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Changes over time for: Section 246B


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Point in time view as at 03/02/2025.
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Criminal Justice Act 2003, Section 246B is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 26 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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[246BManslaughter: prisoner's non-disclosure of informationE+W
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(1)The Board must comply with this section when making a public protection decision about a prisoner [under section 246A(6)(b), for the purposes of section 246A(5),] if—
(a)the prisoner's sentence was passed for manslaughter;
(b)the Board does not know where and how the victim's remains were disposed of; and
(c)the Board believes that the prisoner has information about where, or how, the victim's remains were disposed of (whether the information relates to the actions of the prisoner or any other individual) which the prisoner has not disclosed to the Board (“the prisoner's non-disclosure”).
(2)When making the public protection decision about the prisoner, the Board must take into account—
(a)the prisoner's non-disclosure; and
(b)the reasons, in the Board's view, for the prisoner's non-disclosure.
(3)This section does not limit the matters which the Board must or may take into account when making a public protection decision.
(4)In subsection (1)(a) the reference to a sentence includes a sentence passed before the coming into force of section 2 of the Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Act 2020.
(5)In this section, in relation to a prisoner—
and a reference to the victim's remains being disposed of includes the remains being left at the location where the victim died.]
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