Prisons Act 1933 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5C · Release on Licence
50ZM. Suspension of release order
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Where a prisoner subject to an SPP or SEPP is released on a release order and is punished with any punishment under section 70(1)(a) or 71(1)(b), or is recalled to prison under section 50ZK(3)(a), or is subject to a further period of recall under section 50ZK(3)(b), the release order may, unless revoked under section 50ZL, be suspended for any of the following periods:
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;
the period that the prisoner is ordered to undergo punishment under section 70(1)(a) or 71(1)(b), starting on the date on which the prisoner undergoes such punishment;
the period that the prisoner is recalled to prison under section 50ZK(3)(a), or the further period of recall mentioned in section 50ZK(3)(b), starting on the date on which the prisoner is confined in prison pursuant to such recall;
prison
“prison” means any house, building, enclosure or place, or any part thereof, declared to be a prison or reformative training centre under section 3, and includes the grounds and buildings within the prison enclosure and also the airing grounds or other grounds or buildings belonging or attached thereto and used by prisoners;
the sum of the periods mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b).