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Paragraph 26 I1

United Kingdom

In paragraph 17 (prisoners unlawfully at large) after sub-paragraph (6) insert—

“(7)

In relation to a person who, having been sentenced to imprisonment, is unlawfully at large during any period during which he is liable to be detained in a prison in England and Wales or Scotland and is sentenced to imprisonment by a court in Northern Ireland, any reference in sub-paragraph (5) above to the Secretary of State must be read as a reference to the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.”

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I1

Sch. 8 para. 26 in force at 12.4.2010, see art. 1(2)