C4C3Part 12Sentencing

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4

Pt. 12 modified (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 183(4), 383 (as amended (1.4.2008) by The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912), art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 23(2)(b)); S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

C3

Pt. 12 (ss. 142-305) modified (4.4.2005) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Sentencing) (Transitory Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/643), art. 3 (as amended (E.W.) (3.12.2012) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Consequential and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2824), regs. 1, 3(1) (with reg. 3(2)))

Chapter 7Effect of life sentence

C1C2270Duty to give reasons

F11

Subsection (2) applies where a court makes an order under section 269(2) or (4).

2

F2In complying with the duty under section 174(2) to state its reasons for deciding on the order made, the court must, in particular—

a

state which of the starting points in Schedule 21 it has chosen and its reasons for doing so, and

b

state its reasons for any departure from that starting point.