Sentencing Act 2020

39 (1) Section 219 (life sentence for certain dangerous offenders aged 18 or over) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)(b), for “serious offence” substitute “Schedule 19 offence within the meaning of Part 10 of the Sentencing Code (see section 307 of that Code)”.

(3) After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) Where the offender is under 21 when convicted of the offence under section 42, section 274(3) of the Sentencing Code (duty to impose custody for life) applies in relation to the offender.”

(4) In subsection (2) for “Section 225(2) of the 2003 Act” substitute “Where the offender is 21 or over when convicted of the offence under section 42, section 285(3) of the Sentencing Code (duty to impose imprisonment for life)”.

(5) In subsection (3) for “section 225(2) of the 2003 Act (as applied by subsection (2))” substitute “sections 274(3) and 285(3) of the Sentencing Code (as applied by subsections (1A) and (2))”.

(6) Omit subsection (4).

(7) In subsection (5), for “section 225 of the 2003 Act” substitute “section 274 or 285 of the Sentencing Code”.