Paragraph 9
United Kingdom
Where a person’s transfer under paragraph 1(1)(a), 2(1)(a) or 3(1)(a) above from England and Wales to Northern Ireland is a restricted transfer—
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subject F2... to any conditions to which the transfer is subject, he shall be treated for the relevant purposes as if he had been remanded for an offence committed in Northern Ireland.
Where a person’s transfer under paragraph 1(1)(b), 2(1)(b) or 3(1)(b) above from England and Wales to Northern Ireland is a restricted transfer—
sections 241, F4243A F5to F6244A, F7246A, 247 to 252 F8, 254 to F9264B , 267A and 267B of F10, and Schedules 20A and 20B to, the 2003 Act (fixed-term prisoners) or, as the case may require, F11sections 241 F12and 242 of, and paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 12 to, the Sentencing Code (detention and training orders) or sections 28 to 34 of this Act (life sentences) shall apply to him in place of the corresponding provisions of the law of Northern Ireland;
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subject to that, to sub-paragraph (3) below and to any conditions to which the transfer is subject, he shall be treated for the relevant purposes as if that sentence had been an equivalent sentence passed by a court in Northern Ireland.
A person who has been sentenced to a sentence of a length which could not have been passed on an offender of his age in the place to which he has been transferred shall be treated for the purposes mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) above as the Secretary of State may direct.
Where a transfer under paragraph 4(1) above of a person’s supervision from England and Wales to Northern Ireland is a restricted transfer—
sections 241, 249 to 252 F17, 254 to F18264B , 267A and 267B of F19, and Schedules 20A and 20B to, the 2003 Act (fixed-term prisoners) or, as the case may require, F20F21section 242 of, and paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 12 to, the Sentencing Code (detention and training orders) or sections 31 to 34 of this Act (life sentences) shall apply to him in place of the corresponding provisions of the law of Northern Ireland;
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subject to that and to any conditions to which the transfer is subject, he shall be treated for the relevant purposes as if his period of supervision had been an equivalent period of supervision directed to be undergone in Northern Ireland.
Section 31(2A) of this Act (conditions as to supervision after release), as applied by sub-paragraph (2) or (4) above, shall have effect as if for paragraphs (a) to (c) there were substituted the words “a probation appointed for or assigned to the petty sessions district within which the prisoner for the time being resides”.
Sections 64 and 64A of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (release on licence etc: drug appointments), as applied by sub-paragraph (2) or (4) above, have effect as if any reference to an officer of a provider of probation services were a reference to a probation officer.
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Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 1 para. 9(1)(a) repealed (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, ss. 119, 120(2), Sch. 8 para. 135(4)(a), Sch. 10; S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(2)(oo)(3)(x).
- F2
Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(1)(b) repealed (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, ss. 119, 120(2), Sch. 8 para. 135(4)(a), Sch. 10; S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(2)(oo)(3)(x).
- F3
Sch. 1 para. 9(2)(a)-(ab) substituted for Sch. 1 para. 9(2)(a) (4.4.2005) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 32 para. 85(4)(a); S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 42(32) (with saving in Sch. 2) (as explained (29.7.2005) by S.I. 2005/2122, art. 2; and as amended: (14.7.2008) by 2008 c. 4, Sch. 26 para. 78, Sch. 28 Pt. 2; S.I. 2008/1586, Sch. 1 paras. 48(s), 50(2)(d); (30.11.2009) by S.I. 2009/3111, art. 2; (3.12.2012) by S.I. 2012/2905, art. 4; (3.12.2012) by 2012 c. 10, Sch. 14 para. 17; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(l)); and Sch. 1 para. 9(2)(a) (in so far as it continues to have effect in relation to prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment for offences committed before 4.4.2005) amended (14.7.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 26 para. 32(5)(7); S.I. 2008/1586, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 48(n)
- F4
Word in Sch. 1 para. 9(2)(a) inserted (3.12.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 14 para. 2; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(l)
- F5
Word in Sch. 1 para. 9(2)(a) substituted (28.4.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 132(11)(b), 208(4)(p)
- F6
Word in Sch. 1 para. 9(2)(a) inserted (13.4.2015) by Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), s. 95(1), Sch. 1 para. 12(3); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 72
- F7
Word in Sch. 1 para. 9(2)(a) inserted (3.12.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 21 para. 5; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(s)
- F8
Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(2)(a) substituted (3.12.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 16 para. 8; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(n)
- F9
Word in Sch. 1 para. 9(2)(a) substituted (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), s. 22(1), Sch. 3 para. 5(2)(a) (with Sch. 7 para. 2); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(u)
- F10
Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(2)(a) inserted (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), s. 22(1), Sch. 3 para. 5(2)(b) (with Sch. 7 para. 2); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(u)
- F11
Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(2)(a) substituted (1.12.2020) by The Prison (Amendment) Rules 2005 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 149(4)(a) (with Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2
- F12
Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(2)(a) substituted (11.5.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 5 para. 5(2) (with s. 34(4)(5)); S.I. 2026/402, reg. 2(b)
- F13
Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(2)(aa) substituted (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), ss. 13(3)(a), 22(1) (with Sch. 7 para. 6); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(l)
- F14
Word in Sch. 1 para. 9(2)(aa) inserted (3.12.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 10 para. 9(4)(a); S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(h)
- F15
Sch. 1 para. 9(2)(ab) omitted (3.12.2012) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 10 para. 9(4)(b); S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(h)
- F16
Sch. 1 para. 9(4)(a)-(ab) substituted for Sch. 1 para. 9(4)(a) (4.4.2005) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 32 para. 85(4)(b); S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 42(32) (with saving in Sch. 2) (as explained (29.7.2005) by S.I. 2005/2122, art. 2; and as amended: (14.7.2008) by 2008 c. 4, Sch. 26 para. 78, Sch. 28 Pt. 2; S.I. 2008/1586, Sch. 1 paras. 48(s), 50(2)(d); (30.11.2009) by S.I. 2009/3111, art. 2; (3.12.2012) by S.I. 2012/2905, art. 4; (3.12.2012) by 2012 c. 10, Sch. 14 para. 17; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(l)); and Sch. 1 para. 9(4)(a) (in so far as it continues to have effect in relation to prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment for offences committed before 4.4.2005) amended (14.7.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 26 para. 32(6)(7); S.I. 2008/1586, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 48(n)
- F17
Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(4)(a) substituted (3.12.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 16 para. 8; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(n)
- F18
Word in Sch. 1 para. 9(4)(a) substituted (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), s. 22(1), Sch. 3 para. 5(3)(a) (with Sch. 7 para. 2); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(u)
- F19
Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(4)(a) inserted (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), s. 22(1), Sch. 3 para. 5(3)(b) (with Sch. 7 para. 2); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(u)
- F20
Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(4)(a) substituted (1.12.2020) by The Prison (Amendment) Rules 2005 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 149(4)(b) (with Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2
- F21
Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(4)(a) substituted (11.5.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 5 para. 5(3) (with s. 34(4)(5)); S.I. 2026/402, reg. 2(b)
- F22
Words in Sch. 1 para. 9(4)(aa) substituted (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), ss. 13(3)(a), 22(1) (with Sch. 7 para. 6); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(l)
- F23
Word in Sch. 1 para. 9(4)(aa) inserted (3.12.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 10 para. 9(4)(a); S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(h)
- F24
Sch. 1 para. 9(4)(ab) omitted (3.12.2012) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 10 para. 9(4)(b); S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(h)
- F25
Sch. 1 para. 9(5) substituted for Sch. 1 para. 9(5)-(7) (4.4.2005) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 32 para. 85(4)(c); S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 42(32) (with Sch. 2) (as explained (29.7.2005) by S.I. 2005/2122, art. 2; and as amended: (14.7.2008) by 2008 c. 4, Sch. 26 para. 78, Sch. 28 Pt. 2; S.I. 2008/1586, Sch. 1 paras. 48(s), 50(2)(d); (30.11.2009) by S.I. 2009/3111, art. 2; (3.12.2012) by S.I. 2012/2905, art. 4; (3.12.2012) by 2012 c. 10, Sch. 14 para. 17; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(l))
- F26
Sch. 1 para. 9(5A) inserted (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), ss. 13(3)(b), 22(1) (with Sch. 7 para. 6); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(l)
- F27
Sch. 1 para. 9(8) omitted (1.2.2015) by virtue of Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), s. 22(1), Sch. 3 para. 5(4) (with Sch. 7 para. 2); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(u)
- F28
Sch. 1 para. 9(9)-(12) omitted (11.5.2026) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 5 para. 5(4) (with s. 34(4)(5)); S.I. 2026/402, reg. 2(b)
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 1 para 9(2)(4) modified (19.9.1998) by S.I. 1998/2327, art. 5(2)(c)(d).
Notes on Schedule 1
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 1: exercise of functions restricted in or as regards Scotland (30.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1748, art. 4(1), Sch. 2 para. 3
- C2
Sch. 1 excluded (1.1.1998) by S.I. 1997/2200, art. 5(6)
Sch. 1 excluded (18.9.1998) by S.I. 1998/2251, art. 16(5).
Sch. 1 excluded (1.9.2001) by 2001 c. 17, s. 42(5) (with s. 78); S.I. 2001/2161, art. 2
Sch. 1 extended (1.9.2001) by 2001 c. 17, s. 46(1) (with s. 78); S.I. 2001/2161, art. 2
Notes on Part II
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 1 Pt. II excluded (28.7.1998) by 1998 c. 35, s. 17, Sch. 3 para. 9(1); S.I. 1998/1858, art.2.