9Consequential amendments: ScotlandS
(1)Section 11 of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (duration of licence) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (3)(a)—
(a)after “until” insert—
“(i)in the case of a person to whom section 1AB applies, the date on which, but for such release, the entire period specified in the prisoner's sentence (reckoned from the commencement of the sentence) has elapsed, and
(ii)in any other case,”, and
(b)for “such release” substitute “ the release under section 3(1) ”.
(3)After subsection (3) insert—
“(3ZA)Where a short-term prisoner is released on licence under section 1AB, the licence (unless revoked) remains in force until the entire period specified in the prisoner's sentence (reckoned from the commencement of the sentence) has elapsed.”