Part 7: Sentencing and release Chapter 1: Custodial sentences Section 137: Power to change test for release of fixed-term prisoners following recall
Section 137 inserts a new section 256AZB in Chapter 6 of Part 12 of the CJA 2003. This provides an order-making power (subject to the affirmative procedure) to change the test to be applied when the Secretary of State decides whether automatic release from a recall is suitable (as prescribed in section 255A) and the tests applied by the Secretary of State and Parole Board for release following recall (as prescribed in sections 255B, 255C and 256A of the CJA 2003).