SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5Minimum sentence for repeat offences involving offensive weapons etc: consequential provision
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)
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Section 142 (purposes of sentencing: offenders aged 18 or over) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (2)(c), for the words from “section 1A(5)” to “detention for life for certain dangerous offenders)” substitute “
a provision mentioned in subsection (2A)
”
.
3
After that subsection insert—
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The provisions referred to in subsection (2)(c) are—
a
section 1(2B) or 1A(5) of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 (minimum sentence for certain offences involving offensive weapons);
b
section 51A(2) of the Firearms Act 1968 (minimum sentence for certain firearms offences);
c
section 139(6B), 139A(5B) or 139AA(7) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (minimum sentence for certain offences involving article with blade or point or offensive weapon);
d
section 110(2) or 111(2) of the Sentencing Act (minimum sentence for certain drug trafficking and burglary offences);
e
section 224A of this Act (life sentence for second listed offence for certain dangerous offenders);
f
section 225(2) or 226(2) of this Act (imprisonment or detention for life for certain dangerous offenders);
g
section 29(4) or (6) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (minimum sentence in certain cases of using someone to mind a weapon).