Criminal Justice Act 2003

224 Meaning of “specified offence” etc. E+W

(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 [F1 224A], 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—

• F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “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.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 224(2)(b) inserted (3.12.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 19 para. 16; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(q)

F2 S. 224(3): the definition of "relevant offence" is repealed (14.7.2008) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), ss. 148, 149, 153, Sch. 26 para. 69, Sch. 28 Pt. 2; S.I. 2008/1586, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 48(a)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 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)