Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 27 E+W Transitional provisions and savings

PART 5 E+W Miscellaneous

Commencement and alteration of Crown Court sentence: legal aid E+W

27 (1) In paragraph (b) of the definition of “sentence” in sections 384(4) and 385(8), the reference to an order relating to a requirement to make a payment under regulations under section 23 or 24 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 includes, in relation to an old case, a reference to an order under section 17(2) of the Access to Justice Act 1999. E+W

(2) For this purpose “old case” means a pre-commencement case within the meaning of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/534) (see regulation 2 of those regulations).

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 27 para. 27 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2