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(1)This section has effect for providing rights of appeal against sentence when a person is dealt with by [F1the Crown Court] (otherwise than on appeal from a magistrates’ court) for an offence of which he was not convicted on indictment.
(2)The proceedings from which an appeal against sentence lies under this section are those where an offender convicted of an offence by a magistrates’ court—
(a)is committed by the court to be dealt with for his offence [F1before the Crown Court]; or
[F2(b)having been made the subject of an order for conditional discharge or a community order within the meaning of Part I of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (other than a supervision order within the meaning of that Part) or given a suspended sentence, appears or is brought before the Crown Court to be further dealt with for his offence.]
(3)An offender dealt with for an offence [F1before the Crown Court] in a proceeding to which subsection (2) of this section applies may appeal to the Court of Appeal against sentence in any of the following cases:—
(a)where either for that offence alone or for that offence and other offences for which sentence is passed in the same proceeding, he is sentenced to imprisonment [F3or to youth custody under section 6 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982] for a term of six months or more; or
(b)where the sentence is one which the court convicting him had not power to pass; or
(c)where the court in dealing with him for the offence makes in respect of him—
(i)a recommendation for deportation; or
(ii)an order disqualifying him for holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle under Part II of the M1Road Traffic Act 1960; or
(iii)an order under [F4section 23 of the M2Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973] (orders as to existing suspended sentence when person subject to the sentence is again convicted).
[F5or
(iv)a restriction order under section 15 of the Football Spectators Act 1989; or
(v)a declaration of relevance under the Football Spectators Act 1989;] or
(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6
(4)For purposes of subsection (3)(a) of this section [F7and section 11 of this Act], any two or more sentences are to be treated as passed in the same proceeding if—
(a)they are passed on the same day; or
(b)they are passed on different days but the court in passing any one of them states that it is treating that one together with the other or others as substantially one sentence;
and consecutive terms of imprisonment and terms which are wholly or partly concurrent are to be treated as a single term
[F8(5)If by virtue of an order made under section 14 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982, the term of 4 months specified in section 4 of that Act is increased to a term of 6 months or more, subsection (3)(a) above shall have effect, for so long as the term so specified is 6 months or more, as if after the word “more” there were inserted the words “or an order for his detention in a detention centre for a term of 6 months or more has been made under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982”].
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), Sch. 8 para. 57(1)
F2S. 10(2)(b) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 100, Sch. 11 para.3; S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2
F3Words inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48), Sch. 14 para. 23(b)
F4Words substituted by Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (c. 62), Sch. 5 para. 28
F5S. 10(3)(c)(iv)(v) inserted by Football Spectators Act 1989 (c. 37, SIF 45A), ss. 15(7), 23(3)(a)
F6S. 10(3)(d) repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), ss. 123, 170, Sch. 8 para. 16, Sch. 16
F7Words inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33, SIF 39:1), s. 170, Sch. 8 para. 16, Sch. 15 para. 22(2)
F8S. 10(5) inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), Sch. 14 para. 23(c)
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