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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21E+WDetermination of minimum term in relation to mandatory life sentence for murder etc

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Sch. 21 modified (28.6.2022) by 2006 c. 52, s. 261A(5) (as inserted by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 148, 208(5)(p))

Starting pointsE+W

[F15A(1)This paragraph applies if—E+W

(a)the offender was aged under 18 when the offence was committed, and

(b)the offender was convicted of the offence on or after the day on which section 127 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 came into force.

(2)The appropriate starting point, in determining the minimum term, is the period given in the entry in column 2, 3 or 4 of the following table that corresponds to—

(a)the age of the offender when the offence was committed, as set out in column 1, and

(b)the provision of this Schedule that would have supplied the appropriate starting point had the offender been aged 18 when the offence was committed, as set out in the headings to columns 2, 3 and 4.

1234
Age of offender when offence committedStarting point supplied by paragraph 3(1) had offender been 18Starting point supplied by paragraph 4(1) had offender been 18Starting point supplied by paragraph 5 had offender been 18
1727 years23 years14 years
15 or 1620 years17 years10 years
14 or under15 years13 years8 years]

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 21 paras. 5A and 6 substituted (28.6.2022) for Sch. 21 para. 6 by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 127, 208(5)(l)