Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 25 E+W Amendments to the Armed Forces Act 2006

PART 5 E+W Amendments to Chapter 6 of Part 8: sentences for certain offences

43 (1) Section 223 (the “required opinion” for the purposes of sections 219 to 221A) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) In subsection (2)—

(a) for “section 229(2) and (2A) of the 2003 Act” substitute “ subsections (2) and (3) of section 308 of the Sentencing Code ”;

(b) for “section 229(1) of that Act” substitute “ subsection (1) of that section ”.

(3) For subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) In section 308(2)(a) of the Sentencing Code as applied by this section, the reference to the offence is to be read as a reference to the offence under section 42 of this Act.”

(4) In subsection (4), in the definition of “serious harm”, for “section 224 of the 2003 Act” substitute “ section 306 of the Sentencing Code ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 25 para. 43 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2