Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 22 E+W Amendments of the Sentencing Code and related amendments of other legislation

Prospective

PART 1 E+W General provisions

Pre-sentence drug testing E+W

2 E+W In section 230 (threshold for imposing discretionary custodial sentence), after subsection (3) insert—

“Exception to subsection (2) relating to pre-sentence drug testing

(3A) Nothing in subsection (2) prevents the court from passing a custodial sentence on the offender if the offender fails to comply with an order under section 34A (pre-sentence drug testing).”