Section 42 reduces the qualifying period for referring a prisoner serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence to the Parole Board for consideration of licence termination. It also allows a prisoner serving an IPP or Detention for Public Protection (DPP) sentence to ask the Secretary of State to refer their case to the Parole Board for consideration of licence termination one year after the end of the qualifying period, in cases where the Parole Board has not terminated the licence already and they have remained in the community for a year.
	Section 43 provides that the Secretary of State can direct the Parole Board to refer release decisions to the High Court where the Parole Board has directed the unconditional release of the offender.
Overview of the Act Part 2: Management of offenders after sentencing Sentences of imprisonment or detention for public protection