Schedule 22 : Mandatory Life Sentences: Transitional Cases Paragraph 1
841.Paragraph 1 contains various definitions. These are self-explanatory save that it should be noted that the definition of “mandatory life sentence” excludes juveniles sentenced to mandatory detention during Her Majesty’s Pleasure. This is because minimum terms for juveniles convicted of murder that were fixed by the Secretary of State are already subject to a review by the Lord Chief Justice established following the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of V v UK  (Judgement of ECHR of 16th December 1999).