Regulation 4 Provisions coming into force between 31st March and 12th May 2026

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), in relation to a person who—

(a)

has been recalled before 31st March 2026, and

(b)

immediately before 31st March 2026 is being detained in custody as the result of having been so recalled,

the provisions in regulation 3(b) come into force on the relevant day.

(2)

Where a person who falls within paragraph (1) is being detained as a result of the Parole Board having decided, following a reference under section 255C(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003^f1, that the person is unsuitable for release, the provisions in regulation 3(b) come into force in relation to that person on the later of—

(a)

the day after the end of the period of 56 days beginning with the day after the day the decision is served on the Secretary of State, and

(b)

the relevant day.

(3)

In this regulation, “the relevant day” means—

(a)

31st March 2026, where the relevant sentence is less than 1702 days;

(b)

14th April 2026, where the relevant sentence is greater than 1701 days and less than 2129 days;

(c)

21st April 2026, where the relevant sentence is greater than 2128 days and less than 2577 days;

(d)

28th April 2026, where the relevant sentence is greater than 2576 days and less than 3305 days;

(e)

5th May 2026, where the relevant sentence is greater than 3304 days and less than 4439 days;

(f)

12th May 2026, where the relevant sentence is greater than 4438 days.

(4)

In paragraph (3), “the relevant sentence” means the sentence for which a person who falls within paragraph (1) has been recalled or, where they have been recalled for more than one concurrent sentence, the longest of those sentences.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2003 c. 44.