# Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993, Paragraph 6

Extent: S

(1) This paragraph applies where, in the case of an existing life prisoner, the Lord Justice General, whom failing the Lord Justice Clerk, after consultation with the trial judge, if available, certifies his opinion that, if section 2 of this Act had been in force at the time when the prisoner was sentenced, the court by which he was sentenced would have ordered that that section should apply to him as soon as he had served a part of his sentence specified in the certificate.
(2) In a case to which this paragraph applies, sections 1 to 27 of this Act except section 2(9) shall apply as if—
(a) the existing life prisoner were a . . . life prisoner within the meaning of section 2 of this Act; and
(b) the punishmentpart of his sentence within the meaning of that section were the part specified in the certificate.
(3) Where a person is serving two or more sentences of imprisonment for life or detention without limit of time or for life—
(a) he shall be treated as a . . .life prisoner within the meaning of section 2 of this Act only if the requirements of sub-paragraph (1) above are satisfied in respect of each of those sentences; and
(b) notwithstanding the terms of any certificate under that sub-paragraph, subsections (4) and (6) of section 2 shall not apply to him until he has served the punishment part of each of those sentences.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/9/schedule/6/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prisoners-and-criminal-proceedings-scotland-act-1993/schedule-6/paragraph-6
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