C1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8 Part I Detention, Transfer and Release of Offenders

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. 1 modified (S.) (20.10.1997) by 1997 c. 48, s. 16(2)(3) (with s. 33); S.I. 1997/2323, art. 3, Sch. 1

C6

Pt. 1 modified by 2007 asp 17, Sch. 6 (as substituted (S.) (28.3.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 19, 206(1); S.S.I. 2011/178, art. 2, sch.); (as amended (11.10.2019) by Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 14), ss. 60(5), 63(2); S.S.I. 2019/309, reg. 2; and (30.4.2021) by Counter Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), s. 50(1)(i), Sch. 13 para. 58)

C7

Pt. 1 applied by 1984 c. 47, Sch. para. 2(3A) (as inserted (29.6.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), s. 50(2)(r), Sch. 11 para. 3(1)(4))

C8

Pt. 1 applied by 1984 c. 47, Sch. para. 2 (as modified (29.6.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), s. 50(2)(r), Sch. 11 para. 4)

Early release

2AF1Rules for section 2(2)(d) cases

1

For the purpose of section 2(2)(d), the matters are—

a

any period of imprisonment which the court considers would have been appropriate for the offence had the court not sentenced the prisoner to imprisonment for life, or (as the case may be) not made the order for lifelong restriction, for it,

b

the part of that period of imprisonment which would represent an appropriate period to satisfy the requirements of retribution and deterrence, and

c

where appropriate, the ones mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 196(1) of the 1995 Act.

2

But—

a

in the application of subsection (1)(a), the court is to ignore any period of confinement which may be necessary for the protection of the public,

b

subsection (1)(b) is subject to section 2B,

c

subsection (1)(c) is inapplicable until the court has made the assessment required by virtue of subsection (1)(a) and (b).