Sentencing Act 2020

Sections 265 and 278

SCHEDULE 13 Special sentence for offenders of particular concern: offences

Terrorism offences

1 An offence under any of the following provisions of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 which is an offence that has a terrorist connection—

(a) section 4 (soliciting murder);

(b) section 28 (causing bodily injury by explosives);

(c) section 29 (using explosives etc with intent to do grievous bodily harm).

2 An offence under any of the following provisions of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 which is an offence that has a terrorist connection—

(a) section 2 (causing explosion likely to endanger life or property);

(b) section 3 (attempt to cause explosion, or making or keeping explosive with intent to endanger life or property);

(c) section 4 of that Act (making or possession of explosive under suspicious circumstances).

3 An offence under any of the following provisions of the Terrorism Act 2000—

(a) section 11 (membership of a proscribed organisation);

(b) section 12 (inviting support for a proscribed organisation);

(c) section 54 (weapons training);

(d) section 56 (directing terrorist organisation);

(e) section 57 (possession of article for terrorist purposes);

(f) section 58 (collection of information likely to be of use to a terrorist);

(g) section 58A (publishing information about members of the armed forces etc);

(h) section 58B (entering or remaining in a designated area);

(i) section 59 (inciting terrorism overseas).

4 An offence under any of the following provisions of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001—

(a) section 47 (use etc of nuclear weapons);

(b) section 50 (assisting or inducing certain weapons-related acts overseas);

(c) section 113 (use of noxious substance or thing to cause harm or intimidate).

5 An offence under any of the following provisions of the Terrorism Act 2006—

(a) section 1 (encouragement of terrorism);

(b) section 2 (dissemination of terrorist publications);

(c) section 5 (preparation of terrorist acts);

(d) section 6 (training for terrorism);

(e) section 8 (attendance at a place used for terrorist training);

(f) section 9 of that Act (making or possession of radioactive device or material);

(g) section 10 of that Act (use of radioactive device or material for terrorist purposes etc);

(h) section 11 of that Act (terrorist threats relating to radioactive devices etc).

Sexual offences

6 An offence under either of the following provisions of the Sexual Offences Act 2003—

(a) section 5 (rape of a child under 13);

(b) section 6 (assault of a child under 13 by penetration).

Inchoate offences

7 An inchoate offence in relation to an offence specified in any of the preceding paragraphs of this Schedule.

8 An inchoate offence in relation to murder where the offence has a terrorist connection.

Abolished offences

9 An offence that—

(a) was abolished before 13 April 2015, and

(b) if committed on the day on which the offender is convicted of the offence, would have constituted an offence specified in any of the preceding paragraphs of this Schedule.

Meaning of “terrorist connection”

10 For the purposes of this Schedule, an offence has a terrorist connection if a court has determined under section 69 that the offence has such a connection.