Practice and Procedure

R (ON THE APPLICATION OF BENJAMIN BUDDINGTON) V SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (2005)

PUBLISHED October 14, 2005
SHARE

[2005] EWHC 2198 (Admin)

On the correct construction of the transitional provisions in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No.8 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2005 Sch.2 para.23(1) the secretary of state had the power after the coming into force of the relevant provisions of the 2003 Act to recall to prison for cause prisoners who had been released on licence before that date.

DC (Silber J, Leveson J)

14/10/2005

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