SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 32Amendments relating to sentencing

Part 1General

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)

109(1)Section 82A (determination of tariffs) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1), for the words from “where” onwards there is substituted “where the sentence is not fixed by law”.

(3)In subsection (3)—

(a)in paragraph (b), for “section 87” there is substituted “section 240 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”, and

(b)in paragraph (c), for “sections 33(2) and 35(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991” there is substituted “section 244(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

(4)In subsection (4)—

(a)after “If” there is inserted “the offender was aged 21 or over when he committed the offence and”, and

(b)the words “subject to subsection (5) below” are omitted.

(5)Subsections (5) and (6) are omitted.