# Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993, Section 6: Application to young offenders and to children detained without limit of time.

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(1) This Part of this Act applies—
(a) to—
(i) persons on whom detention in a young offenders institution has been imposed under section 205ZA(6) of the 1995 Act,
(ii) persons on whom detention in a young offenders institution has been imposed under section 205ZC(4) of that Act, and
(iii) persons on whom detention in a young offenders institution (other than detention without limit of time or for life) has been imposed under section 207(2) of that Act,
as the Part applies to persons serving equivalent sentences of imprisonment;
(b) to—
(i) persons sentenced under section 205(1) to (3) of that Act to be detained without limit of time or for life;
(ii) children sentenced to be detained without limit of time under section 208 of that Act; and
(iii) persons on whom detention without limit of time or for life is imposed under section 207(2) of that Act,
as the Part applies to persons sentenced to imprisonment for life,
and references in the Part (except in this section, sections 1(8) and 5(1) and paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 1) to prisoners (whether short-term, long-term or life) or to prison, imprisonment or sentences of imprisonment shall be construed accordingly.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/9/section/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prisoners-and-criminal-proceedings-scotland-act-1993/section-6
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