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(1)A prisoner who is suitable for automatic release (“P”) must—
(a)on return to prison, be informed that he or she will be released under this section (subject to subsections (8) and (9)), and
(b)at the end of [F2the automatic release period (as defined in section 255A(9) and (10))], be released by the Secretary of State on licence under this Chapter (unless P is released before that date under subsection (2) or (5)).
(2)The Secretary of State may, at any time after P is returned to prison, release P again on licence under this Chapter.
(3)The Secretary of State must not release P under subsection (2) unless the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is not necessary for the protection of the public that P should remain in prison until the end of the period mentioned in subsection (1)(b).
(4)If P makes representations under section 254(2) before the end of that period, the Secretary of State must refer P's case to the Board on the making of those representations.
(5)Where on a reference under subsection (4) the Board directs P's immediate release on licence under this Chapter, the Secretary of State must give effect to the direction.
(6)Subsection (7) applies if P is recalled before the date on which P would (but for the earlier release) have served the requisite custodial period for the purposes of section 243A or (as the case may be) section 244.
(7)Where this subsection applies—
(a)if P is released under this section before that date, P's licence must include a curfew condition complying with section 253, and
(b)P is not to be so released (despite subsections (1)(b) and (5)) unless the Secretary of State is satisfied that arrangements are in place to enable that condition to be complied with.
(8)Subsection (9) applies if, after P has been informed that he or she will be released under this section, the Secretary of State receives further information about P (whether or not relating to any time before P was recalled).
(9)If the Secretary of State determines, having regard to that and any other relevant information, that P is not suitable for automatic release—
(a)the Secretary of State must inform P that he or she will not be released under this section, and
(b)section 255C applies to P as if the Secretary of State had determined, on P's recall, that P was not suitable for automatic release.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 255A-255C and crossheading substituted for s. 255A-255D (3.12.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 114(1), 151(1) (with Sch. 15); S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(d)
F2Words in s. 255B(1)(b) substituted (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), ss. 9(5), 22(1) (with Sch. 7 para. 5); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(i)
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