Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015

Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)

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14(1)Section 152 (general restrictions on imposing discretionary custodial sentence) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1)(b), for the words from “section 1A(5)” to the end substitute “a provision mentioned in subsection (1A).”

(3)After that subsection insert—

(1A)The provisions referred to in subsection (1)(b) are—

(a)section 1(2B) or 1A(5) of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953;

(b)section 51A(2) of the Firearms Act 1968;

(c)section 139(6B), 139A(5B) or 139AA(7) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988;

(d)section 110(2) or 111(2) of the Sentencing Act;

(e)section 224A, 225(2) or 226(2) of this Act;

(f)section 29(4) or (6) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006.