{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-sentences-act-1998/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-sentences-act-1998/schedule-3/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/35",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-sentences-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where a prisoner who makes an application to Commissioners under section 3(1) is serving a sentence of imprisonment in Northern Ireland and the sentence was passed in England and Wales or Scotland.\n(2) Where the applicant is serving a sentence of imprisonment for a fixed term, the Commissioners shall grant the application if (and only if)—\n(a) the sentence is for a term of at least five years,\n(b) the sentence was passed for an offence equivalent to a qualifying offence, and\n(c) the second and third conditions in section 3 are satisfied.\n(3) Where the applicant is serving a sentence of imprisonment for life, the Commissioners shall grant the application if (and only if)—\n(a) the sentence was passed for an offence equivalent to a qualifying offence, and\n(b) the second, third and fourth conditions in section 3 are satisfied.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/35/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:32.009906+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."
}