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Corrections Act 2004

Transitional provisions - Release or removal under Penal Institutions Act 1954

230: Persons released under section 21 of Penal Institutions Act 1954

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"People released from prison early under old rules"

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If you were released from custody under section 21 of the Penal Institutions Act 1954, this section is about you. You were let out of custody for a short time before this section started. When this section started, you were deemed to have been let out of custody under section 62 of this Act. You are still subject to the conditions that were imposed on your release under section 21 of the Penal Institutions Act 1954. You are also subject to section 63, which applies to you with any necessary changes, as stated in the section 63 link and your release is under section 62 of this Act.

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Part 3Transitional provisions
Release or removal under Penal Institutions Act 1954

230Persons released under section 21 of Penal Institutions Act 1954

  1. This section applies to any person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, was at large following his or her temporary release from custody under section 21 of the Penal Institutions Act 1954.

  2. Every person to whom this section applies is, on the commencement of this section,—

  3. deemed to have been temporarily released from custody under section 62 of this Act, subject to any conditions imposed on that release under section 21 of the Penal Institutions Act 1954; and
    1. subject to section 63, which applies with any necessary modifications.