# The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, Article 17: Duty to release certain fixed-term prisoners


(1) As soon as a fixed-term prisoner, other than a prisoner serving an extended custodial sentence, has served the requisite custodial period, the Secretary of State shall release the prisoner on licence under this Article.
(2) In this Article “the requisite custodial period” means—
(a) subject to sub-paragraph (b), the custodial period specified by the court under Article 8;
(b) in relation to a person serving two or more concurrent or consecutive sentences, the period determined under Article 32(2) or 33(2)

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780110800875/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-17
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