{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-25.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2008/1216",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008",
  "path": "article/25",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Licence conditions on re-release of prisoners serving sentence of less than 12 months",
  "text": "(1) In relation to any licence under Article 17 or 19 which is granted to a prisoner serving one or more determinate custodial sentences of less than 12 months and no determinate custodial sentence of 12 months or more on release in pursuance of a direction or recommendation of the Parole Commissioners under Article 28 or 29, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply instead of Article 24(2).\n(2) The licence—\n(a) shall include the standard conditions; and\n(b) may include such other conditions of a kind prescribed for the purposes of Article 24(3)(b) as the Department of Justice may for the time being specify in the licence.\n(3) In exercising the powers to include other conditions conferred by paragraph (2)(b), the Department of Justice shall have regard to any such conditions as are mentioned in Article 24(2)(a).\n(4) In this Article “the standard conditions” and “prescribed” have the same meaning as in Article 24",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 25(2)(b) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 6(2), Sch. 5 para. 20 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2) (but this amendment cannot take effect until the commencement of S.I. 2008/1216, art. 25)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 25(3) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 6(2), Sch. 5 para. 20 (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2) (but this amendment cannot take effect until the commencement of S.I. 2008/1216, art. 25)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2008/1216/article/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:03.144833+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."
}