SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 27Transitory, transitional and saving provisions

Part 2Sentencing

Release and recall of prisoners

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In section 255A and 255C of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (which are inserted by section 29) “specified offence prisoner” is to be read as including a prisoner serving a determinate sentence by virtue of having been transferred to the United Kingdom in pursuance of a warrant under section 1 of the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984 if—

a

the warrant was issued before the commencement of section 29; and

b

the offence or one of the offences for which the prisoner is serving that sentence corresponds to murder or to any offence specified in Schedule 15 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003.