{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/schedule-20B/paragraph-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/schedule-20B/paragraph-19.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/44",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/20B/paragraph/19",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where a person to whom paragraph 18 applies is released on licence and the custodial term is less than 12 months, the licence shall remain in force until the end of the period found by adding—\n(a) one-half of the custodial term, and\n(b) the extension period.\n(2) Where a person to whom paragraph 18 applies is released on licence and the custodial term is 12 months or more, the licence shall remain in force until the end of the relevant period.\n(3) Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to any revocation under section 254.\n(4) Sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) apply in place of section 249 (duration of licence).\n(5) In sub-paragraph (2), “the relevant period”—\n(a) in relation to a person released on licence under section 247A at any time after the end of the period of three-quarters of the custodial term, means the period found by adding—\n(i) the proportion of the custodial term served before release, and\n(ii) the extension period;\n(b) in relation to any other case, means the period found by adding—\n(i) three-quarters of the custodial term, and\n(ii) the extension period.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 20B inserted (3.12.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 17 para. 10; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(o)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 20B para. 19(2) substituted (26.2.2020) by Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Act 2020 (c. 3), ss. 6(6)(a), 10(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 20B para. 19(5) inserted (26.2.2020) by Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Act 2020 (c. 3), ss. 6(6)(b), 10(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted for Sch. 20B para. 34(6)",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2015/2",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2015/2",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2015/2",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/2",
      "affecting_title": "Sentencing Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/2",
      "affecting_title": "Sentencing Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/schedule/20B/paragraph/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:34:27.767865+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."
}