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Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
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· 1984-07-26
2022-06-28
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2021-06-29
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2021-04-30
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2019-04-12
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2017-11-13
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2014-12-03
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2012-05-01
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2010-04-12
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2009-10-31
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2009-04-24
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2009-04-01
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2009-03-28
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2008-11-03
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2008-05-15
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2008-05-08
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2007-01-15
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2006-02-08
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2005-09-27
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2005-02-01
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
2003-12-18
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
Changes on 2003-12-18
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
- (b) to provide for the prisoner to be treated as having been—
- (i) released on licence under section 33(1)(b), (2) or (3), 33A(2), 34A(3) or 35(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 or section 28(5) or 29(1) of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997;
- (i) released on licence under section 33(1)(b), (2) or (3), 33A(2), 34A(3) or 35(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 or section 28(5) ... of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997;
- (ii) released on licence under section 1(2), (3) or (4), 2(4) or 7(1) or (2) of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993;
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
- (b) any restriction on the minimum period in respect of which the order may be made.
- (9) The provisions contained by virtue of subsection (1)(c) above in a warrant under this Act shall, in the case of a person who is a transferred life prisoner for the purposes of section 48 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 or section 10 of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (life prisoners transferred to England and Wales or, as the case may be, Scotland) include provision specifying the part of his sentence which is treated by virtue of section 48 . . . as the relevant part of his sentence or by virtue of section 10 as the designated part of his sentence.
- (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- (10) The provisions contained by virtue of subsection (1)(c) above in a warrant under this Act shall, in the case of a prisoner to whom Article 10 of the Life Sentences (Northern Ireland) Order 2001 (life prisoners transferred to Northern Ireland) applies, include provision specifying the relevant part of his sentence within the meaning of Article 6 of that Order (duty to release certain life prisoners).
@@ -402,9 +402,9 @@
Where the relevant provisions include provision equivalent to such a sentence as is mentioned in paragraph (2) of Article 22 of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (possession of firearm by person previously convicted of crime), that paragraph shall apply in relation to the prisoner as if for the reference in that paragraph to the period of eight years from the date so mentioned there were substituted a reference to the period of eight years from the day on which the relevant provisions take effect.
#### Issue of warrant for transfer.
#### Transfer into the United Kingdom.
#### Transfer out of the United Kingdom.
#### Temporary return.
## Editorial notes
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[^c10019871]: Words in s. 3(1)(c)(3) substituted (1.7.1999) by [S.I. 1999/1820](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1820), [art. 4](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1820/article/4), [Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 75(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1820/schedule/2/part/I/paragraph/75/4)
[^c10019891]: S. 3(9) inserted (E.W.S.) (1.10.1993) by [1993 c. 9](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/9), [s. 47(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/9/section/47/1), [Sch. 5 para. 3(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/9/schedule/5/paragraph/3/3) (with [s. 47(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/9/section/47/2), [Sch. 6 paras. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/9/schedule/6/paragraph/1), [2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/9/schedule/6/paragraph/2)); [S.I. 1993/2050](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2050), [art. 3(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2050/article/3/4).
[^c10019901]: S. 3(9): by [1998 c. 37](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/37), [s. 119](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/37/section/119), [Sch. 8 para. 57(a)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/37/schedule/8/paragraph/57/a/b); [S.I. 1998/2327](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2327), [art. 2(2)(s)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2327/article/2/2/s) it is provided (30.9.1998) that in s. 3(9): (a) for the words “section 48 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (discretionary life prisoners transferred to England and Wales)”there shall be substituted the words “section 33 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (life prisoner transferred to England and Wales)”; and (b) for the words “section 33 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (life prisoner transferred to England and Wales)”there shall be substituted the words “section 28 of that Act (duty to release certain life prisoners)”. The words referred to in each of sub-paras. (a) and (b) occur in the subsection (9) inserted in section 3 (1.10.1992) by [1991 c. 53](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/53), [s. 100](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/53/section/100), [Sch. 11 para. 35(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/53/schedule/11/paragraph/35/2); [S.I. 1992/333](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/333), [art. 2(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/333/article/2/2), [Sch. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/333/schedule/2) (which inserting provision was repealed (E.W.S.) (1.10.1993) by [1993 c. 9](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/9), [s. 47(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/9/section/47/3), [Sch. 7 Pt. I](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/9/schedule/7/part/I) (with [s. 42](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/9/section/42), [Sch. 6 paras. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/9/schedule/6/paragraph/1), [2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/9/schedule/6/paragraph/2)); [S.I. 1993/2050](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2050), [art. 3(4)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2050/article/3/4))
[^c10019911]: Words in s. 3(9) repealed (20.10.1997) by [1997 c. 48](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/48), [s. 62(1)(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/48/section/62/1/2), [Sch. 1 para. 10(3)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/48/schedule/1/paragraph/10/3/a), [Sch. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/48/schedule/3) (with [s. 33](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/48/section/33)); [S.I. 1997/2323](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2323), [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2323/article/3), [Sch. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2323/schedule/1)
[^c10019921]: Words in s. 3(9) inserted (20.10.1997) by [1997 c. 48](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/48), [s. 62(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/48/section/62/1), [Sch. 1 para. 10(3)(b)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/48/schedule/1/paragraph/10/3/b)(with s. 33); [S.I. 1997/2323](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2323), [art. 3](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2323/article/3), [Sch. 1](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2323/schedule/1)
[^c10019931]: S. 3(10) added (8.10.2001) by [S.I. 2001/2565](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2565), [arts. 1(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2565/article/1/2), [2(3)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2565/article/2/3); [S.R. 2001/337](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/337), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/337/article/2)
[^c10019951]: Ss. 1-8: certain functions made exercisable in or as regards Scotland (30.6.1999) by [S.I. 1999/1748](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1748), [arts. 4(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1748/article/4/1), [8(1)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1748/article/8/1), [Sch. 2 para. 1(1)-(10)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1748/schedule/2/paragraph/1/1)
@@ -538,6 +530,8 @@
[^key-a5bbdb18901d0dfae56780baaa21c690]: Sch. para. 2 and cross-heading substituted (S.) (27.6.2003) by [Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/7), [ss. 33(1)(b)(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/7/section/33/1/b/i), [89(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/7/section/89/2) (with [s. 33(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/7/section/33/2)); [S.S.I. 2003/288](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/288), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/288/article/2), [sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/288/schedule)
[^key-13f97208d438c1ab2e9ce124b77204d0]: Words in [s. 3(9)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/47/section/3/9) repealed (S.) (27.6.2003) by [Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/7), [ss. 33(1)(a)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/7/section/33/1/a), [89(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/7/section/89/2); [S.S.I. 2003/288](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/288), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/288/article/2), [sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/288/schedule)
[^key-26a913fb7304960074e62d1585b38404]: Sch. para. 3 repealed (S.) (27.6.2003) by [Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/7), [ss. 33(1)(b)(ii)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/7/section/33/1/b/ii), [89(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/7/section/89/2); [S.S.I. 2003/288](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/288), [art. 2](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/288/article/2), [sch.](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/288/schedule)
[^key-593ba135a04b6fbdfde707b4a1ac6ab4]: Words in [s. 2(4)(b)(i)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/47/section/2/4/b/i) repealed (18.12.2003) by [Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44), [s. 336(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/section/336/2), [Sch. 37 Pt. 8](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/schedule/37/part/8)
[^key-ac153600b1db3b66d4886cbad7a3af84]: S. 3(9) repealed (18.12.2003) by [Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44), [s. 336(2)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/section/336/2), [Sch. 32 para. 42](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/schedule/32/paragraph/42), [Sch. 37 Pt. 9](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/44/schedule/37/part/9)
2003-06-27
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
1984-07-26
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984
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