Post-sentence supervision (PSS) was introduced following the Ministry of Justice publication of a consultation paper entitled "Transforming Rehabilitation: A revolution in the way we manage offenders", in January 2013. That document set out the then Government’s plans to reduce re-offending, which included extending statutory supervision to offenders released from short custodial sentences. This was subsequently formalised by the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014, which inserted PSS provisions to the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
	Section 2 of the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 amended the 2003 Act inserting sections 256AA to 256AC to introduce provisions for the supervision of prisoners serving less than 2 years. It applies to offenders serving a sentence of more than one day but less than 2 years, with some exclusions. This requires up to 12 months of supervision, bringing the total licence and supervision period to 12 months following release from prison. Probation has a statutory requirement to deliver up to 12 months of PSS for every offender released from a sentence of under two years.
	The Act removes PSS and makes consequential amendments to the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 and the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to that effect.
Legal background Part 2: Management of offenders after sentencing Removal of requirement for supervision after sentence