S. 19 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 100(1)

S. 19 in force at 20.12.2023 by S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(a)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/32/section/19National Security Act 2023Statute Law Database2024-10-23Expert Participation2024-10-23Part 1Espionage, sabotage and persons acting for foreign powersActing for foreign power as aggravating factor in sentencing
19Aggravating factor where foreign power condition met: England and Wales1

The Sentencing Code is amended as follows.

2

After section 69 insert—

69AOffences where foreign power condition met1

This section applies where a court is considering the seriousness of an offence that—

a

is committed on or after the day on which section 19 of the National Security Act 2023 comes into force, and

b

is not an offence listed in subsection (2).

2

Those offences are—

a

an offence under the National Security Act 2023 or an inchoate offence (see section 398) in relation to any such offence;

b

a relevant electoral offence within the meaning given by section 16 of that Act (foreign interference in elections).

3

Where the foreign power condition is met in relation to the conduct that constitutes the offence, the court—

a

must treat that fact as an aggravating factor, and

b

must state in open court that the offence is so aggravated.

4

Where an offence is found to have been committed over a period of 2 or more days, or at some time during a period of 2 or more days, it must be taken for the purposes of subsection (1) to have been committed on the first of those days.

5

Section 31 of the National Security Act 2023 (meaning of foreign power condition) applies for the purposes of this section as it applies for the purposes of Part 1 of that Act.

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