Section 64 amends section 250 of the 2003 Act, which prescribes responsibility for setting and varying licence conditions for fixed-term prisoners, on initial release from prison and subsequently in the community. The changes ensure that, on first release following a direction to release by the High Court, the Secretary of State must include only those bespoke conditions directed by the High Court in the offender’s licence under new section 256AZBC(2), consistent with the existing provisions on Board release, but then may subsequently vary and cancel those conditions as part of the offender’s management in the community.
Part 4: Prisoners Licence conditions on release following referral Section 64: Licence conditions of fixed-term prisoners released following referral