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Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000
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155 Alteration of Crown Court sentence.E+W
(1)Subject to the following provisions of this section, a sentence imposed, or other order made, by the Crown Court when dealing with an offender may be varied or rescinded by the Crown Court within the period of [F156 days] beginning with the day on which the sentence or other order was imposed or made F2... within the time allowed by that subsection.
[F3(1A)The power conferred by subsection (1) may not be exercised in relation to any sentence or order if an appeal, or an application for leave to appeal, against that sentence or order has been determined.]
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(4)A sentence or other order shall not be varied or rescinded under this section except by the court constituted as it was when the sentence or other order was imposed or made, or, where that court comprised one or more justices of the peace, a court so constituted except for the omission of any one or more of those justices.
(5)Subject to subsection (6) below, where a sentence or other order is varied under this section the sentence or other order, as so varied, shall take effect from the beginning of the day on which it was originally imposed or made, unless the court otherwise directs.
(6)For the purposes of—
(a)section 18(2) of the M1Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (time limit for notice of appeal or of application for leave to appeal), and
(b)paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the M2Criminal Justice Act 1988 (time limit for notice of an application for leave to refer a case under section 36 of that Act),
the sentence or other order shall be regarded as imposed or made on the day on which it is varied under this section.
(7)[F6Criminal Procedure Rules]—
(a)may, as respects cases where two or more persons are tried separately on the same or related facts alleged in one or more indictments, provide for extending the period fixed by subsection (1) above;
(b)may, subject to the preceding provisions of this section, prescribe the cases and circumstances in which, and the time within which, any order or other decision made by the Crown Court may be varied or rescinded by that court.
(8)In this section—
“sentence” includes a recommendation for deportation made when dealing with an offender;
“order” does not include an order [F7relating 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].
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F1Words in s. 155(1) substituted (14.7.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 8 para. 28(2)(a); S.I. 2008/1586, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 26 (with Sch. 2 para. 13)
F2Words in s. 155(1) repealed (14.7.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 8 para. 28(2)(b), Sch. 28 Pt. 3; S.I. 2008/1586, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 paras. 2650(3)(f) (with Sch. 2 para. 13)
F3S. 155(1A) inserted (14.7.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 8 para. 28(3); S.I. 2008/1586, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 26 (with Sch. 2 para. 13)
F4S. 155(2) repealed (14.7.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 8 para. 28(4), Sch. 28 Pt. 3; S.I. 2008/1586, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 paras. 2650(3)(f) (with Sch. 2 para. 13)
F5S. 155(3) repealed (14.7.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 8 para. 28(4), Sch. 28 Pt. 3; S.I. 2008/1586, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 paras. 2650(3)(f) (with Sch. 2 para. 13)
F6Words in s. 155(7) substituted (1.9.2004) by The Courts Act 2003 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2035), art. 2(1), Sch. para. 43 (with art. 2(2))
F7Words in s. 155(8) substituted (1.4.2013) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 5 para. 54; S.I. 2013/453, art. 3(h) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2013/534, art. 6)
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