This section amends sections 31A and 32 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 regarding the termination of licence and consequently the ending of the sentence for offenders subject to an imprisonment for public protection (IPP) sentence.
	This section gives the Secretary of State the power to insert licence conditions on a prisoner where the Secretary of State makes a release decision under new section 32ZZA.
	This section changes the qualifying period for an offender who has been released on licence to have their licence considered for termination by the Parole Board from ten years after first release to three years for those serving an IPP sentence. The qualifying period for those convicted when under the age of 18 is changed to two years. The qualifying period counts from the first release from prison and does not reset if an offender is recalled to prison.
	The section defines the term preventative sentence and qualifying period.
	This section amends the power to alter the qualifying period by regulations so that both the 3 year qualifying period for IPP’s and the two years for DPP’s can be amended.
	This section enables the Secretary of State, when the Parole Board directs the re-release of a preventive sentence prisoner who is recalled to prison, to disregard the revocation of the prisoner’s licence for the purposes of automatic licence termination.
	This section creates a power for the Secretary of State to release a recalled IPP or DPP offender following Risk Assessed Recall Review. The Secretary of State can only release a recalled IPP or DPP Offender where satisfied that it is no longer necessary for the protection of the public that they should remain in prison, which is the same test applied by the Parole Board. Re-release from recall by the Secretary of State under this power, or by the Parole Board will reset the automatic period. These amendments also introduce a power for the Secretary of State to disregard the recall of a IPP or DPP offender for the purpose of the automatic period, so as to not disrupt the two year automatic period.
	This section applies the new public protection test to the executive re-release power for Imprisonment for Public Protection sentences.
Part 4: Prisoners Imprisonment or detention for public protection Section 66: Imprisonment or detention for public protection