144 Calculation of period before release or Parole Board referral where multiple sentences being served
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (2022 c 32) | Legislation

Minor amendments

144  Calculation of period before release or Parole Board referral where multiple sentences being served

(1)     In the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997—

(a)     in section 28(7) (time of Parole Board referral), omit paragraph (c) (and the “and” immediately before it);

(b)     before section 34 insert—

“33A Life prisoners also serving fixed-term sentence

(1)     This section applies where a life prisoner is also serving one or more sentences by virtue of which the fixed-term provisions apply to the offender.

(2)     Nothing in this Chapter requires the Secretary of State to release the prisoner unless the Secretary of State is also required by the fixed-term provisions to release the prisoner.

(3)     Nothing in this Chapter requires the Secretary of State to refer the prisoner's case to the Parole Board unless the Secretary of State is also required by the fixed-term provisions to—

(a)     refer the prisoner's case to the Board, or

(b)     release the prisoner.

(4)     Subsection (3) does not apply to a reference by the Secretary of State under section 31A(3).

(5)     The fact that the prisoner is serving a life sentence is to be ignored in determining, for the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), what the fixed-term

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