Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00839:clause:7_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00839
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 7 cl 1
Character Range: 91657–92454

1  Subsection 16(1) (definition of licence period)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
licence period, for a person who is released on licence for a federal sentence, means the period starting on the day of release on licence and ending:
 (a) if a recognizance release order has been made for the federal sentence—at the end of the day before the person is eligible for release in accordance with the recognizance release order; and
 (b) in any other case:
 (i) at the end of the last day of any federal sentence that is, on the day of the release, being served or to be served (after deducting any remission or reduction that is applicable); or
 (ii) if the person has been given a federal life sentence—at the end of the day specified in the licence as the day on which the licence period ends.