SCHEDULE TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

PART 1 EXISTING LIFE PRISONERS

1

This Part of this schedule applies to a life prisoner—

a

who was, prior to the relevant date, sentenced for murder committed by the prisoner when aged 18 or over; or

b

in respect of whom, the Lord Justice General or the Lord Justice Clerk has issued a certificate under—

i

paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 6 to the 1993 Act; or

ii

section 16(2) of the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.48).