Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023

Amendment of section 8 of Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017

80. Section 8 (2)(m) of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 is amended—

(a) by the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (ii):

“(iia) any conditional release of the person under section 2A of the Act of 1960 and any conditions attached to such release which relate to the victim,”,

(b) by the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (iii):

“(iiia) without prejudice to subparagraph (iii)—

(I) any application to the Minister under section 4 of the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act 1995 to transfer the person out of the State in order to serve the sentence or the balance thereof in another Convention state (within the meaning of that Act) and any transfer of the person out of the State in accordance with that Act, or

(II) any application within the meaning of Part 2 of the Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Act 2023 and any transfer of the person to an executing state (within the meaning of that Act) in accordance with that Part,”,

and

(c) in subparagraph (v), by the substitution of “or 3, or on conditional release under section 2A,” for “or 3”.