UK Act of Parliament 2015 c. 2 United Kingdom

Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015

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Penalty ceiling
Imprisonment 5 of 16 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 5 carry different penalties and 6 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

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Employee — also bound by 193 other Acts
Contractor — also bound by 171 other Acts
Director or Officer — also bound by 482 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 126 duties

What it requires

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98 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Maximum sentence for certain offences to be life imprisonment (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Specified offences (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Schedule 15B offences (opens in a new tab)
s.004 Parole Board release when serving extended sentences (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Minor amendments (opens in a new tab)
s.006 Sentence and Parole Board release for offenders of particular concern (opens in a new tab)
s.007 Electronic monitoring following release on licence etc (opens in a new tab)
s.008 Recall adjudicators (opens in a new tab)
s.009 Test for release after recall: determinate sentences (opens in a new tab)
s.010 Power to change test for release after recall: determinate sentences (opens in a new tab)
s.011 Initial release and release after recall: life sentences (opens in a new tab)
s.012 Offence of remaining unlawfully at large after recall (opens in a new tab)
s.013 Offence of remaining unlawfully at large after temporary release (opens in a new tab)
s.014 Definition of “requisite custodial period” (opens in a new tab)
s.015 Minor amendments and transitional cases (opens in a new tab)
s.016 Drugs for which prisoners (opens in a new tab)
s.017 Restrictions on use of cautions (opens in a new tab)
s.018 Restrictions on use of cautions: supplementary (opens in a new tab)
s.019 Alternatives to prosecution: rehabilitation of offenders in Scotland (opens in a new tab)
s.020 Ill-treatment or wilful neglect: care worker offence (opens in a new tab)
s.021 Ill-treatment or wilful neglect: care provider offence (opens in a new tab)
s.022 Care provider offence: excluded care providers (opens in a new tab)
s.023 Care provider offence: penalties (opens in a new tab)
s.024 Care provider offence: application to unincorporated associations (opens in a new tab)
s.025 Care provider offence: liability for ancillary and other offences (opens in a new tab)
s.026 Corrupt or other improper exercise of police powers and privileges (opens in a new tab)
s.027 Term of imprisonment for murder of police or prison officer (opens in a new tab)
s.028 Minimum sentence for repeat offences involving offensive weapons etc (opens in a new tab)
s.029 Offences committed by disqualified drivers (opens in a new tab)
s.030 Extension of disqualification from driving where custodial sentence also imposed (opens in a new tab)
s.031 Mutual recognition of driving disqualification in (opens in a new tab)
s.032 Sending letters etc with intent to cause distress or anxiety (opens in a new tab)
s.033 Disclosing , or threatening to disclose, private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress (opens in a new tab)
s.034 Meaning of “disclose” and “photograph or film” (opens in a new tab)
s.035 Meaning of “private” and “sexual” (opens in a new tab)
s.036 Meeting a child following sexual grooming etc (opens in a new tab)
s.037 Possession of pornographic images of rape and assault by penetration (opens in a new tab)
s.038 Secure colleges and other places for detention of young offenders etc (opens in a new tab)
s.039 Contracting out secure colleges (opens in a new tab)
s.040 Powers of Youth Justice Board in relation to provision of accommodation (opens in a new tab)
s.041 Youth cautions and conditional cautions: involvement of appropriate adults (opens in a new tab)
s.042 Duties of custody officer after charge: arrested juveniles (opens in a new tab)
s.043 Referral orders: alternatives to revocation for breach of youth offender contract (opens in a new tab)
s.044 Referral orders: extension on further conviction (opens in a new tab)
s.045 Referral orders: revocation on further conviction (opens in a new tab)
s.046 Instituting proceedings by written charge (opens in a new tab)
s.047 Instituting proceedings: further provision (opens in a new tab)
s.048 Trial by single justice on the papers (opens in a new tab)
s.049 Trial by single justice on the papers: sentencing etc (opens in a new tab)
s.050 Further amendments (opens in a new tab)
s.051 Offence of improper use of public electronic communications network (opens in a new tab)
s.052 Low-value shoplifting: mode of trial (opens in a new tab)
s.053 Committal of young offenders convicted of certain serious offences (opens in a new tab)
s.054 Criminal courts charge (opens in a new tab)
s.055 Duty to review criminal courts charge (opens in a new tab)
s.056 Variation of collection orders etc (opens in a new tab)
s.057 Personal injury claims: cases of fundamental dishonesty (opens in a new tab)
s.058 Rules against inducements to make personal injury claims (opens in a new tab)
s.059 Effect of rules against inducements (opens in a new tab)
s.060 Inducements: interpretation (opens in a new tab)
s.061 Inducements: regulations (opens in a new tab)
s.062 Appeals from the Court of Protection (opens in a new tab)
s.063 Appeals from the High Court to the Supreme Court (opens in a new tab)
s.064 Appeals from the Upper Tribunal to the Supreme Court (opens in a new tab)
s.065 Appeals from the Employment Appeal Tribunal to the Supreme Court (opens in a new tab)
s.066 Appeals from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission to the Supreme Court (opens in a new tab)
s.067 Wasted costs in certain civil proceedings (opens in a new tab)
s.068 Upper age limit for jury service to be 75 (opens in a new tab)
s.069 Jurors and electronic communications devices (opens in a new tab)
s.070 Jurors and electronic communications devices: powers of search etc (opens in a new tab)
s.071 Research by jurors (opens in a new tab)
s.072 Sharing research with other jurors (opens in a new tab)
s.073 Jurors engaging in other prohibited conduct (opens in a new tab)
s.074 Disclosing jury's deliberations (opens in a new tab)
s.075 Juries at inquests (opens in a new tab)
s.076 Members of the Court Martial (opens in a new tab)
s.077 Supplementary provision (opens in a new tab)
s.078 Lifetime reporting restrictions in criminal proceedings for witnesses and victims under 18 (opens in a new tab)
s.079 Reporting restrictions in proceedings other than criminal proceedings (opens in a new tab)
s.080 Reporting restrictions: information society services (opens in a new tab)
s.081 Representations to Parliament by the President of the Supreme Court (opens in a new tab)
s.082 The supplementary panel of the Supreme Court (opens in a new tab)
s.083 Minor amendments (opens in a new tab)
s.084 Likelihood of substantially different outcome for applicant (opens in a new tab)
s.085 Provision of information about financial resources (opens in a new tab)
s.086 Use of information about financial resources (opens in a new tab)
s.087 Interveners and costs (opens in a new tab)
s.088 Capping of costs (opens in a new tab)
s.089 Capping of costs: orders and their terms (opens in a new tab)
s.090 Capping of costs: environmental cases (opens in a new tab)
s.091 Procedure for certain planning challenges (opens in a new tab)
s.092 Periods of time for certain legal challenges (opens in a new tab)
s.093 Power to make consequential and supplementary provision etc (opens in a new tab)
s.094 Financial provision (opens in a new tab)
s.095 Commencement (opens in a new tab)
s.096 Extent (opens in a new tab)
s.097 Channel Islands, Isle of Man and British overseas territories (opens in a new tab)
s.098 Short title (opens in a new tab)
Schedules

Schedules

16 of 248 shown
s.sch001 After section 244 insert— Release on licence of prisoners serving... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must refer eligible prisoner cases to Parole Board and release on directionCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch002 In section 31 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (duration... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must follow Parole Board recommendations on life prisoner licence conditionsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch006 In section 34(4)(a) (disqualification for certain offences), after sub-paragraph (iia)... Prosecution
  • Cause death or serious injury while driving disqualifiedAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.sch007 After Schedule 3 insert— SCHEDULE 3A Offences for the purposes... Prosecution
  • Cause death by dangerous driving (manslaughter by driver)Any Person

Unlimited fine

s.sch007 After Schedule 3A insert— SCHEDULE 3B Offences for the purposes... Prosecution
  • Commit serious road traffic offences (business context)Any Person

Unlimited fine

s.sch010 (1) This paragraph applies where a secure college custody officer... Prosecution
  • Make off while being detained by a secure college custody officerAny Person

Fine up to £1,000

s.sch010 (1) This paragraph applies where it appears to the Secretary... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State may take control of a failing secure collegeCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch010 (1) A person who assaults a secure college custody officer... Imprisonment
  • Assault a secure college custody officerAny Person
s.sch010 (1) A person who is or has been employed at... Prosecution
  • Disclose confidential information about youth detaineeEmployee

Unlimited fine

s.sch010 (1) A person who resists or wilfully obstructs a secure... Prosecution
  • Obstruct a secure college custody officerAny Person

Fine up to £1,000

s.sch010 (1) A person who assaults a secure college custody officer... Imprisonment
  • Assault a secure college custody officerAny Person
s.sch010 (1) A person who is or has been employed to... Prosecution
  • Disclose confidential information about detained youth at secure collegeEmployee

Unlimited fine

s.sch010 (1) The principal of a contracted-out secure college must be... Regulated
  • Principal of contracted-out secure college must be a custody officer and approvedDirector or Officer
s.sch010 (1) Every contracted-out secure college must have a monitor. Regulated
  • Ensure contracted-out secure college has a monitor and facilitate their workContractor
s.sch011 In section 8 (duty to include date of birth and... Regulated
  • Serve written notification to plead guilty under single justice procedureAny Person
s.sch013 In Schedule 6 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009... Imprisonment
  • Disclose jury deliberations at an inquestAny Person
232 other schedules
s.sch001 The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.
s.sch001 (1) This paragraph applies in relation to any time before...
s.sch001 (1) Section 35A(4) of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988...
s.sch001 (1) Schedule 1 to the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (transfer...
s.sch001 (1) Section 147A(4) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing)...
s.sch001 The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.
s.sch001 (1) Section 237 (meaning of “fixed-term prisoner”) is amended as...
s.sch001 In section 240ZA(11) (time remanded in custody to count as...
s.sch001 (1) Section 250 (licence conditions) is amended as follows.
s.sch001 In section 256AA(1) (supervision after end of sentence of prisoners...
s.sch001 In section 258(3A) (early release of fine defaulters and contemnors),...
s.sch001 After Chapter 5 of Part 12 (sentencing) insert— CHAPTER 5A...
s.sch001 (1) Section 260 (early removal of prisoners liable to removal...
s.sch001 In section 261(5)(b) (re-entry into United Kingdom of offender removed...
s.sch001 In section 263(4) (concurrent terms), for “or 228” substitute “...
s.sch001 (1) Section 264 (consecutive terms) is amended as follows.
s.sch001 In section 265(2) (restriction on consecutive sentences for released prisoners),...
s.sch001 (1) Section 128 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment...
s.sch001 In section 330(5)(a) (orders subject to affirmative procedure), at the...
s.sch001 After Schedule 18 insert— SCHEDULE 18A Sentence under section 236A:...
s.sch001 In section 244(1) (duty to release prisoners), after “243A” insert...
s.sch001 (1) Section 246 (power to release prisoners on licence before...
s.sch001 In the Armed Forces Act 2006, after section 224 insert—...
s.sch001 (1) Section 236A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, inserted...
s.sch002 (1) Section 62 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services...
s.sch002 The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.
s.sch002 (1) Section 250(4) (licence conditions) is amended as follows.
s.sch002 (1) Section 253 (curfew condition for licence under section 246,...
s.sch002 In section 256B(7) (supervision after release of certain young offenders...
s.sch003 The Mental Health Act 1983 is amended as follows.
s.sch003 In paragraph 34 of Schedule 20B (licence conditions in certain...
s.sch003 In paragraph 37(2) of that Schedule (early removal from prison...
s.sch003 In Schedule 9 to the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims...
s.sch003 The Offender Management Act is amended as follows.
s.sch003 In section 3(7)(a) (arrangements for the provision of probation services:...
s.sch003 In section 14(2) (disclosure of information for offender management purposes),...
s.sch003 In section 131(4)(d) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009...
s.sch003 In Part 1 of the Schedule 19 to the Equality...
s.sch003 In section 50(3)(a) (further provisions as to prisoners under sentence:...
s.sch003 (1) Section 74 (restricted patients subject to restriction directions) is...
s.sch003 The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.
s.sch003 Before section 239 insert— “ Parole Board and recall adjudicators...
s.sch003 In section 239(1)(b) (functions of the Parole Board), after “by”...
s.sch003 (1) Section 250 (licence conditions) is amended as follows.
s.sch003 In section 260(2B) (early removal from prison of extended sentence...
s.sch003 In section 268 (interpretation of Chapter 6 of Part 12),...
s.sch004 (1) For the purposes of section 20, “excluded health care”...
s.sch004 A part of premises is used “for an education or...
s.sch004 The educational institutions mentioned in paragraphs 1(1)(a) and (b) and...
s.sch004 In this Schedule— “care home service” has the meaning given...
s.sch005 In section 37(1A) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (powers...
s.sch005 (1) Section 142 (purposes of sentencing: offenders aged 18 or...
s.sch005 (1) Section 142A (purposes of sentencing: offenders under 18) is...
s.sch005 (1) Section 144 (reduction in sentences for early guilty pleas)...
s.sch005 In section 150(2) (community order not available where sentence fixed...
s.sch005 (1) Section 152 (general restrictions on imposing discretionary custodial sentence)...
s.sch005 (1) Section 153 (length of discretionary custodial sentences: general provision)...
s.sch005 (1) Section 305(4) (interpretation of Part 12) is amended as...
s.sch005 (1) Section 125(6) of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009...
s.sch005 In section 36(2)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (reviews...
s.sch005 The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 is amended...
s.sch005 (1) Section 12 (absolute and conditional discharge) is amended as...
s.sch005 In section 100(1A) (offenders under 18: detention and training orders),...
s.sch005 (1) Section 130 (compensation orders against convicted persons) is amended...
s.sch005 (1) Section 146 (driving disqualification for any offence) is amended...
s.sch005 In section 164(3) (further interpretive provisions)— (a) in paragraph (aa),...
s.sch005 The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.
s.sch006 (1) Section 3ZB of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (causing...
s.sch006 (1) Paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Crime (International...
s.sch006 In Part 1 of Schedule 15 to the Criminal Justice...
s.sch006 (1) In paragraph 1(6) of Schedule 1 to the Coroners...
s.sch006 The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 is amended as follows....
s.sch006 (1) Section 24 (alternative verdicts: general) is amended as follows....
s.sch006 (1) Section 36(2) (disqualification until test is passed) is amended...
s.sch006 In section 45 (effect of endorsement of counterparts), for subsection...
s.sch006 In section 45A (effect of endorsement of driving records), for...
s.sch006 (1) The table in Schedule 1 (offences to which sections...
s.sch006 In the table in Part 1 of Schedule 2 (prosecution...
s.sch007 Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the Crime (International Co-operation)...
s.sch007 In section 65(3) (production of licence: Community licence holders), for...
s.sch007 In section 68 (endorsement of licence: Great Britain), for subsection...
s.sch007 In section 69 (endorsement of licence: Northern Ireland), for subsection...
s.sch007 In section 70(1) (duty of appropriate Minister to inform competent...
s.sch007 (1) Section 72 (regulations: Great Britain) is amended as follows....
s.sch007 (1) Section 73 (regulations: Northern Ireland) is amended as follows....
s.sch007 (1) Section 74(1) (interpretation) is amended as follows.
s.sch007 In section 74(2) (interpretation of references to disqualification for life),...
s.sch007 In section 74, at the end insert—
s.sch007 (1) Schedule 3 (offences for the purposes of section 54)...
s.sch007 (1) Section 54 (road traffic offences in UK: application of...
s.sch007 In Schedule 21 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009...
s.sch007 In this Part of this Schedule, “the transitional period” means...
s.sch007 During the transitional period, the Secretary of State and the...
s.sch007 Paragraphs 23 and 24 are to be treated as having...
s.sch007 After the end of the transitional period, the Secretary of...
s.sch007 The amendments made by section 31 and Part 1 of...
s.sch007 (1) Section 55 (duty to give notice to foreign authorities...
s.sch007 For the italic heading before section 56 substitute “ Road...
s.sch007 (1) Section 56 (road traffic offences in Republic of Ireland:...
s.sch007 (1) Section 57 (recognition in United Kingdom of foreign driving...
s.sch007 In section 58(1)(a) and (b) (notice under section 57), for...
s.sch007 (1) Section 63 (production of licence: Great Britain) is amended...
s.sch007 (1) Section 64 (production of licence: Northern Ireland) is amended...
s.sch008 (1) This paragraph applies where a service provider is established...
s.sch008 (1) This paragraph applies where a service provider is established...
s.sch008 (1) A service provider is not capable of being guilty...
s.sch008 (1) This paragraph applies where an information society service consists...
s.sch008 (1) A service provider is not capable of being guilty...
s.sch008 (1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of this Schedule....
s.sch009 The Prison Act 1952 is amended as follows.
s.sch009 In paragraph 13(2) of Schedule 4A to the Water Industry...
s.sch009 In section 1(2) of the Prisoners (Return to Custody) Act...
s.sch009 In section 107(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing)...
s.sch009 The Children Act 2004 is amended as follows.
s.sch009 In section 11(1) (arrangements to safeguard and promote welfare), after...
s.sch009 In section 13(3) (establishment of Local Safeguarding Children Boards), after...
s.sch009 In section 15(3)(c) (funding of Local Safeguarding Children Boards), after...
s.sch009 In section 25(4A) (co-operation to improve well-being: Wales)—
s.sch009 In section 28(1) (arrangements to safeguard and promote welfare: Wales),...
s.sch009 In section 31(3) (establishment of Local Safeguarding Children Boards in...
s.sch009 In section 37(4) (closing of prisons etc), for “or secure...
s.sch009 In section 33(3)(c) (funding of Local Safeguarding Children Boards in...
s.sch009 In section 18(7) of the Childcare Act 2006 (meaning of...
s.sch009 (1) Section 146 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006...
s.sch009 In section 2(7) of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide...
s.sch009 The Offender Management Act 2007 is amended as follows.
s.sch009 In section 1(4) (meaning of “the probation purposes”), in the...
s.sch009 In section 14(5)(a) (disclosure)— (a) in sub-paragraph (i), omit “and”,...
s.sch009 In paragraph 14(3) of Schedule 5A to the Policing and...
s.sch009 The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012...
s.sch009 In section 102(2) (definition of “youth detention accommodation” for the...
s.sch009 (1) Section 47 (rules for the management of prisons etc)...
s.sch009 In section 103(1) (arrangements for remand), for “the accommodation in...
s.sch009 (1) Section 4 of the Prisons (Interference with Wireless Telegraphy)...
s.sch009 (1) The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 is...
s.sch009 In section 49(5) (persons unlawfully at large: definition of “youth...
s.sch009 The Criminal Justice Act 1961 is amended as follows.
s.sch009 In section 23(4) (prison rules), after “a young offender institution”...
s.sch009 In section 38(3)(a) (construction of references to sentence of imprisonment...
s.sch009 (1) Section 32 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (early...
s.sch009 In section 17(1)(cb)(i) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act...
s.sch010 (1) The Secretary of State may enter into a contract...
s.sch010 If authorised to do so by secure college rules, a...
s.sch010 (1) A person who resists or wilfully obstructs a secure...
s.sch010 In this Schedule, “secure college custody officer” means a person...
s.sch010 (1) The Secretary of State may, on an application by...
s.sch010 (1) This paragraph applies where— (a) in the case of...
s.sch010 Where it appears to the Secretary of State that a...
s.sch010 A contracted-out secure college must be run in accordance with—...
s.sch010 (1) The Secretary of State may enter into a contract...
s.sch010 Paragraphs 6(1) and 8 to 11 apply in relation to...
s.sch010 In relation to a directly managed secure college, the reference...
s.sch010 The references in paragraphs 20, 21 and 22 to the...
s.sch010 In this Schedule— “contracted-out functions” has the meaning given in...
s.sch010 In section 52 of the Prison Act 1952 (exercise of...
s.sch010 Omit section 66(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (exercise...
s.sch010 (1) Where the Secretary of State grants a lease or...
s.sch010 (1) Schedule 1 to the Firearms Act 1968 (offences to...
s.sch010 In section 40(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (powers...
s.sch010 In paragraph 2(7) of Schedule 2 to the Private Security...
s.sch010 The Children Act 2004 is amended as follows.
s.sch010 In section 15(3) (funding of Local Safeguarding Children Boards)—
s.sch010 In section 33(3) (funding of Local Safeguarding Children Boards in...
s.sch010 (1) Section 65 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
s.sch010 In section 14(9) of the Offender Management Act 2007 (disclosure)—...
s.sch010 (1) Section 8 of the Prison Act 1952 (powers of...
s.sch010 Every officer of a contracted-out secure college who performs custodial...
s.sch010 A secure college custody officer performing custodial duties at a...
s.sch010 (1) A secure college custody officer performing custodial duties at...
s.sch011 (1) Section 39 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (service...
s.sch011 (1) Section 27 (production of licence) is amended as follows....
s.sch011 (1) Section 68 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (unpaid...
s.sch011 (1) Section 55 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act...
s.sch011 (1) Section 51 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order...
s.sch011 (1) Section 60 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (Revenue...
s.sch011 (1) Section 145 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (interpretation...
s.sch011 (1) In Schedule 4 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (forfeiture...
s.sch011 (1) Section 85 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002...
s.sch011 (1) Section 141F of the Education Act 2002 (restrictions on...
s.sch011 The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 is amended as follows.
s.sch011 The Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 is amended as follows....
s.sch011 (1) Section 4A (general requirements for service of written charge...
s.sch011 (1) Section 4B (service of written charge or requisition otherwise...
s.sch011 In section 164 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (fixing...
s.sch011 (1) Section 1 (issue of summons to accused etc) is...
s.sch011 In section 11 (non-appearance of accused: general provisions), after subsection...
s.sch011 In section 123 (defect in process), after subsection (2) insert—...
s.sch011 In section 150(1) (interpretation of other terms)—
s.sch011 (1) Section 15 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985...
s.sch011 The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 is amended as follows....
s.sch011 (1) Section 7 (duty of accused to provide licence) is...
s.sch012 In section 1(3) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974...
s.sch012 In section 142(1) (power of Crown Court to order search...
s.sch012 In section 13(3)(a) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002...
s.sch012 The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.
s.sch012 In section 151(5) (community order or youth rehabilitation order for...
s.sch012 In section 256AC(11) (breach of supervision requirements imposed under section...
s.sch012 In Schedule 8 (breach or amendment of community order), in...
s.sch012 In Schedule 12 (breach or amendment of suspended sentence order),...
s.sch012 The Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 is amended as follows.
s.sch012 In section 82 (restriction on power to impose imprisonment for...
s.sch012 In section 108 (right of appeal to the Crown Court),...
s.sch012 In the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, at the beginning...
s.sch012 In section 281(4A) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (effect of...
s.sch012 In section 24(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (recovery...
s.sch012 The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 is amended...
s.sch012 (1) Section 12 (absolute and conditional discharge) is amended as...
s.sch013 After section 9 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009...
s.sch013 (1) Part 4 of the Courts Act 2003 (court security...
s.sch013 Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Coroners and Justice...
s.sch013 Before paragraph 1 insert— “ Serving while disqualified, failure to...
s.sch013 After paragraph 5 insert— Research by jurors (1) It is an offence for a member of a...
s.sch013 In Part 3 of Schedule 6 to the Coroners and...
s.sch014 The Armed Forces Act 2006 is amended as follows.
s.sch014 In Chapter 2 of Part 7 (trial by Court Martial:...
s.sch014 After Schedule 2 insert— SCHEDULE 2A Offences relating to members...
s.sch014 The Armed Forces Act 2006 is amended as follows.
s.sch014 In section 50(2) (jurisdiction of the Court Martial: service offences),...
s.sch014 In section 51(3) (jurisdiction of the Service Civilian Court: excluded...
s.sch014 In section 373 (orders, regulations and rules), after subsection (1)...
s.sch014 In Schedule 2 (offences required to be referred to a...
s.sch014 The reference in section 286(4) of the Armed Forces Act...
s.sch015 After Schedule 1 to the Children and Young Persons Act...
s.sch015 After Schedule 2 to the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence...
s.sch016 Part 12 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990...
s.sch016 In section 284 (validity of development plans and certain orders,...
s.sch016 (1) Section 287 (proceedings for questioning validity of development plans...
s.sch016 (1) Section 288 (proceedings for questioning validity of other orders,...
s.sch016 In section 62 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation...
s.sch016 (1) Section 63 of that Act (proceedings for questioning validity...
s.sch016 (1) Section 22 of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990...
s.sch016 (1) Section 113 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act...

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