139 Establishment or alteration of rehabilitation periods
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Chapter 8
Rehabilitation of Offenders

139  Establishment or alteration of rehabilitation periods

(1)     The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 is amended as follows.

(2)     In section 5(1)(b) and (d) (sentences excluded from rehabilitation) for “thirty months” substitute “forty eight months”.

(3)     In the opening words of section 5(1A) (references to provisions of the Armed Forces Act 2006) for “subsection (1)(d)” substitute “this section”.

(4)     For section 5(2) to (11) (rehabilitation periods) substitute—

“(2)     For the purposes of this Act and subject to subsections (3) and (4), the rehabilitation period for a sentence is the period—

(a)     beginning with the date of the conviction in respect of which the sentence is imposed, and

(b)     ending at the time listed in the following Table in relation to that sentence:

SentenceEnd of rehabilitation period for adult offendersEnd of rehabilitation period for offenders under 18 at date of conviction
A custodial sentence of more than 30 months and up to, or consisting of, 48 monthsThe end of the period of 7 years beginning with the day on which the sentence (including any licence period) is completedThe end of the period of 42 months beginning with the day on which the
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