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4(1)In dealing with an application under paragraph 3, the High Court must have regard to—E+W

(a)the seriousness of the offence, or of the combination of the offence and one or more offences associated with it,

(b)where the court is satisfied that, if the prisoner had been sentenced to a term of imprisonment, the length of his sentence would have been treated by section 67 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80) as being reduced by a particular period, the effect which that section would have had if he had been sentenced to a term of imprisonment, and

(c)the length of the notified minimum term or, where a notification falling within paragraph 2(b) has been given to the prisoner, to the fact that such a notification has been given.

(2)In considering under sub-paragraph (1) the seriousness of the offence, or of the combination of the offence and one or more offences associated with it, the High Court must have regard to—

(a)the general principles set out in Schedule 21, and

(b)any recommendation made to the Secretary of State by the trial judge or the Lord Chief Justice as to the minimum term to be served by the offender before release on licence.

(3)In this paragraph “the notified minimum term” has the same meaning as in paragraph 3.

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