UK Act of Parliament
2012
United Kingdom
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
At a glance
Who this Act binds
Plus 8 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Part 1 — Legal aid
Browse 43 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Arrangements
Standards of service
Director of Legal Aid Casework
Delegation
Authorisations
Annual report
Civil legal services
General cases
Exceptional cases
Qualifying for civil legal aid
Determinations
Advice and assistance for individuals in custody
Criminal proceedings
Advice and assistance for criminal proceedings
Representation for criminal proceedings
Qualifying for representation
Determinations by Director
Determinations by court
Provisional determinations
Financial resources
Information about financial resources
Payment for services
Enforcement
Charges on property in connection with civil legal services
Costs in civil proceedings
Choice of provider of services etc
Position of providers of services
Code of conduct
Position of other parties, courts and tribunals
Legal aid for legal persons
Foreign law
Restriction on disclosure of information about financial resources
Restriction on disclosure of other information
Exceptions from restriction under section 34
Misrepresentation
Status of Director and Lord Chancellor
Abolition of Legal Services Commission
Consequential and transitional provision
Northern Ireland: information about financial resources
Orders, regulations and directions
Interpretation
Crown application
Part 2 — Litigation funding and costs
Browse 19 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Conditional fee agreements: success fees
Damages-based agreements
Recovery of insurance premiums by way of costs
Recovery where body undertakes to meet costs liabilities
Sections 44 and 46 and diffuse mesothelioma proceedings
Divorce etc proceedings: orders for payment in respect of legal services
Divorce etc proceedings: matters to be considered by court making legal services order
Divorce etc proceedings: orders for sale of property
Dissolution etc proceedings: orders for payment in respect of legal services
Dissolution etc proceedings: matters to be considered by court making legal services order
Dissolution etc proceedings: orders for sale of property
Payment of additional amount to successful claimant
Rules against referral fees
Effect of rules against referral fees
Regulation by FCA
Regulators and regulated persons
Referral fees: regulations
Payments in respect of pro bono representation before the Supreme Court
Costs in criminal cases
Part 3 — Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders
First set of conditions for a remand to youth detention accommodation: extradition cases
Amended 5 timesSecond set of conditions for a remand to youth detention accommodation: extradition cases
Amended 7 timesRemands to youth detention accommodation
Amended 10 timesArrangements for remands
Amended 2 timesLooked after child status
Amended 1 timeMinor and consequential amendments
Amended 1 timeRegulations under this Chapter
Amended 1 timeInterpretation of Chapter
Amended 3 timesCrediting of periods of remand in custody
Amended 1 timeCrediting of periods of remand on bail
Amended 4 timesAmendments consequential on sections 108 and 109
Amended 3 timesPrisoners serving less than 12 months
Amended 1 timeRestrictions on early release subject to curfew
Amended 2 timesCancellation of revocation of licence
Amended 1 timeFurther release after recall
Amended 1 timeSupervision of young offenders after release
Amended 1 timeMiscellaneous amendments relating to release and recall
Amended 1 timeReplacement of transitory provisions
Amended 3 timesRepeal of uncommenced provisions
Amended 1 timeApplication and transitional etc provision
Amended 1 timeSimplification of existing transitional provisions
Amended 1 timeLife sentence for second listed offence
Amended 4 timesAbolition of certain sentences for dangerous offenders
Amended 1 timeNew extended sentences
Amended 3 timesNew extended sentences: release on licence etc
Amended 1 timeSections 123 to 125: consequential and transitory provision
Amended 1 timeDangerous offenders subject to service law etc
Amended 1 timePower to change test for release on licence of certain prisoners
Amended 23 timesTransfer of prisoners: prosecution of other offences
Amended 1 timeTransit of prisoners
Amended 1 timePenalty notices for disorderly behaviour
Amended 2 timesConditional cautions: involvement of prosecutors
Amended 2 timesConditional cautions: removal etc of certain foreign offenders
Amended 2 timesYouth cautions
Amended 1 timeYouth conditional cautions: previous convictions
Amended 1 timeYouth conditional cautions: references to youth offending teams
Amended 1 timeYouth conditional cautions: involvement of prosecutors
Amended 1 timeEstablishment or alteration of rehabilitation periods
Amended 3 timesNo rehabilitation for certain immigration or nationality purposes
Amended 1 timeTransitional and consequential provision
Amended 5 timesOffences of threatening with article with blade or point or offensive weapon in public or on school premises
Amended 1 timeOffence of causing serious injury by dangerous driving
Amended 4 timesOffence of squatting in a residential building
Amended 1 timeScrap metal dealing: increase in penalties for existing offences
Amended 1 timeOffence of buying scrap metal for cash etc
Amended 1 timeReview of offence of buying scrap metal for cash etc
Amended 1 timeReasonable force for the purposes of self-defence etc
Amended 1 timeBrowse 39 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Duty to consider compensation order
Duty to give reasons for and to explain effect of sentence
Sentencing where there is aggravation related to transgender identity
Duration of community order
Breach of community order
Changes to powers to make suspended sentence order
Fine for breach of suspended sentence order
Programme requirement
Curfew requirement
Foreign travel prohibition requirement
Mental health treatment requirement
Drug rehabilitation requirement
Alcohol treatment requirement
Alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement
Piloting of alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirements
Overseas community orders and service community orders
Referral orders for young offenders
Breach of detention and training order
Youth rehabilitation order: curfew requirement
Youth rehabilitation order: mental health treatment requirement
Youth rehabilitation order: duration
Youth rehabilitation order: fine for breach
Removal of limit on certain fines on conviction by magistrates' court
Power to increase certain other fines on conviction by magistrates' court
Power to amend standard scale of fines for summary offences
Withdrawal of warrants of control issued by fines officer
Custody plus orders and intermittent custody orders
Amendment of bail enactments
Remands of children otherwise than on bail
Remands to local authority accommodation
Conditions etc on remands to local authority accommodation
Requirements for electronic monitoring
Requirements for electronic monitoring: extradition cases
Further provisions about electronic monitoring
Liability to arrest for breaking conditions of remand
First set of conditions for a remand to youth detention accommodation
Second set of conditions for a remand to youth detention accommodation
Removal of prisoners from the United Kingdom
Employment in prisons: deductions etc from payments to prisoners
Part 4 — Final provisions
Browse 6 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Schedules
MVO regulations must provide that a motor vehicle order may...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Regulations must allow creditors to apply for motor vehicle orders Crown / Minister / Government department
(1) MVO regulations must provide that, before a court makes...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Court must check wilful refusal and vehicle value before clamping order Tribunal / Court
(1) MVO regulations must provide that a clamping order must...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- MVO regulations must restrict clamping orders to debtor-owned vehicles Crown / Minister / Government department
(1) MVO regulations must provide that an immobilisation device may...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must prohibit clamping disabled vehicles in MVO regulations Crown / Minister / Government department
MVO regulations must provide that, where a motor vehicle has...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- MVO regulations must prohibit vehicle sale orders before a prescribed period after clamping Crown / Minister / Government department
(1) The Lord Chancellor may make a scheme providing for...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Lord Chancellor may merge LSC pension schemes (protecting member rights) Crown / Minister / Government department
(1) A person to whom information is disclosed under paragraph...
Unlimited fine- Unlawful disclosure or use of legal aid information
In section 202(4)(b) (circumstances in which court must not include...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Courts must remove certain wording from programme requirement conditions Tribunal / Court
In section 252(2) (duty to comply with licence conditions: overseas)—...
- Overseas licence holders must comply with licence conditions
After section 3AA insert— Conditions for the imposition of electronic...
- Impose unauthorised electronic monitoring on a young person on bail
After section 227 (firearms offences) insert— Offences of threatening with...
- Threaten with a blade, pointed article or offensive weapon (business-related context)
In section 237(3) (duty to have regard to purposes of...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Courts must consider sentencing purposes for certain firearm offences Tribunal / Court
Browse 611 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to female genital...
(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to special guardianship...
Advocacy in proceedings before a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts) under...
(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to temporary admission...
(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to restrictions imposed...
(1) Civil legal services provided to an individual in relation...
(1) Civil legal services provided to an individual (“V”) in...
(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to rights to...
(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to the Secretary...
(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to a relevant...
(1) Civil legal services provided to an individual in relation...
(1) Civil legal services provided to an individual in relation...
(1) Civil legal services provided to an individual in relation...
(1) Civil legal services provided to an individual who is...
(1) Civil legal services provided to an individual in relation...
(1) Civil legal services provided to an individual in relation...
(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to—
(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to injunctions under...
(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to a sexual...
(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to—
(1) Civil legal services provided to an individual in relation...
(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to injunctions in...
(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to contravention of...
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(1) Civil legal services provided to an individual in relation...
(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to proceedings under...
(1) Civil legal services provided to an individual in relation...
(1) Prescribed civil legal services provided, in prescribed circumstances, in...
Advocacy in proceedings in the family court.
(1) Civil legal services provided in relation to an appeal...
(1) This Schedule makes provision about the recovery of—
(1) Regulations under section 24 may authorise a court to...
(1) In this Schedule “motor vehicle order” means—
In this Schedule “legal person” means a person other than...
In sections 34, 35 and 41(2), references to an individual...
(1) For the purposes of this Schedule, in relation to...
(1) Civil legal services are to be available to a...
(1) Regulations may provide that prescribed advice and assistance is...
(1) Representation for the purposes of criminal proceedings is to...
Section 21 applies for the purposes of a determination under...
In sections 23, 24, 25 and 26 and Schedule 2,...
In Schedule 2, references to criminal legal aid include advice,...
(1) Section 27 applies in relation to the provision of...
(1) An individual who is an employee of the Legal...
The transfer of property, rights, powers, duties or liabilities by...
(1) The Lord Chancellor may by regulations make consequential, supplementary,...
(1) In this Schedule— “the LSC” means the Legal Services...
A transfer under paragraph 1 does not break the continuity...
(1) This paragraph has effect where, before the transfer day,...
(1) On and after the transfer day, the terms and...
(1) The LSC's interests in land are by virtue of...
(1) The property, rights, powers, duties and liabilities of the...
Paragraphs 1, 6 and 7 and schemes under paragraph 4...
A certificate issued by the Lord Chancellor stating that anything...
In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 (definition...
In Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the House of...
In Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland...
The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 is amended as follows.
In section 8(4) (matters which may be contained in report...
In section 8A(5) (power to make ruling at pre-trial hearing)—...
In section 8C(7) (matters to which reporting restrictions do not...
In section 92(1)(b) (exception to restriction on power to impose...
In section 130(3) (powers of alternate court on transfer of...
In section 145A(4) (rules about costs orders against legal representatives)...
The Senior Courts Act 1981 is amended as follows.
In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (departments...
In section 28(4) (appeals from Crown Court and inferior courts)...
In section 29(6) (mandatory, prohibiting and quashing orders) for “orders...
Part 2 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (costs...
In section 19(2)(b) (matters of which account to be taken...
In section 20(2) (regulations) for “by the Legal Services Commission...
(1) Section 21 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
In section 11 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act...
Part 3 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (legal...
In section 40(1) (legal aid complaints) for the words from...
In section 41(2) (reduction of fees payable where legal aid...
In section 50 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (meaning...
(1) Section 42 (exclusion of barristers from legal aid work)...
In section 43(3) (reduction of costs payable where legal aid...
In paragraph 20(1) of Schedule 2 (powers of Tribunal in...
In section 170(5) of the Housing Act 1985 (charges to...
The Criminal Justice Act 1987 is amended as follows.
In section 4(1) (notices of transfer to Crown Court) for...
In section 11(12) (matters to which reporting restrictions do not...
In section 82(4) of the Housing Act 1988 (charges to...
In section 25(6) of the Children Act 1989 (child without...
(1) Section 31B of the Courts and Legal Services Act...
(1) Section 23(5A) of the Children and Young Persons Act...
In section 53(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (effect...
(1) Section 108(7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992...
In section 37(9) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act...
The Family Law Act 1996 is amended as follows.
(1) Section 8 (attendance at information meetings) is amended as...
(1) Section 23 (provision of marriage counselling) is amended as...
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 is amended as follows....
(1) Section 50 (early administrative hearings) is amended as follows....
In section 51B(6)(b) (effect of notice given under section 51B...
In section 52A(7) (matters to which reporting restrictions do not...
(1) In section 23 of that Act as it has...
In paragraph 3(8) of Schedule 3 (matters to which reporting...
In the Access to Justice Act 1999 omit—
The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 is amended...
(1) Section 83(3) (exception to restriction on imposition of custodial...
In section 155(8) (alteration of Crown Court sentence) for “under...
In Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Freedom of...
In section 6(2)(c) of the International Criminal Court Act 2001...
In Schedule 4 to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act...
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is amended as follows....
In section 245C(6)(b) (exclusion from property freezing order or prohibition...
In section 1(3)(c) of the Attachment of Earnings Act 1971...
In section 252(4A)(b) (exclusion from restriction on dealing with property)...
In section 119(7)(a) of the Communications Act 2003 (charges to...
The Extradition Act 2003 is amended as follows.
In section 45(7) (consent to extradition) for paragraph (a) substitute—...
In section 127(8) (consent to extradition: general) for paragraph (a)...
In section 71(8) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (matters...
In Schedule 9 to the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims...
In section 29(3) of the Equality Act 2006 (costs of...
In section 194(6) of the Legal Services Act 2007 (payments...
In paragraph 19(2) of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice...
The Solicitors Act 1974 is amended as follows.
In Part 1 of Schedule 19 to the Equality Act...
In section 23(1)(d) (general power to disclose information) omit “the...
(1) Section 47 (jurisdiction and powers of Tribunal) is amended...
In section 49(3) (appeals from Tribunal) for “providing representation funded...
(1) The relevant authority may make an information request to—...
(1) The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may by...
(1) In this Schedule “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made...
The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 is amended as follows....
In consequence of the amendments made by paragraph 9, omit...
(1) Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (reference...
The Extradition Act 2003 is amended as follows.
(1) Section 61 (costs where discharge ordered) is amended as...
In section 62 (supplementary provision about costs where discharge ordered)...
After section 62 insert— Appropriate amount: England and Wales (1) For the purposes of an order under section 61(5),...
(1) Section 134 (costs where discharge ordered) is amended as...
In section 135 (supplementary provision about costs where discharge ordered)...
After section 135 insert— Appropriate amount: England and Wales (1) For the purposes of an order under section 134(5),...
In section 223(6) (orders and regulations subject to affirmative procedure),...
(1) Section 16 (defence costs) is amended as follows.
The amendments made by paragraphs 2 to 5 do not...
The amendments made by paragraphs 9 to 11 do not...
The amendments made by paragraphs 12 to 19 do not...
In paragraphs 20 to 22 “the relevant day”, in relation...
For the purposes of paragraphs 20 and 22—
After section 16 insert— Legal costs (1) A defendant's costs order may not require the payment...
(1) Section 17 (prosecution costs) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 19 (provision for orders as to costs in...
(1) Section 20 (regulations) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 21 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 29 (regulations) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1972 (reference...
Part 2 of the Court Martial Appeals Act 1968 (appeals...
Before section 47 insert— Costs: application to Appeal Court by...
(1) Section 47 (costs) is amended as follows.
Accordingly, in the heading of section 47, at the end...
After section 47 insert— Further provision about costs (1) The Lord Chancellor may by regulations—
After section 47A insert— Regulations (1) Regulations under sections 46A, 47 and 47A may, in...
The amendments made by this Schedule do not have effect...
For the purposes of paragraph 15— (a) “the relevant day”,...
(1) Section 31 (costs of successful appellant) is amended as...
After section 31 insert— Legal costs (1) The costs which the Appeal Court may direct the...
(1) Section 33 (witnesses' expenses) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 33A (appellant's expenses) is amended as follows.
After section 33A insert— Further provision about costs (1) The Lord Chancellor may by regulations—
After section 33B insert— Regulations (1) Regulations under sections 31, 31A, 33, 33A and 33B...
In consequence of the amendment made by paragraph 2(2), omit...
Part 3 of the Court Martial Appeals Act 1968 (appeals...
In section 163(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing)...
(1) Paragraph 8 of Schedule 12 (powers of court in...
In Part 3 of Schedule 12 (amendment of suspended sentence...
(1) Schedule 13 (transfer of suspended sentence orders to Scotland...
In the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Sentencing) (Transitory Provisions) Order...
The Armed Forces Act 2006 is amended as follows.
(1) Section 200 (suspended sentence orders with or without community...
Omit section 201 (provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003...
In section 207 (definitions for purposes of Chapter 4 of...
(1) Schedule 7 (suspended prison sentence: further conviction or breach...
In Schedule 2 to the Armed Forces Act 2006 (Transitional...
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.
In relation to any time before the coming into force...
For the heading of Chapter 3 of Part 12 substitute...
In section 190(2) (limits on power to impose requirements by...
In section 191(1) (power to provide for review of suspended...
(1) Section 195 (interpretation of Chapter 3) is amended as...
(1) Section 196 (meaning of “relevant order”) is amended as...
In section 200(4) (supervision period and operational period where unpaid...
In section 213(3)(d) (supervision requirement: meaning of “relevant period”) for...
Omit section 49(4A) of the Prison Act 1952 (persons unlawfully...
In section 147A of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing)...
(1) The Extradition Act 2003 is amended as follows.
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.
In section 195 (interpretation of Chapter 3), omit the definitions...
(1) Section 196 (meaning of “relevant order” in Chapter 4)...
In section 197(1)(a)(i) (meaning of “responsible officer), omit “182(1) or”....
Omit section 204(4) and (5) (restrictions on imposing curfew requirement)....
In section 213(3) (definition of “relevant period” for supervision requirement),...
Omit section 216(2) (requirement to specify area in which offender...
In section 23 of the Criminal Justice Act 1961 (prison...
In section 241 (effect of direction under section 240 or...
(1) Section 244 (duty to release prisoners) is amended as...
Omit section 245 (restrictions on duty to release intermittent custody...
(1) Section 246 (power to release prisoners on licence early)...
In section 249 (duration of licence)— (a) in subsection (1),...
In section 250 (licence conditions)— (a) omit subsections (2), (2A),...
Omit section 251 (licence conditions on re-release of those serving...
Omit section 253(4) (curfew conditions for those subject to intermittent...
In section 260(7) (early removal of persons liable to removal...
In section 21 of the Firearms Act 1968 (possession of...
In section 261(6) (re-entry to UK of offender removed early:...
Omit section 263(3) (concurrent terms: requirements of licence).
(1) Section 264 (consecutive terms) is amended as follows.
Omit section 264A (consecutive terms: intermittent custody).
Omit section 265(1B) (restriction on consecutive sentences: intermittent custody).
In section 268 (interpretation of Chapter 6), omit the definitions...
In section 302 (execution of process between England and Wales...
In section 305(1) (interpretation of Part 12)—
(1) Schedule 12 (breach or amendment of suspended sentence order...
In Schedule 32 (amendments relating to sentencing), omit paragraphs 12(2),...
Omit section 131(2A) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (remand...
(1) The Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 is...
(1) The Armed Forces Act 2006 is amended as follows....
Omit section 20(2) and (3) of the Criminal Justice and...
Omit section 71(10) of the Policing and Crime Act 2009....
Article 2(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Sentencing) (Transitory...
In section 35A of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988...
In the Football Spectators Act 1989, omit—
Omit section 1(1A) of the Prisoners (Return to Custody) Act...
In Schedule 3 to the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators)...
(1) Schedule 1 to the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (transfers...
The Bail Act 1976 is amended as follows.
Part 1 of Schedule 1 (bail for defendants accused or...
For the heading immediately before paragraph 1 (defendants to whom...
In paragraph 1 (defendants to whom Part 1 applies) in...
After paragraph 1 insert— (1) The paragraphs of this Part of this Schedule mentioned...
In paragraph 2 (exceptions to bail where defendant may fail...
After paragraph 2 insert— (1) The defendant need not be granted bail if the...
For paragraph 2A (refusal of bail where defendant appears to...
For paragraph 6 (refusal of bail where defendant fails to...
In paragraph 6A (certain drug users to be refused bail...
In paragraph 9 (considerations to which the court must have...
In section 2(2) (definitions)— (a) insert the following definitions at...
In paragraph 9AA (court to give particular weight to the...
In paragraph 9AB (factors to be given particular weight by...
Part 1A of Schedule 1 (bail for defendants accused or...
For the heading immediately before paragraph 1 (defendants to whom...
In paragraph 1 (defendants to whom Part 1A applies) for...
After paragraph 1 insert— (1) The paragraphs of this Part of this Schedule mentioned...
(1) Paragraph 4 (refusal of bail to defendants who are...
Part 2 of Schedule 1 (bail for defendants accused or...
In paragraph 2 (refusal of bail for failure to surrender...
In paragraph 5 (refusal of bail in certain circumstances when...
(1) Section 3 (general provisions) is amended as follows.
After paragraph 5 insert— (1) The defendant need not be granted bail if—
(1) Paragraph 2 of Part 3 of Schedule 1 (references...
(1) Section 1 of the Bail (Amendment) Act 1993 (prosecution...
In section 25 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order...
In section 38(2A) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act...
In section 200 of the Extradition Act 2003 (amendments to...
(1) Section 3AA (conditions for the imposition of electronic monitoring...
(1) Section 3AB (conditions for the imposition of electronic monitoring...
In section 3AC (electronic monitoring: general provisions) in each of...
(1) Section 7 (liability to arrest for absconding or breaking...
(1) Section 9A (bail decisions relating to persons aged under...
Section 27 of the Criminal Justice Act 1948 (remand of...
(1) Section 32 (detention of absentees) is amended as follows....
In section 34(1) (transitional modifications of Part 1 for persons...
In section 69 (orders and regulations etc) omit subsection (4A)....
In Schedule 1 to the Local Authority Social Services Act...
The Bail Act 1976 is amended as follows.
(1) Section 3AA (conditions for the imposition of electronic monitoring...
In section 7(6) (arrest for absconding or breaking conditions of...
In Part 3 of Schedule 1 (supplementary provisions about persons...
The Child Abduction Act 1984 is amended as follows.
In section 1(8) (offence of child abduction: modifications in relation...
In the heading, for “17” substitute “ 18 ”.
In paragraph 2 of the Schedule (modifications of section 1...
In section 17(1)(ca) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act...
In section 22(11) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985...
The Children Act 1989 is amended as follows.
In section 21(2)(c) (duty to receive and provide accommodation for...
In Schedule 12 (minor amendments), omit paragraph 28(b).
The Criminal Justice Act 1991 is amended as follows.
Omit section 60(1).
In section 60(3) (applications under section 25 of the Children...
Omit section 61 (provision by local authorities of secure accommodation)....
In subsection (1) for “seventeen” substitute “ eighteen ”.
Omit section 61A (cost of secure accommodation).
In section 92(3) (application of prisoner escort provisions to persons...
In section 1(10) of the Bail (Amendment) Act 1993 (prosecution...
The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 is amended...
Omit sections 19(1) and (3), 21 and 23.
In Schedule 9 (minor amendments) omit paragraph 38.
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 is amended as follows....
In section 38(4)(d) (definition of “youth justice services”: placements pursuant...
In section 41(5) (functions of the Youth Justice Board for...
In section 57A(3) (use of live link for accused's attendance...
In section 43(1) of the Prison Act 1952 (power of...
Omit sections 97 and 98.
In Schedule 4 to the Access to Justice Act 1999...
The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 is amended...
In section 101 (taking account of remands in relation to...
In Schedule 9 (consequential amendments), omit paragraphs 93 and 126....
In Schedule 4 to the Care Standards Act 2000 (minor...
(1) Schedule 7 to the Criminal Justice and Court Services...
In the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001, omit sections...
In Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003 (minor and...
In the Extradition Act 2003, omit section 201.
The Children and Young Persons Act 1969 is amended as...
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.
In section 242 (interpretation of provisions about crediting periods of...
In Schedule 32 (amendments relating to sentencing), omit paragraph 15....
In section 4(2) of the Criminal Defence Service Act 2006...
In the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006, omit section 61....
In Schedule 26 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act...
In Schedule 1 to the Children and Young Persons Act...
In Schedule 1 to the Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential...
In paragraph 14(3) of Schedule 5A to the Policing and...
Omit section 23 (remands and committals to local authority accommodation)....
Omit section 23AA (electronic monitoring of conditions of remand).
Omit section 23A (liability to arrest for breaking conditions of...
(1) Section 23B (report by local authority in certain cases...
The Armed Forces Act 2006 is amended as follows.
In section 82A (determination of tariffs), in subsection (3)(b), for...
In section 101 (term of detention and training order), in...
In section 147A (extension of disqualification where custodial sentence also...
In Schedule 7 to the International Criminal Court Act 2001...
(1) Section 246 (crediting of time in service custody: terms...
(1) Section 247 (crediting of time in service custody: supplementary)...
In section 373(3) (orders, regulations and rules) in paragraph (g)...
In Schedule 16 (minor and consequential amendments), omit paragraph 228....
In Schedule 2 to the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (procedural...
In section 7 of the Immigration Act 1971 (exemption from...
In section 35A of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988...
The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 is amended...
In section 35A of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988...
In section 253(3) (period for which curfew condition to remain...
In section 260 (early removal of prisoners liable to removal...
(1) Section 261 (re-entry to UK of offender removed early)...
In section 263(2) (concurrent terms)— (a) after paragraph (a) insert—...
In section 264 (consecutive terms)— (a) in subsection (2), omit...
In section 267 (alteration by order of proportion of sentence),...
The heading of Chapter 6 of Part 12 becomes “...
The repeal by section 303(a) of the Criminal Justice Act...
In Schedule 1 to the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (transfer...
In section 147A of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing)...
In Schedule 7 to the International Criminal Court Act 2001...
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.
(1) Section 244 (duty to release prisoners on licence) is...
In section 246(6) (power to release prisoners early: definitions), in...
(1) Section 249 (duration of licence) is amended as follows....
In section 250(4) (licence conditions) omit “for a term of...
In this Schedule— (a) “the commencement date”, in relation to...
(1) The following provisions apply in relation to any person...
The following provisions apply in relation to any person sentenced...
The amendments made by section 112 do not affect the...
Section 113 applies in relation to any person recalled under...
Section 114 applies in relation to any person recalled under...
Section 119 applies in relation to any person who, on...
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.
In section 59 (return of person to serve remainder of...
In section 132 (return of person to serve remainder of...
In section 153B (return of person in pursuance of undertaking),...
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.
In section 240A(1)(a) (crediting of periods of remand on bail),...
(1) The repeal by section 25 of the Criminal Justice...
Omit section 262 and Schedule 20 (prisoners liable to removal...
Omit section 265(1A) (restriction on consecutive sentences for released prisoners)....
Omit paragraph 46 of Schedule 10 to the Domestic Violence,...
Omit paragraph 33 of Schedule 13 to the Police and...
After section 267 insert— Application of Chapter 6 to pre-4...
In the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, omit—
In the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, omit—
Article 3 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008...
After Schedule 20 insert— SCHEDULE 20A Application of Chapter 6...
In section 2(4)(b)(i) of the Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984...
In Schedule 12 to the Criminal Justice Act 1991, omit...
Schedule 1 to the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (transfer of...
In paragraph 8 (transfers to Scotland)— (a) in sub-paragraph (2)(a),...
In paragraph 9(2)(a) and (4)(a) (transfers to Northern Ireland), for...
The Extradition Act 2003 is amended as follows.
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.
After Schedule 20A (inserted by Schedule 16) insert— SCHEDULE 20B...
In section 244 (duty to release prisoners on licence), after...
In section 247 (release on licence of prisoner serving extended...
In section 249 (duration of licence), at the end insert—...
(1) Section 258 (early release of fine defaulters and contemnors)...
In section 260 (early removal of prisoners liable to removal...
In section 263 (concurrent terms), after subsection (4) insert—
In section 264 (consecutive terms), after subsection (7) insert—
After section 267A (inserted by Schedule 16) insert— Modification of...
In the Criminal Justice Act 2003, after Schedule 15A insert—...
In section 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (powers...
In section 150 (community sentence not available where sentence fixed...
In section 152 (general restrictions on imposing discretionary custodial sentence),...
In section 153 (length of discretionary custodial sentences: general provision),...
In section 156 (pre-sentence reports and other requirements), after subsection...
In section 163 (general power of Crown Court to fine...
Before section 224 insert— “ Interpretation ” .
In section 224 (meaning of “specified offence” etc ), in...
After section 224 (and before section 224A) insert— “ Life...
After section 226 insert— “ Extended sentences ” .
Before section 231 insert— “ Supplementary ” .
In section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (reviews...
(1) Section 231 (appeals where convictions set aside) is amended...
After section 232 insert— Certificates of conviction Where— (a) on any date after the commencement of Schedule...
In section 305(4) (interpretation of Part 12), after paragraph (ba)...
In section 125(6) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009...
(1) In relation to any time before the coming into...
The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 is amended...
In section 12 (absolute and conditional discharge), in subsection (1),...
In section 130 (compensation orders against convicted persons), in subsection...
In section 146 (driving disqualification for any offence), in subsection...
In section 164 (interpretation), in subsection (3)(c), after “section” insert...
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.
In section 142 (purposes of sentencing: offenders aged 18 and...
Chapter 6 of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act...
(1) Section 261 (re-entry to UK of offender removed early)...
In section 263 (concurrent terms), in subsection (4), before “227”...
(1) Section 264 (consecutive terms) is amended as follows.
In section 265 (restriction on consecutive sentences for released prisoners),...
(1) Section 237 (meaning of “fixed-term prisoner” etc) is amended...
In section 238 (power of court to recommend licence conditions),...
In section 240ZA (time remanded in custody to count as...
(1) Section 246 (power to release prisoners on licence) is...
(1) Section 250 (licence conditions) is amended as follows.
In section 255A (further release after recall), in subsection (7)(a)...
In section 258 (early release of fine defaulters and contemnors),...
(1) Section 260 (early removal of prisoners liable to removal...
In Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Juries Act...
In section 76 (meaning of “custodial sentence”), in subsection (1)(bc),...
(1) Section 82A (determination of tariffs of life prisoners) is...
(1) Section 99 (conversion of sentence of detention to sentence...
In section 100 (offenders under 18: detention and training orders),...
(1) Section 106A (interaction of detention and training orders with...
(1) Section 147A (extension of driving disqualification where custodial sentence...
The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 is amended...
In section 62 (release on licence etc: conditions as to...
In section 64 (release on licence: drug testing requirements), in...
In section 131 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (young...
In section 5 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974...
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.
In section 153 (length of discretionary custodial sentences: general provision),...
(1) Section 156 (pre-sentence reports and other requirements) is amended...
In the heading of section 225 (life sentence or imprisonment...
In the heading of section 226 (detention for life or...
In section 231 (appeals where convictions set aside), in subsection...
Omit section 232 (certificates of convictions for the purposes of...
In section 235 (detention under sections 226 and 228) after...
In the heading of that section after “226” insert “...
In section 327 (arrangements for assessing etc risks posed by...
In section 32 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (early...
In section 330 (orders and rules), in subsection (5)(a), omit—...
Omit Schedule 15A (offences specified for the purposes of sections...
(1) Section 28 of the Offender Management Act 2007 (application...
In section 45(1)(a) of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (sentences or...
(1) Section 126 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009...
In consequence of amendments made by section 123, 124 or...
(1) In relation to any time before the coming into...
(1) In relation to any time before the repeal of...
(1) Section 35A of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988...
In Schedule 1 to the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (transfer...
In section 51A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998...
The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 is amended...
In section 3A (committal for sentence of dangerous adult offenders),...
In section 3C (committal for sentence of dangerous young offenders),...
The Armed Forces Act 2006 is amended as follows.
Omit section 222 (offenders aged under 18: certain violent or...
In Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Juries Act...
In article 6(1) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland)...
In section 32 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (early...
The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 is amended...
In section 99 (conversion of sentence of detention to sentence...
In section 106A(1) (interaction with sentence of detention), in the...
The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 is amended...
In section 62 (release on licence etc: conditions as to...
In section 64 (release on licence etc: drug testing requirements),...
After section 218 and the italic heading “Required or discretionary...
In section 131 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (young...
In section 237 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (meaning...
The Armed Forces Act 2006 is amended as follows.
(1) Section 188 (consecutive custodial sentences) is amended as follows....
In section 209 (offenders aged under 18 convicted of certain...
In section 211 (offenders aged under 18: detention and training...
In section 221(3) (dangerous offenders aged under 18), after “as...
In section 223 (the “required opinion” for the purposes of...
In the heading of that section for “222” substitute “...
For section 224 (place of detention under certain sentences) substitute—...
(1) Section 219 (dangerous offenders aged 18 or over) is...
(1) Section 228 (appeals where previous convictions set aside) is...
In section 237 (duty to have regard to the purposes...
In section 246 (crediting of time in service custody: terms...
(1) Section 256 (pre-sentence reports) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 260 (discretionary custodial sentences: general restrictions) is amended...
(1) Section 261 (length of discretionary custodial sentences: general provision)...
In section 273 (review of unduly lenient sentence by Court...
In section 374 (definitions applying for purposes of the whole...
In Schedule 6 to the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (notification requirements:...
(1) In relation to any time before the repeal of...
In the heading of that section for “Dangerous” substitute “...
After that section insert— Extended sentence for certain violent or...
Omit section 220 (certain violent or sexual offenders aged 18...
In section 221 (dangerous offenders aged under 18) for subsection...
In the heading of that section for “Dangerous” substitute “...
After that section insert— Extended sentence for certain violent or...
Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Criminal Justice and...
(1) Section 10 (enforcement of fines) is amended as follows....
After section 10 insert— Orders and regulations Orders and regulations...
(1) Section 11 (interpretation of Chapter 1) is amended as...
In section 64A of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act...
(1) The Police Reform Act 2002 is amended as follows....
In consequence of the amendments made by paragraphs 3 and...
In section 1 (offences leading to penalties on the spot)...
(1) Section 2 (penalty notices) is amended as follows
After section 2 (penalty notices) insert— Educational course schemes (1) A chief officer of police may establish an educational...
(1) Section 3 (amount of penalty and form of penalty...
(1) Section 4 (effect of penalty notice) is amended as...
(1) Section 5 (general restriction on proceedings) is amended as...
In section 6 (Secretary of State's guidance) after paragraph (b)...
In section 8(4) (registration certificates) after “section 4(5)” insert “...
The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 is amended as follows....
In section 64ZI(3) (persons to be treated as having been...
(1) Schedule 2A (fingerprinting and samples: power to require attendance...
In Article 64ZC(6)(a) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern...
In section 20D(6) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (meaning of...
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 is amended as follows....
In section 38(4) (meaning of “youth justice services”)—
In section 66H (interpretation)— (a) in paragraph (a) (definition of...
In section 121(6) (provisions extending to Scotland) omit paragraph (c)....
The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 is amended...
In section 12(2) (which makes the provision for conditional discharge...
In section 8A(2) (meaning of “caution”)— (a) omit paragraph (c),...
In Schedule 9 (consequential amendments) omit paragraph 198.
Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (detention) is amended...
In paragraph 14F(3) (persons to be treated as having been...
In paragraph 20F(3) (persons to be treated as having been...
In section 56 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services...
In section 133(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (interpretation...
In section 327B(9) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (meaning...
In section 75(6) of the Childcare Act 2006 (disqualification from...
The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 is amended as...
In section 48(1) (which introduces Schedule 9 to that Act)...
In Schedule 2 (protection for spent cautions) in paragraph 2(1)(e)...
In Schedule 9 (alternatives to prosecution for persons under 18)...
In section 18A(4) of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (persons to...
In Schedule 6 to the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures...
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is amended as...
In section 34(5)(b) (requirement to release without bail unless proceedings...
In section 37B(9)(b) (consultation with Director of Public Prosecutions: meaning...
(1) Section 61 (fingerprinting) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 63 (non-intimate samples) is amended as follows.
In section 64ZC(6)(a) (destruction of data relating to a person...
The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 is amended as follows....
After section 10(1) (orders) insert— (1A) Any power of the...
Omit Schedule 1 (service disciplinary convictions referred to in section...
The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 is amended as follows....
In section 1(4)(a) (references in Act to a conviction) for...
In section 2(5) (rehabilitation of persons dealt with in service...
In section 4(1)(a) (effect of rehabilitation) for “Great Britain” substitute...
(1) Section 7 (limitations on rehabilitation under the Act) is...
(1) Section 9 (unauthorised disclosure of spent convictions) is amended...
In section 1(4)(a) (references in Act to a conviction) for...
In section 2(5) (rehabilitation of persons dealt with in service...
Omit section 3 (special provision with respect to certain disposals...
In section 4(1)(a) (effect of rehabilitation) for “Great Britain” substitute...
(1) Section 7 (limitations on rehabilitation under the Act) is...
Omit section 8(8) (defamation actions: application of section to Scotland)....
In section 8A(2)(d) (definition of “caution”) after “Wales” insert “...
(1) Section 9 (unauthorised disclosure of spent convictions) is amended...
In section 2(3) of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953...
In section 12(1) (absolute and conditional discharge) for “section 51A(2)...
In section 100 (offenders under 18: detention and training orders)...
In section 130(2) (compensation orders against convicted persons) for “section...
In section 146(2) (driving disqualification for any offence) for “section...
(1) Section 164(3) (further interpretative provisions) is amended as follows....
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.
(1) Section 142(2)(c) (purposes of sentencing: offenders aged 18 or...
(1) Section 142A(4)(b) (purposes of sentencing: offenders under 18) is...
(1) Section 144 (reduction in sentences for early guilty pleas)...
(1) Section 150 (community sentence not available where sentence fixed...
(1) Section 37(1A) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (powers...
In section 152(1)(b) (general restrictions on imposing discretionary custodial sentences)...
In section 153(2) (length of discretionary custodial sentences: general provision)...
(1) Section 305(4) (interpretation of Part 12) is amended as...
The Armed Forces Act 2006 is amended as follows.
In section 239 (reduction in sentences for guilty pleas) at...
In section 260(1)(b) (discretionary custodial sentences: general restrictions) for “227”...
In section 261(3) (length of discretionary custodial sentences: general provision)...
In section 273(6)(b) (review of unduly lenient sentence by Court...
In section 1(8A) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act...
(1) Paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 (“Schedule 2 offences”) is...
(1) Section 125(6) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009...
The Criminal Justice Act 1988 is amended as follows.
(1) Section 36(2)(b) (reviews of sentencing) is amended as follows....
(1) Section 139B (power of entry to search for articles...
In section 172(3) (provisions extending to Northern Ireland) for “sections...
(1) Schedule 1A to the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence...
The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 is amended...
In section 13A(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (disapplication...
In paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Crime (International...
In paragraph 12(aj) of Schedule 2 to the Armed Forces...
The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 is amended as follows....
In section 23(1A) (alternative verdicts in Scotland) after paragraph (a)...
(1) Section 24 (alternative verdicts: general) is amended as follows....
In section 34(4) (disqualification for certain offences) after paragraph (a)(ii)...
In section 36(2)(b) (disqualification until test is passed) after “(causing...
In section 45(6) (effect of endorsement of counterparts) (until its...
In section 45A(4) (effect of endorsement of driving records) as...
In the table in Schedule 1 (application of provisions including...
The services described in Part 1 of this Schedule do...
The services described in Part 1 of this Schedule do...
Official guidance
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