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AI Summary of 28. Removal of early release for dangerous terrorist prisoners: Scotland
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28. Removal of early release for dangerous terrorist prisoners: Scotland
(1) The Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1AB (restricted eligibility for release on licence of terrorist prisoners)(as amended by Schedule 13) -
(a) in subsection (2), for paragraph (a) substitute -
"(a) it is specified in Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 1A (terrorism offences punishable with imprisonment for life or for more than two years),";
(b) after subsection (2) insert -
"(2A) Subsections (3) to (5) apply unless the terrorist prisoner's sentence was imposed -
(a) under section 205ZA or 210A of the 1995 Act (serious terrorism sentence or extended sentence for dangerous offenders),
(b) on or after the day on which section 28 of the CounterTerrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 comes into force, and
(c) in respect of an offence that -
(i) is specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1A (terrorism offences punishable with imprisonment for life),
(ii) is a service offence as respects which the corresponding civil offence is so specified,
(iii) is specified in Part 3 of that Schedule (other offences punishable with imprisonment for life) and was determined to have a terrorist connection, or