SCHEDULE TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

PART 4 TRANSFERRED LIFE PRISONERS

53

The Scottish Ministers shall not so refer the case of an existing transferred life prisoner to whom paragraph 49(c) above applies F1, to whom sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 49A above applies (whether or not paragraph 49(b) above also applies to the prisoner) or to whom sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 49A above applies (in so far as that sub-paragraph relates to paragraph 49(c) above) if the prisoner—

a

has, under paragraph 54 below, waived the entitlement to such a hearing; or

b

has served the part of the sentence specified in the certificate referred to in sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 57 below issued in respect of that prisoner.