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Valid from 04/04/2005
(1)An offence is a “specified offence” for the purposes of this Chapter if it is a specified violent offence or a specified sexual offence.
(2)An offence is a “serious offence” for the purposes of this Chapter if and only if—
(a)it is a specified offence, and
(b)it is, apart from section 225, punishable in the case of a person aged 18 or over by—
(i)imprisonment for life, or
(ii)imprisonment for a determinate period of ten years or more.
(3)In this Chapter—
“relevant offence” has the meaning given by section 229(4);
“serious harm” means death or serious personal injury, whether physical or psychological;
“specified violent offence” means an offence specified in Part 1 of Schedule 15;
“specified sexual offence” means an offence specified in Part 2 of that Schedule.
Commencement Information
I1S. 224 wholly in force at 4.4.2005, see s. 336(3) and S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 18 (subject to art. 2(2), Sch. 2)
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