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219 [F1Life sentence for certain dangerous] offenders aged 18 or overU.K.
This section has no associated Explanatory Notes

(1)This section applies where [F2—

(a)a person aged 18 or over is convicted by the Court Martial of an offence under section 42 (criminal conduct),

(b)the corresponding offence under the law of England and Wales is a [F3Schedule 19 offence within the meaning of Part 10 of the Sentencing Code (see section 307 of that Code)], and

(c)the court is of the required opinion (defined by section 223).]

[F4(1A)Where the offender is under 21 when convicted of the offence under section 42, section 274(3) of the Sentencing Code (duty to impose custody for life) applies in relation to the offender.]

[F5(2)[F6Where the offender is 21 or over when convicted of the offence under section 42, section 285(3) of the Sentencing Code (duty to impose imprisonment for life)] applies in relation to the offender.]

(3)In [F7sections 274(3) and 285(3) of the Sentencing Code (as applied by subsections (1A) and (2))], references to “the offence” are to be read as references to the offence under section 42 of this Act.

F8(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5)A sentence under [F9section 274 or 285 of the Sentencing Code] passed as a result of this section is not to be regarded as a sentence fixed by law.

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F3Words in s. 219(1)(b) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 39(2) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F6Words in s. 219(2) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 39(4) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F7Words in s. 219(3) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 39(5) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F9Words in s. 219(5) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 39(7) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 219 modified in part (1.12.2020 immediately before the consolidation date (see 2020 c. 9, ss. 3, 5(2)(3) and 2020 c. 17, ss. 2, 416)) by Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Act 2020 (c. 9), ss. 1, 5(2)(3) (with s. 5(9), Sch. 1 para. 26); S.I. 2012/1236, reg. 2

Commencement Information

I1S. 219 in force at 28.3.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)

I2S. 219 in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

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