Part 7: Sentencing and release Chapter 1: Custodial sentences Section 131: Increasing in requisite custodial period for certain other offenders of particular concern
Section 131 amends the CJA 2003 by inserting a new subsection into section 244A and consequentially amending section 264, which deals with consecutive sentences of imprisonment. Section 131 provides that offenders serving a SOPC (including service offenders under section 224A of the Armed Forces Act 2006) imposed after commencement of the provision cannot be considered for discretionary release by the Parole Board until they have served two-thirds of their custodial term (replacing one-half). Subsection (3) provides for the same change for those serving a SOPC consecutively along with another term of imprisonment.