Northern Ireland (Remission of Sentences) Act 1995
| Year | 1995 |
Northern Ireland (Remission ofSentences) Act 1995
1995 CHAPTER 47
An Act to provide for the release on licence of persons serving sentences to which section 14 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 applies; and for connected purposes.
[8th November 1995]
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Release on licence of persons subject to restricted remission.
(1) This section applies to persons serving sentences to which section 14 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 applies (restricted remission for persons sentenced for scheduled offences).
(2) A person to whom this section applies shall be released on licence for the period (or, where that period has partly elapsed, for the remainder of the period) during which, by reason only of section 14, he is prevented from being discharged in pursuance of prison rules.
(3) The Secretary of State may revoke a person's licence under this section if it appears to him that the person's continued liberty would present a risk to the safety of others or that he is likely to commit further offences; and a person whose licence is revoked shall be detained in pursuance of his sentence and, if at large, be deemed to be unlawfully at large.
(4) If a person's licence is revoked—
(a) he may make representations in writing to the Secretary of State about the revocation, and
(b) he shall as soon as is practicable be informed of the reasons for the revocation and of his right to make representations.
(5) If a person's licence is revoked the Secretary of State may again release him on licence under this section at any time during the period mentioned in subsection (2).
(6) Section 15 of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 and Part II of the Treatment of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (conviction within certain period after discharge from prison, etc.) shall apply in relation to a person released on licence under this section as if he had been discharged in pursuance of prison rules.
2 Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order...
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