Section 5 Fixed term prisoners: special cases.
Northern Ireland
If the length of a sentence is treated as reduced by a period of custody in accordance with section 26 of the M1Treatment of Offenders Act Northern Ireland) 1968 (duration of sentence) for the purposes of section 4(1) above the period of custody must be treated as having been served as part of the sentence.
If a sentence of at least five years is supplemented by a period of imprisonment in accordance with F1section 80(2) of the Terrorism Act 2000 (conviction of scheduled offence during period of remission) for the purposes of section 4(1) above the supplementary period must be treated as part of the sentence.
If—
a sentence of less than five years is supplemented by a period of imprisonment in accordance with F2section 80(2) of the 2000 Act, and
the supplementary period relates to an earlier sentence of at least five years for a qualifying offence (within the meaning of section 3 above),
the prisoner may make an application under section 3 in respect of the supplementary period and the application shall be granted if (and only if) the second and third conditions are satisfied.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 5(2) substituted (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, s. 125, Sch. 15 para. 16(2)(a); S.I. 2001/421, art. 2
- F2
Words in s. 5(3)(a) substituted (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, s. 125, Sch. 15 para. 16(2)(b); S.I. 2001/421, art. 2
- F3
Words in s. 5(4) substituted (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, s. 125, Sch. 15 para. 16(2)(c); S.I. 2001/421, art. 2
- F4
S. 5(4)(c) and word “and” preceding it inserted (19.2.2001) by 2000 c. 11, s. 125, Sch. 15 para. 16(2)(d); S.I. 2001/421, art. 2
Marginal citations
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