# Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014, Section 1: Reduction of cases in which prisoners released unconditionally


In section 243A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (duty to release prisoners serving less than 12 months unconditionally once one-half of sentence served), for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1) This section applies to a fixed-term prisoner if—
(a) the prisoner is serving a sentence which is for a term of 1 day, or
(b) the prisoner—
(i) is serving a sentence which is for a term of less than 12 months, and
(ii) is aged under 18 on the last day of the requisite custodial period.
(1A) This section also applies to a fixed-term prisoner if—
(a) the prisoner is serving a sentence which is for a term of less than 12 months, and
(b) the sentence was imposed in respect of an offence committed before the day on which section 1 of the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 came into force.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/11/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offender-rehabilitation-act-2014/section-1
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