Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 22 E+W Dangerous offenders subject to service law etc

Part 2 E+W Consequential provision

Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52) E+W

34 (1) Section 260 (discretionary custodial sentences: general restrictions) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) In subsection (1)(b)—

(a) before “225(2)” insert “ 224A, ”, and

(b) before “219(2)” insert “ 218A, ”.

(3) After subsection (4) insert—

“(4A) The reference in subsection (4) to a court forming any such opinion as is mentioned in subsection (2) or section 261(2) includes a court forming such an opinion for the purposes of section 218A(4).

(4B) The reference in subsection (4) to a court forming any such opinion as is mentioned in section 261(2) also includes a court forming such an opinion for the purposes of section 226A(6) or 226B(4) of the 2003 Act (as applied by section 219A or 221A of this Act).”