Part 4Sentencing
Chapter 1Sentencing Council for England and Wales
Duties of the court
126Determination of tariffs etc
(1)
Section 125(3) (except as applied by virtue of subsection (3) below) is subject to any power a court has to impose—
F1(a)
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F1(b)
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(c)
an extended sentence of imprisonment by virtue of section F2226A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003;
(d)
an extended sentence of detention by virtue of section F3226B of that Act.
(2)
Subsection (3) applies where a court determines the notional determinate term for the purpose of determining in any case—
(a)
the order to be made under section 82A of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (life sentence: determination of tariffs),
F4(b)
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(c)
the appropriate custodial term for the purposes of section F5226A(6) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (extended sentence for certain violent or sexual offences: persons 18 or over), or
(d)
the appropriate term for the purposes of section F6226B(4) of that Act (extended sentence for certain violent or sexual offences: persons under 18).
(3)
Subsections (2) to (5) of section 125 apply for the purposes of determining the notional determinate term in relation to an offence as they apply for the purposes of determining the sentence for an offence.
(4)
In this section references to the notional determinate term are to the determinate sentence that would have been passed in the case if the need to protect the public and the potential danger of the offender had not required the court to impose a life sentence (in circumstances where the sentence is not fixed by law) or, as the case may be, an extended sentence of imprisonment or detention.
(5)
In subsection (4) “life sentence” F7means a sentence mentioned in subsection (2) of section 34 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 other than a sentence mentioned in paragraph (d) or (e) of that subsection.