{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisoners-and-criminal-proceedings-scotland-act-1993/section-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisoners-and-criminal-proceedings-scotland-act-1993/section-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/9",
  "legislation_title": "Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisoners-and-criminal-proceedings-scotland-act-1993",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Supervised release of short-term prisoners.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) The Secretary of State shall, not later than thirty days before the date of release of a short-term prisoner who is subject to a supervised release order, designate—\n(a) the local authority for the area where the prisoner proposes to reside after release;\n(b) the local authority for the area where the place from which he is to be released is situated; or\n(c) the justices for the local justice area where he proposes to reside after release,\nas the appropriate authority or, as the case may be, justices for the purposes of the order.\n(5) As soon as practicable after designating a local authority or justices under subsection (4) above the Secretary of State shall—\n(a) inform the prisoner in writing of the designation; and\n(b) send to the authority or, as the case may be, to the designated officer for the justices a copy of the supervised release order and of the relevant documents and information received by the Secretary of State by virtue of section 209(6)(b) of the 1995 Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 14(1) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 5 (with s. 6, Sch. 3 Pt. II paras. 16, 17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 14(2)(3) repealed (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, ss. 119, 120(2), Sch. 8 para. 103, Sch. 10; S.I. 1997/2327, art. 2(1)(y)(aa)(2)(hh)(3)(u)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 14(4)(c) substituted (1.4.2005) by The Courts Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/886), art. 2, Sch. para. 50(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 14(5) substituted (1.4.2005) by The Courts Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/886), art. 2, Sch. para. 50(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 14(5) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 5, 7(2), Sch. 4 para. 86(7)(a)(i)(ii)(b)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 14(5)(b) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 5, 7(2), Sch. 4 para. 86(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 14(5): certain functions made exercisable in or as regards Scotland (30.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1748, arts. 4(1), 8(1), Sch. 2 para. 2(1)-(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "S.14(4) extends to England and Wales and Scotland; s. 14 otherwise extends to Scotland only, see s. 48(5)(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/9/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:16.864603+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."
}