description of such persons.

[F4 (4A) The conditions so specified may in the case of a person released on licence under section 34A above whose sentence is for a term of less than twelve months, and shall in any other case, include on the person’s release conditions as to his supervision by—

(a) a probation officer appointed for or assigned to the petty sessions area within which the person resides for the time being; or

(b) where the person is under the age of 18 years, a member of a youth offending team established by the local authority within whose area the person resides for the time being.]

[F7 (5) The Secretary of State shall not include on release, or subsequently insert, a condition in the licence of a long-term prisoner, or vary or cancel any such condition, except after consultation with the Board.]

(6) For the purposes of subsection (5) above, the Secretary of State shall be treated as having consulted the Board about a proposal to include, insert, vary or cancel a condition in any case if he has consulted the Board about the implementation of proposals of that description generally or in that class of case.

(7) The power to make rules under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 37 repealed (1.10.1997 in respect of s. 37(3) and s. 37(4)(5) so far as relating to life prisoners, otherwiseprosp.) by 1997 c. 43, ss. 56(2), 57(2), Sch. 6 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in s. 56(1), Sch. 5 para. 1); S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1)(p)(3)(d) (subject to transitional provisions and savings in art. 5) (but by 1998 c. 37, s. 120(2), Sch.10 in the said Sch. 6 the entries relating to ss. 33-51 and 65 of this Act are repealed (30.9.1998); S. I. 1998/2327, art.2(1)(aa)(3)(x) ).

F2 Words in s. 37(1) substituted (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 119, Sch. 8 para. 83(1)(a); S.I. 1998/2327, art.2(1)(y)(2)(z).

F3 S. 37(1A) inserted (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 104(2) (with Sch. 9 para. 13); S.I. 1998/2327, art.2(1)(w).

F4 S. 37(4A) inserted (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 119, Sch. 8 para. 83(5); S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1)(2)(y)(2)(z).

F5 Words in s. 37(4) inserted (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 119, Sch. 8 para. 83(4)(a); S.I. 1998/2327, art.2(1)(y)(2)(z).

F6 Words in s. 37(4) repealed (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, ss. 119, 120(2), Sch.8 para. 83(4)(b), Sch. 10; S.I. 1998/2327, art.2(1)(y)(aa)(2)(z)(3)(t).

F7 S. 37(5) substituted (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, s. 119, Sch. 8 para. 83(6); S.I. 1998/2327, art.2(1)(y)(2)(Z).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 S. 37 modified (1.10.1992) by S.I. 1992/1829, art. 3.

S. 37 applied (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 43, ss. 44, 56(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II paras. 8(2)(4), 9(2)(b)(4), Sch. 5 paras. 9(1)(a)(b)(2)(b), 10(1)(b)(c)(2)(b); S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1).

Ss. 34-37 applied (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 43, ss. 41, 56(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II paras. 8, 9(2)(a), Sch. 5 paras. 9(2)(a), 10(2)(a); S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1).

S. 37 modified (19.9.1998) by S.I. 1998/2327, art. 5(3)(d).

C3 S. 37(1)(2) amended (retrospectively) by 1984 c. 47, Sch. para. 2 as modified (retrospectively) by 1997 c. 43, s. 42, Sch. 2 para. 2(1)(2); S.I. 1997/2200 , art. 2(1).

S. 37(1)(2) amended (1.10.1997) by 1984 c. 47, Sch. para. 2 as modified (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 43, s. 42, Sch. 2 para. 2(1)(2); S.I. 1997/2200 , art. 2(1).

C4 S. 37(4A) modified by S.I. 1998/2327, art. 5(1)(a).

Commencement Information

I2 Pt. II (ss. 32 - 51) wholly in force at 1.10.1992 see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.