{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-commissioners-rules-northern-ireland-2009/article-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-commissioners-rules-northern-ireland-2009/article-26.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2009/82",
  "legislation_title": "The Parole Commissioners’ Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parole-commissioners-rules-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "article/26",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Short custodial terms",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where—\n(a) the Department of Justice refers to the Commissioners—\n(i) the case of an extended custodial prisoner under Article 18 of the 2008 Order, or\n(ii) the case of any prisoner under Article 20A of that Order, and\n(b) the relevant part of the prisoner's sentence is less than 26 weeks;\nthese rules shall apply subject to the modifications made by rule 25(a).\n(2) Where this rule applies the prisoner may agree that the modifications made by rule 25(a) do not have effect.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the “relevant part of the sentence”—\n(a) in the case of an extended custodial prisoner to whom Article 18 of the 2008 Order applies, means one half of the appropriate custodial term of the sentence as defined by Article 14(4) or 14(6) of that Order;\n(b) in the case of a prisoner to whom Article 20A of that Order applies, has the meaning given by paragraph (9) of that Article;\nand in determining the length of that part any reduction required by section 26(2) of the Treatment of Offenders Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 is to be taken into account.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 26(1) substituted (30.4.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), s. 50(1)(i), Sch. 13 para. 76(5)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 26(3) inserted (30.4.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), s. 50(1)(i), Sch. 13 para. 76(5)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 26 in operation at 1.4.2009, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/82/article/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:32:52.470235+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."
}