{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/schedule-20B/paragraph-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/schedule-20B/paragraph-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/44",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/20B/paragraph/27",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies to a person if—\n(a) the person is serving a sentence of imprisonment imposed before 1 October 1992,\n(b) the sentence is for a term of more than 12 months,\n(c) on the passing of the sentence an extended sentence certificate was issued, and\n(d) the person has not previously been released from prison on licence in respect of that sentence.\n(2) This paragraph also applies to a person if—\n(a) the person is serving a sentence of imprisonment imposed before 1 October 1992,\n(b) the sentence is for a term of more than 12 months,\n(c) on the passing of the sentence an extended sentence certificate was issued,\n(d) the person has been released on licence under Part 2 of the 1991 Act, and\n(e) the person has been recalled before 14 July 2008 (and has not been recalled after that date).\n(3) In this paragraph “extended sentence certificate” means a certificate was issued under section 28 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (punishment of persistent offenders) stating that an extended term of imprisonment was imposed on the person under that section.",
  "extent": null,
  "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)"
    }
  ],
  "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/27",
    "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."
}