{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003/schedule-20B/paragraph-28",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/44",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/20B/paragraph/28",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) It is the duty of the Secretary of State to release a person to whom paragraph 27 applies on licence under this paragraph—\n(a) in the case of a person falling within paragraph 27(1), as soon as the person has served two-thirds of the sentence;\n(b) in the case of a person falling within paragraph 27(2), as soon as the person would (but for the earlier release) have served two-thirds of the sentence.\n(2) After a person falling within paragraph 27(1) has served one-third of the sentence or six months, whichever is longer, the Secretary of State must, if directed to do so by the Board, release the person on licence under this paragraph.\n(3) The Board must not give a direction under sub-paragraph (2) unless the Board is satisfied that it is no longer necessary for the protection of the public that the person should be confined.\n(4) Sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) apply in place of section 244 (release on licence of prisoners serving twelve months or more).",
  "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/28",
    "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."
}