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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Offences committed before 18 December 2003


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Sentencing Act 2020, Cross Heading: Offences committed before 18 December 2003 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 10 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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Offences committed before 18 December 2003E+W
12(1)This paragraph applies where the offence was committed before 18 December 2003.E+W
(2)If the court makes a minimum term order, the minimum term must, in the opinion of the court, be no be greater than the period which, under the practice followed by the Secretary of State before December 2002, the Secretary of State would have been likely to notify to the offender as the minimum period which in the view of the Secretary of State should be served before the prisoner's release on licence.
(3)The court may not make a whole life order unless it is of the opinion that, under the practice followed by the Secretary of State before December 2002, the Secretary of State would have been likely to notify the prisoner that the Secretary of State did not intend that the prisoner should ever be released on licence.
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