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Section 32ZZA Imprisonment or detention for public protection: powers in relation to release of recalled prisonersF1

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

This section applies where a prisoner to whom section 31A (termination of licences of preventive sentence prisoners) applies—

(a)

has been released on licence under this Chapter, and

(b)

is recalled to prison under section 32.

(2)

The Secretary of State may, at any time after the prisoner is returned to prison, release the prisoner again on licence under this Chapter.

(3)

The Secretary of State must not release the prisoner under subsection (2) unless satisfied that it is no longer necessary for the protection of the public that the prisoner should remain in prison.

(4)

Where the prisoner is released under subsection (2), the Secretary of State may determine that, for the purposes of F2paragraph (c) of section 31A(3A) (referral to Parole Board) or paragraph (c) of section 31A(4H) (automatic licence termination), the prisoner’s licence is to be treated as having remained in force as if it had not been revoked under section 32.

(5)

The Secretary of State may only make a determination under subsection (4) if the Secretary of State considers that it is in the interests of justice to do so.

(6)

Where the Secretary of State makes a determination under subsection (4), the Secretary of State must notify the prisoner.

(7)

In this section, “preventive sentence” means—

(a)

a sentence of imprisonment or detention in a young offender institution for public protection under section 225 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (including one passed as a result of section 219 of the Armed Forces Act 2006), or

(b)

a sentence of detention for public protection under section 226 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (including one passed as a result of section 221 of the Armed Forces Act 2006).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 32ZZA inserted (1.11.2024) by Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), ss. 66(5), 81(2); S.I. 2024/966, reg. 3(1)(a)

F2

Words in s. 32ZZA(4) inserted (1.6.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), ss. 42(4), 49(1); S.I. 2026/402, reg. 3

Notes on Part II

Modifications

C1

Pt. II applied in part (with modifications) (1.10.1997) by S.I. 1997/1776, art. 2, Sch. 1 paras. 2-4; S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1)

Notes on Chapter II

Modifications

C1

Pt. II Ch. II excluded (1.9.2001) by 2001 c. 17, s. 42, Sch. 7 para. 3(1) (with s. 78); S.I. 2001/2161, art. 2