Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

Bail Act 1976 (c. 63)

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2In section 2(2) (definitions)—

(a)insert the following definitions at the appropriate places—

  • “bail in non-extradition proceedings” means bail in criminal proceedings of the kind mentioned in section 1(1)(a),;

  • “custodial sentence” means a sentence or order mentioned in section 76(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 or any corresponding sentence or order imposed or made under any earlier enactment,;

  • “imprisonable offence” means an offence punishable in the case of an adult with imprisonment,;

  • “sexual offence” means an offence specified in Part 2 of Schedule 15 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003,;

  • “violent offence” means murder or an offence specified in Part 1 of Schedule 15 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003,, and

(b)in the definition of “young person” for “seventeen” substitute “eighteen”.