Part 12Sentencing

Chapter 6Release on licence

Preliminary

237Meaning of “fixed-term prisoner”

1

In this Chapter “fixed-term prisoner” means—

a

a person serving a sentence of imprisonment for a determinate term, or

b

a person serving a determinate sentence of detention under section 91 of the Sentencing Act or under section 228 of this Act.

2

In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “prisoner” includes a person serving a sentence falling within subsection (1)(b); and “prison” includes any place where a person serving such a sentence is liable to be detained.