Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 22 E+W Amendments of the Sentencing Code and related amendments of other legislation

PART 5 E+W Custodial sentences

Increase in magistrates' court's power to impose imprisonment E+W

Prospective

[F1 24A E+W In section 224(1A)(a) (general limit on custodial sentence for summary offence in magistrates’ court), for “6 months” substitute “12 months”.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 22 para. 24A inserted (14.7.2022) by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), s. 51(4), Sch. 2 para. 21(b) (with s. 51(8)); S.I. 2022/816, regs. 1(2), 3(d)