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The extended determinate sentence is a public protection sentence. But in statute, the parts intended to fulfil its public protection function are the involvement of the Parole Board and the extended licence period, which can be up to 10 additional years on licence in the community; it is rarely less than five. The custodial term of an EDS is set commensurate with the offence, not with public protection concerns, so there are no public protection concerns in statute to justify referral to the Parole Board at the two-thirds point instead of the halfway point.