# Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, Paragraph 9

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) 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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(b) subject ... 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.
(2) 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—
(a) sections 241, 243A to 244A, 246A, 247 to 252 , 254 to 264B , 267A and 267B of , and Schedules 20A and 20B to, the 2003 Act (fixed-term prisoners) or, as the case may require, sections 241 and 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;
(aa) sections 62 , 64 and 64A of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (which relate to licence conditions) shall apply to him in place of the corresponding provisions of the law of Northern Ireland; and
(ab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) Where a transfer under paragraph 4(1) above of a person’s supervision from England and Wales to Northern Ireland is a restricted transfer—
(a) sections 241, 249 to 252 , 254 to 264B , 267A and 267B of , and Schedules 20A and 20B to, the 2003 Act (fixed-term prisoners) or, as the case may require, section 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;
(aa) sections 62 , 64 and 64A of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (which relate to licence conditions) shall apply to him in place of the corresponding provisions of the law of Northern Ireland; and
(ab) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) 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.
(5) 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”.
(5A) 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/43/schedule/1/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-sentences-act-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-9
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