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Explanatory note

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This Order makes amendments to the law of England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or the United Kingdom as a whole which are consequential on the Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001. That Order provides for the release and recall of persons serving a sentence of life imprisonment or detention during the pleasure of the Secretary of State.