SCHEDULES

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

PART 5Custodial sentences

Detention and training orders: summary offences

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1

Section 236 is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (2), at the end insert—

This is subject to subsection (2A).

3

After that subsection insert—

2A

Where—

a

the offence is a summary offence, and

b

the maximum term of imprisonment that a court could impose for the offence (in the case of an offender aged 21 or over) is 51 weeks,

the term of a detention and training order in respect of the offence may not exceed 6 months.