246 Power to release prisoners on licence before required to do so
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (2003 c 44) | Legislation

246  Power to release prisoners on licence before required to do so

(1)     Subject to subsections (2) to (4), the Secretary of State may—

(a)     release on licence under this section a fixed-term prisoner[, other than one to whom section 244ZA, 244A, 246A, 247, 247A or 247B or paragraph 4 or 24 of Schedule 20B applies,] . . . at any time during the period of 135 [180] days ending with the day on which the prisoner will have served the requisite custodial period, . . .

(b)     . . ..

(2)     Subsection (1)(a) does not apply in relation to a prisoner unless—

(a)     the length of the requisite custodial period is at least 6 weeks, [and

(b)     he has served—

(i)     at least 4 weeks of that period, and

(ii)     at least one-half of that period].

(3)     . . .

(4)     Subsection (1) does not apply where—

(a)     . . .

[(aa)     . . .]

[(ab)     . . .]

[(ac)     the prisoner is one to whom section 244ZA would apply if—

(i)     section 244ZA(4)(c), (5)(c) and (6)(c) were omitted,

(ii)     the reference in section 244ZA(5)(a) to section 262 of the Sentencing Code were read as including

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