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The Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Act 2023 (Commencement) Regulations 2023

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2023 No. 1329 (C. 95)

OFFENDER MANAGEMENT

The Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Act 2023 (Commencement) Regulations 2023

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28th November 2023

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 3(3) of the Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Act 2023(1).

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1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Act 2023 (Commencement) Regulations 2023.

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2.  The Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Act 2023 comes into force on 12th December 2023.

Edward Argar

Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation

Ministry of Justice

28th November 2023

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations commence the whole of the Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Act 2023. The Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Act 2023 amends section 23 of the Criminal Justice Act 1961 (c. 39), which makes provision as to the day of release of offenders from detention, to provide the Secretary of State with a discretionary power to bring forward the release date of an offender by up to two “eligible working days”, where that release date falls on a Friday or the day preceding a bank/public holiday. An “eligible working day” is a working day not immediately followed by a non-working day. The Offenders (Day of Release from Detention Act) 2023 also makes a consequential amendment to the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (c. 17), so that section 23(3B) of the Criminal Justice Act 1961 is not applicable to persons detained pursuant to a sentence of the International Criminal Court.

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