Criminal Appeal Act 1968

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50 Meaning of “sentence”.E+W

[F1(1)In this Act “sentence”, in relation to an offence, includes any order made by a court when dealing with an offender including, in particular—

(a)a hospital order under Part III of the M1Mental Health Act 1983, with or without a restriction order;

(b)an interim hospital order under that Part;

[F2(bb)a hospital direction and a limitation direction under that Part;]

(c)a recommendation for deportation;

[F3(ca)a confiscation order under Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 [F4(but not a determination under section 10A of that Act)];

(cb)an order which varies a confiscation order made under Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 if the varying order is made under section 21, 22 or 29 of that Act (but not otherwise);]

(d)a confiscation order under the [F5Drug Trafficking Act 1994] other than one made by the High Court;

(e)a confiscation order under Part VI of the M2Criminal Justice Act 1988;

(f)an order varying a confiscation order of a kind which is included by virtue of paragraph (d) or (e) above;

(g)an order made by the Crown Court varying a confiscation order which was made by the High Court by virtue of [F6section 19 of the Act of 1994]; and

(h)a [F7declaration of relevance, within the meaning of section 23 of] the M3Football Spectators Act 1989[F8; and

(i)an order under section 129(2) of the Licensing Act 2003 (forfeiture or suspension of personal licence).]]

[F9(1A)[F10Section 82 of the Sentencing Code] (under which a conviction of an offence for which F11... an order for a conditional or absolute discharge is made is deemed not to be a conviction except for certain purposes) shall not prevent an appeal under this Act, whether against conviction or otherwise.]

(2)Any power of the criminal division of the Court of Appeal to pass a sentence includes a power to make a recommendation for deportation in cases where the court from which the appeal lies had power to make such a recommendation.

[F12(3)An order [F13relating to a requirement to make a payment under regulations under section 23 or 24 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012] is not a sentence for the purposes of this Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 50(1) substituted (14.8.1995) by 1993 c. 36, s. 78(3), Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 1; S.I. 1995/1958, art. 2

F2S. 50(1)(bb) inserted (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 43, s. 55(1), Sch. 4 para. 6(1)(a); S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1)(l)(2)(c)

F3S. 50(1)(ca)(cb) inserted (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), s. 458(1), Sch. 11 para. 4(3); S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch.

F4Words in s. 50(1)(ca) inserted (1.6.2015) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), s. 88(1), Sch. 4 para. 3; S.I. 2015/820, reg. 3(q)(i)

F5Words in s. 50(1)(d) substituted (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 37, ss. 65(1), 69(2), Sch. 1 para. 2

F6Words in s. 50(1)(g) substituted (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 37, ss. 65(1), 69(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(b)

F7Words in s. 50(1)(h) substituted (6.4.2007) by Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38), s. 66(2), Sch. 3 para. 14(2)(a) (with Sch. 3 para. 14(3)); S.I. 2007/858, art. 2(k)

F8S. 50(1)(i) and preceding word inserted (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 42 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2)

F9S. 50(1A) inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 66(1)

F10Words in s. 50(1A) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 12 (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F11Words in s. 50(1A) repealed (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), ss. 100, 101(2), Sch. 11 para. 4, Sch. 13; S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2