{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisoners-and-criminal-proceedings-scotland-act-1993/section-3E",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisoners-and-criminal-proceedings-scotland-act-1993/section-3E.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/3E",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3E",
  "heading": "Effect of early release from prison or young offenders institution by virtue of regulations",
  "text": "(1) A person described in the first column of the table below who is released from custody by virtue of regulations under section 3C is deemed to have been released by virtue of the provision of this Act mentioned in the corresponding entry in the second column.\nStatus of person immediately before release\nProvision of this Act by virtue of which the person is deemed to have been released\nA short-term prisoner\nsection 1(1)\nA long-term prisoner\nsection 1(3)\nA person serving a term of imprisonment or detention imposed on a basis mentioned in section 5(1)(a) or (b) (fine defaulters and persons in contempt of court) and who is, for any purpose, to be treated as a short-term prisoner by virtue of that section\nsection 1(1), construed as required by section 5(2)\nA person serving a term of imprisonment or detention imposed on a basis mentioned in section 5(1)(a) or (b) and who is, for any purpose, to be treated as a long-term prisoner by virtue of that section\nsection 1(3), construed as required by section 5(2)\nA person detained—\n(a)under section 208 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (detention of children convicted on indictment), or\n(b)in pursuance of an order under section 7(3) (children detained in solemn proceedings)\nsection 7(2)\n(2) In this section, “short-term prisoner” and “long-term prisoner” include a person treated, for any purpose, as a short-term prisoner or (as the case may be) a long term prisoner by virtue of section 6(1)(a) or 16(5)(a).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 3C-3E inserted (26.5.2024) by Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Act 2023 (asp 4), ss. 11(2), 18(2); S.S.I. 2024/145, reg. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/9/section/3E",
    "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."
}