{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2003/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2003/schedule-1/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2003/7",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The 1993 Act is amended in accordance with this paragraph.\n(2) In section 2 (duty to release discretionary life prisoners)—\n(a) in subsection (1), after paragraph (aa) there is inserted\n“or\n(ab) who is subject to an order for lifelong restriction in respect of an offence,”;\n(b) in subsection (2)(aa)—\n(i) after the words “paragraph (a)” there is inserted “ or (ab) ”; and\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (i), after the word “life” there is inserted “ , or as the case may be not made the order for lifelong restriction, ”;\n(c) in subsection (3), after the words “subsection (1) above” there is inserted “ or makes an order for lifelong restriction ”;\n(d) after subsection (9) there is added—\n“(10) In subsection (9) above, the reference to “sentences of imprisonment for life” is to be construed as including a reference to any sentence constituted by an order for lifelong restriction.”.\n(3) In section 27(1) (interpretation)—\n(a) in the definition of “life prisoner”, at the end there is added “ or in respect of whom there has been made an order for lifelong restriction ”; and\n(b) the following definitions are inserted at the appropriate places—\n““order for lifelong restriction”means an order under section 210F(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46);”\n““risk management plan”shall be construed in accordance with section 6(1) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7);”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1 wholly in force at 19.6.2006; para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 89(2); para. 1(3)(b) in force at 4.10.2005 by S.S.I. 2005/433, art. 2; para. 1 in force otherwise at 19.6.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/332, art. 2 (for the purposes there specified)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/7/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:51.376466+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."
}