{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-immigration-act-2008/section-34",
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  "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/34",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Removal under Criminal Justice Act 2003",
  "text": "(1) In Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) (sentencing) Chapter 6 (release on licence) is amended as follows.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Section 260 (early removal of prisoners liable to removal from United Kingdom) is amended as follows.\n(4) In subsection (1) (the power of removal)—\n(a) for “subsections (2) and (3)” substitute “ subsection (2) ”, and\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) For subsection (2) (conditions relating to time) substitute—\n“(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a prisoner unless he has served at least one-half of the requisite custodial period.”\n(6) Subsections (3) and (3A) (cases where subsection (1) does not apply) cease to have effect.\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8) In subsection (6) (order-making powers)—\n(a) in paragraph (a) omit “or (3)(e)”,\n(b) omit paragraph (b), and\n(c) in paragraph (c) for “subsection (2)(b)(ii)” substitute “ subsection (2) ”.\n(9) For subsection (7) (meaning of “requisite custodial period”) substitute—\n“(7) In this section “requisite custodial period”—\n(a) in relation to a prisoner serving an extended sentence imposed under section 227 or 228, means one-half of the appropriate custodial term (determined by the court under that section);\n(b) in any other case, has the meaning given by paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of section 244(3).”\n(10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 34(2) omitted (3.12.2012) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 118(4)(b), 151(1) (with Sch. 15); S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(d)"
    },
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 34(4)(b) omitted (3.12.2012) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 118(4)(b), 151(1) (with Sch. 15); S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(d)"
    },
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 34(7) omitted (3.12.2012) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 118(4)(b), 151(1) (with Sch. 15); S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 34(10) omitted (3.12.2012) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 118(4)(b), 151(1) (with Sch. 15); S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 34(1)(3)(4)(a)(5)(6)(8)(9) in force at 3.11.2008 by S.I. 2008/2712, art. 2, Sch. para. 5"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/4/section/34",
    "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."
}