{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-disorder-act-1998/schedule-8/paragraph-71",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-disorder-act-1998/schedule-8/paragraph-71.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/37",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Disorder Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-disorder-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/71",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "71",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 39 of that Act (rules for the management of prisons)—\n(a) in subsection (7)—\n(i) at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “ Subject to subsection (7A) below, ”;\n(ii) for the words “a short-term or long-term prisoner within the meaning of” there shall be substituted the words “ any person who is, or is treated as, a long-term or short-term prisoner for the purposes of any provision of ”; and\n(iii) the words from “and the foregoing” to the end shall cease to have effect; and\n(b) after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsections—\n“(7A) Additional days shall not be awarded under rules made under subsection (7) above in respect of a sentence where the prisoner has at any time been released on licence, in relation to that sentence, under Part I of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993; and any reference to a sentence in such rules shall be construed in accordance with section 27(5) of that Act.\n(7B) In the application of subsection (7) above to a prisoner subject to an extended sentence within the meaning of section 210A of the 1995 Act, the reference to his sentence shall be construed as a reference to the custodial term of that extended sentence.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1993 c.9."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 71 wholly in force; Sch. 8 para. 71 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 121; In force at 30.9.1998 by S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1)(2) (subject to savings in arts. 5-8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "asp/2007/17",
      "affecting_title": "Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/37/schedule/8/paragraph/71",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:25.156552+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."
}