Criminal Law Amendment Act 1945

The Corrective Services Act 2006, chapter 5 applies to a detainee, subject to this part, as if—

instead of being detained at Her Majesty’s pleasure, the detainee were a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment (a notional term of life imprisonment) to whom the Corrective Services Act 2006, section 181(2)(d) applies, subject to subsection (2); and

for a detainee whose detention began under section 18(7) at the end of a term of imprisonment (an original term of imprisonment)—the detainee began to serve the notional term of life imprisonment when the detainee began to serve the original term of imprisonment; and

for a detainee whose detention began under section 18(7A) when the judge ordered the detention—the detainee began to serve the notional term of life imprisonment when the judge ordered the detention.

If a detainee committed the relevant offence before 1 July 1997, the Corrective Services Act 2006, chapter 5 applies to the detainee as if the period of 15 years mentioned in section 181(2)(d) of that Act were a period of 13 years.

In this section—relevant offence means—

for a detainee dealt with by a judge under section 18(1)—the offence mentioned in section 18(1) of which the detainee was found guilty; or

for a detainee about whom an application was made under section 18(4)—the offence mentioned in section 18(4) for which the detainee was serving a sentence of imprisonment.