Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 12 (ss. 142-305) modified (4.4.2005) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Sentencing) (Transitory Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/643), art. 3
Pt. 12 modified (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 183(4), 383 (as amended (1.4.2008) by The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912), art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 23(2)(b)); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4
(1)Subject to subsections (2) and (3), where a fixed-term prisoner is released on licence, the licence shall, subject to any revocation under section 254 or 255, remain in force for the remainder of his sentence.
(2)Where an intermittent custody prisoner is released on licence under section 244, the licence shall, subject to any revocation under section 254, remain in force—
(a)until the time when he is required to return to prison at the beginning of the next custodial period of the sentence, or
(b)where it is granted at the end of the last custodial period, for the remainder of his sentence.
(3)Subsection (1) has effect subject to sections 263(2) (concurrent terms) and 264(3) and (4) (consecutive terms) [F1and subsection (2) has effect subject to section 264A(3) (consecutive terms: intermittent custody].
(4)In subsection (2) “custodial period”, in relation to a sentence to which an intermittent custody order relates, means any period which is not a licence period as defined by 183(3).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 249(3) inserted (31.3.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), ss. 31, 60, Sch. 6 para. 4; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(e)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 249 applied (with modifications) (14.7.2008) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), s. 50A(5)(6)(a)(7) (as inserted by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 32(1), 153; S.I. 2008/1586, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 18)
Commencement Information
I1S. 249 wholly in force at 4.4.2005; s. 249 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 336(3); s. 249 in force for certain purposes at 26.1.2004 by S.I. 2003/3282, art. 2, Sch.; s. 249 in force in so far as not already in force at 4.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1) Sch. 1 para. 19 (subject to art. 2(2), Sch. 2)