136 Release at direction of Parole Board after recall: fixed-term prisoners
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (2022 c 32) | Legislation

136  Release at direction of Parole Board after recall: fixed-term prisoners

(1)     The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.

(2)     In section 255B (automatic release), after subsection (4) insert—

“(4A)     The Board must not give a direction for P's release on a reference under subsection (4) unless the Board is satisfied that it is not necessary for the protection of the public that P should remain in prison until the end of the period mentioned in subsection (1)(b).”

(3)     In section 255C (fixed-term prisoners not suitable for automatic release), after subsection (4) insert—

“(4A)     The Board must not give a direction for P's release on a reference under subsection (4) unless the Board is satisfied that it is not necessary for the protection of the public that P should remain in prison.”

(4)     Omit section 256 (power of Board to fix date for future release).

(5)

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