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Paragraph 4

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Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

This paragraph applies where a prisoner—

(a)

is serving, or liable to serve, two or more life sentences, and

(b)

is not serving, or liable to serve, any other sentence of imprisonment.

(2)

Part 2 applies subject to the following modifications.

(3)

In sections 20 to 23, references to the punishment part are to be read as references to the punishment part which expires after the expiry of the other punishment part (or parts) imposed on the prisoner.