{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-32.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2016/21",
  "legislation_title": "Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "section/32",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Limitations on remission",
  "text": "(1) In section 13 of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (prison rules), after subsection (7) insert—\n“(7A) Prison rules may not provide for—\n(a) the grant of remission to a person imprisoned or detained in default of a payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by or imposed on his conviction of an offence or a sum treated for the purposes of any statutory provision as if it were a sum so adjudged or imposed;\n(b) the grant of remission to an offender in respect of a period of imprisonment under paragraph 5 or 6 of Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (supervised activity order).”.\n(2) In paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (failure to comply with supervised activity order), after sub-paragraph (4) insert—\n“(5) Section 13(7A) of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 prevents prison rules from providing for the grant of remission to an offender in respect of a period of imprisonment imposed under sub-paragraph (4).”.\n(3) In paragraph 6 of that Schedule, after sub-paragraph (1) insert—\n“(1A) Section 13(7A) of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 prevents prison rules from providing for the grant of remission to an offender in respect of a period of imprisonment imposed under sub-paragraph (1)””\n(4) This section does not apply in relation to offences committed before the commencement of this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 32 in operation at 1.6.2018 by S.R. 2018/99, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/21/section/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:52.150204+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."
}