Valid from 17/07/2015
10(1)Section 142 (purposes of sentencing: offenders aged 18 or over) is amended as follows.U.K.
(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—
“(2AA)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).”