Sentencing Act 2020

41 (1) Section 221 (life sentence for certain dangerous offenders aged under 18) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) in paragraph (a), after “conduct)” insert “which was committed on or after 4 April 2005”;

(b) in paragraph (b), for “serious offence” substitute “Schedule 19 offence within the meaning of Part 10 of the Sentencing Code (see section 307 of that Code)”;

(c) after paragraph (b) (but before the word “and” following it) insert—

“(ba) the court considers that the seriousness of—

(i) the offence under section 42, or

(ii) that offence and one or more offences associated with it,

is such as to justify the imposition of a sentence of detention for life,”.

(3) In subsection (2), for “Section 226(2) of the 2003 Act” substitute “Section 258(2) of the Sentencing Code (duty to impose detention for life)”.

(4) For subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) In section 258(2) of the Sentencing Code (as applied by subsection (2)), the reference to section 250 of that Code is to be read as a reference to section 209 of this Act.”

(5) Omit subsection (5).

(6) In subsection (6), for “section 226 of the 2003 Act” substitute “section 258(2) of the Sentencing Code”.