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Explanatory note

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This Order brings into operation Articles 22, 24(2), 24(7)(a), 26(2), 28 and 29 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 on 1 July 2015. These provisions provide for the release and recall of certain categories of prisoners, and for licence conditions to be placed upon them including a curfew. They also provide for the release of certain categories of prisoners on compassionate grounds and for the further release of persons released under Article 20 and subsequently recalled.