Amendment of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Reviews of Sentencing) Order 2006
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2.—(1) The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Reviews of Sentencing) Order 2006() is amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1 (descriptions of cases to which Part 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 is to apply)—
(a)after paragraph 1, insert—
“1A. Any case tried on indictment—
(a)following a notice given under section 51B of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998() (notices in serious or complex fraud cases); or
(b)following such a notice, in which one or more of the counts in respect of which sentence is passed relates to a charge—
(i)which was dismissed under paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (applications for dismissal); and
(ii)on which further proceedings were brought by means of the preferment of a voluntary bill of indictment.”;
(b)in paragraph 2, at the end of sub-paragraph (i) before the full stop, insert—
“;
(j)an offence under section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004() (trafficking people for exploitation)”;
(c)for paragraph 4, substitute—
“4.—(1) Any case in which sentence is passed on a person for—
(a)attempting to commit a relevant offence;
(b)inciting the commission of a relevant offence; or
(c)an offence under section 44 or 45 of the Serious Crime Act 2007() (encouraging or assisting an offence) in relation to a relevant offence.
(2) In this paragraph, “a relevant offence” means an offence set out in paragraph 2(a) to (h) or (j) or paragraph 3.”.