Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5C · Release on Licence
50ZJ. Compliance not required when prisoner detained, etc.
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A prisoner subject to a release order is not required to comply with any condition of the release order —
prisoner
“prisoner” means any person, whether convicted or not, under detention in any prison or reformative training centre or subject to an external placement order or a home detention order, but does not include a person released and at large under a remission order;
while he or she is admitted to and detained in an approved institution under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973;
while he or she is detained under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act 1955;
while he or she is imprisoned or otherwise in custody or detained under any other written law;
to the extent that such condition is inconsistent with any condition of a supervision order made under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 in respect of the person;
to the extent that such condition is inconsistent with any condition of a supervision order made under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act 1955 in respect of the person; or
in any other situations that may be prescribed.