Commentary on Sections Part 12 - Sentencing Chapter 7: Effect of Life Sentence Section 271: Appeals
616.Subsection (1) ensures that the opportunity to apply to the Court of Appeal, and thereafter to House of Lords, in order to appeal against a minimum term is open to prisoners in respect of whom an order under section 269 is made following sentence in the Crown Court. Subsection (2) contains similar provisions in relation to sentences passed by courts-martial.