SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Transfer of prisoners

Crime (Sentences) Act 1997

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In paragraph 17 (prisoners unlawfully at large) after sub-paragraph (6) insert—

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In relation to a person who, having been sentenced to imprisonment, is unlawfully at large during any period during which he is liable to be detained in a prison in England and Wales or Scotland and is sentenced to imprisonment by a court in Northern Ireland, any reference in sub-paragraph (5) above to the Secretary of State must be read as a reference to the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.