Crime and Disorder Act 1998

83 (1) In subsection (1) of section 37 of the 1991 Act (duration and conditions of licences)—

(a) for the words “subsection (2)” there shall be substituted the words “subsections (1A), (1B) and (2)”; and

(b) the words “any suspension under section 38(2) below or, as the case may be,” shall cease to have effect.

(2) After subsection (1A) of that section there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(1B) Where a prisoner whose sentence is for a term of twelve months or more is released on licence under section 33A(2) or 34A(3) 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 difference between—

(a) that proportion of his sentence; and

(b) the duration of the curfew condition to which he is or was subject.”

(3) In subsection (2) of that section, for the words “section 36(1) above” there shall be substituted the words “section 34A(3) or 36(1) above”.

(4) In subsection (4) of that section—

(a) after the words “a licence” there shall be inserted the words “under this Part”; and

(b) the words “(which shall include on his release conditions as to his supervision by a probation officer)” shall cease to have effect.

(5) After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(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.”

(6) For subsection (5) of that section there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(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.”