{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/convention-rights-compliance-scotland-act-2001/schedule/paragraph-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/convention-rights-compliance-scotland-act-2001/schedule/paragraph-53.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2001/7",
  "legislation_title": "Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/convention-rights-compliance-scotland-act-2001",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/53",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Scottish Ministers shall not so refer the case of an existing transferred life prisoner to whom paragraph 49(c) above applies , to whom sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 49A above applies (whether or not paragraph 49(b) above also applies to the prisoner) or to whom sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 49A above applies (in so far as that sub-paragraph relates to paragraph 49(c) above) if the prisoner—\n(a) has, under paragraph 54 below, waived the entitlement to such a hearing; or\n(b) has served the part of the sentence specified in the certificate referred to in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 57 below issued in respect of that prisoner.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. Pt. 4 para. 53 inserted (27.6.2003) by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7), ss. 39(b)(iii), 89; S.S.I. 2003/288, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/7/schedule/paragraph/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:16.361199+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}