Part 12Sentencing

Chapter 6 Release, licences, supervision and recall

Release on licence

247Release on licence of prisoner serving extended sentence under section 227 or 228

(1)

This section applies to a prisoner who is serving an extended sentence imposed under section 227 or 228.

(2)

As soon as—

(a)

a prisoner to whom this section applies has served F1the requisite custodial period, F2. . .

(b)

F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

it is the duty of the Secretary of State to release him on licence.

(3)

F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)

F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5)

F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6)

F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8(7)

In this section—

“the appropriate custodial term” means the period determined by the court as the appropriate custodial term under section 227 or 228;

“the requisite custodial period” means—

(a)

in relation to a person serving one sentence, one-half of the appropriate custodial term, and

(b)

in relation to a person serving two or more concurrent or consecutive sentences, the period determined under sections 263(2) and 264(2).

F9(8)

In its application to a person serving a sentence imposed before 14 July 2008, this section is subject to the modifications set out in paragraph 15 of Schedule 20B (transitional cases).