{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-sentences-act-1998/schedule-3/paragraph-9",
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  "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/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
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  "text": "(1) Nothing in Part II of Schedule 1 to the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (transfer of prisoners: restricted transfers) shall prevent the making of an application under section 3 of this Act.\n(2) The following provisions of this paragraph have effect where—\n(a) a prisoner is granted a declaration under section 3 in relation to a sentence in accordance with paragraph 1, and\n(b) his transfer to Northern Ireland in respect of that sentence was a restricted transfer for the purposes of Part II of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act.\n(3) A fixed term prisoner’s transfer shall cease to be a restricted transfer when the declaration under section 3 is made.\n(4) A life-sentence prisoner’s transfer shall cease to be a restricted transfer when he is released on licence under section 6.\n(5) Where a transfer under Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act ceases to be a restricted transfer in accordance with this paragraph, paragraph 15 of that Schedule shall apply as if the transfer were an unrestricted transfer and had been effected at that time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/35/schedule/3/paragraph/9",
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  "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."
}