111 Early release in Scotland: two or more sentences

111  Early release in Scotland: two or more sentences

(1)     After section 1 of the 1993 Act there shall be inserted the following section—

“1A Application to persons serving more than one sentence

Where a prisoner has been sentenced to two or more terms of imprisonment which are wholly or partly concurrent and do not fall to be treated as a single term by virtue of section 27(5) of this Act—

(a)     nothing in this Part of this Act shall require the Secretary of State to release him in respect of any of the terms unless and until the Secretary of State is required to release him in respect of each of the other terms;

(b)     nothing in this Part of this Act shall require the Secretary of State or the Parole Board to consider his release in respect of any of the terms unless and until the Secretary of State or the Parole Board is required to consider his release, or the Secretary of State is required to release him, in respect of each of the other terms; and

(c)     where he is released on licence under this Part of this Act, he shall be on a single licence which—

(i)

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