18In section 61 (release on licence of persons sentenced to imprisonment for life etc.), in subsection (4) for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—
“(a)in subsection (1) for the words from ' section' to the end there shall be substituted the words ' section 205(2) or (3) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (persons under 21 convicted of murder): but shall not release on licence such a person except after consultation with the Lord Justice General together with the trial judge if available.';
(b)subsection (3) shall be omitted.”.