{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-immigration-act-2008/section-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-immigration-act-2008/section-25.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/4",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-immigration-act-2008",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Release on licence under Criminal Justice Act 2003 of prisoners serving extended sentences",
  "text": "(1) Section 247 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (release on licence of prisoner serving extended sentence) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (2)—\n(a) the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a) is omitted, and\n(b) paragraph (b) is omitted.\n(3) Subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6) are omitted.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 25 in force at 14.7.2008 by S.I. 2008/1586, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 12 (with savings in Sch. 2 para. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 25 in force at 3.12.2012 in so far as not already in force by 2012 c. 10, Sch. 16 para. 15(1); S.I. 2012/2096, art. 2(n)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/4/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:33:09.448635+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."
}