{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/custodial-sentences-and-weapons-scotland-act-2007/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/custodial-sentences-and-weapons-scotland-act-2007/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2007/17",
  "legislation_title": "Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/custodial-sentences-and-weapons-scotland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Referral to Parole Board for the purposes of specifying conditions",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where the Parole Board fixes a date under section 14(6)(b).\n(2) The Scottish Ministers must refer the prisoner's case to the Parole Board before that date.\n(3) On that date, the Parole Board must specify conditions to be included in the prisoner's community licence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 2 power to modify conferred (24.9.2012) by Criminal Cases (Punishment and Review) (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 7), ss. 2(2), 5(2); S.S.I. 2012/249, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2007/17/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:50.645478+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."
}