SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 13Consequential and related amendments
PART 5Amendments in relation to sentencing under service law
Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17)
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1
The Sentencing Act 2020 is amended as follows.
2
In section 225 (restriction on consecutive sentences for released prisoners), in subsection (3)(c)(vi), after “209” insert “
or 224B
”
.
3
In section 241 (period of detention and training under detention and training order), in subsections (6)(b)(ii) and (7)(c), after “209” insert “
or 224B
”
.
4
In section 248(4) (meaning of “relevant sentence of detention”), in paragraph (c), after “209” insert “
or 224B
”
.
5
In section 418 (commencement of provisions of Schedule 26 in relation to prospective abolition of sentences of detention in a young offender institution), after subsection (2) insert—
2A
Paragraphs 13A, 20A and 24A (and paragraph 1 so far as it relates to them) also come into force at that time.
6
In Schedule 25 (amendments of Armed Forces Act 2006), omit paragraph 45(5).
7
In Schedule 26 (further amendments of the Armed Forces Act 2006 in relation to prospective abolition of sentences of detention in a young offender institution)—
a
after paragraph 13 insert—
13A
In section 219ZA (serious terrorism sentence for offenders aged 18 or over)—
a
in subsection (1)(e), omit “a sentence of custody for life or (as the case may be)”;
b
omit subsections (4) to (6);
c
in subsection (7), omit “Where the offender is aged 21 or over when convicted of the serious terrorism offence,”.
b
in paragraph 14 (amendments of section 219A of the 2006 Act), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—
a
in subsection (1)—
i
in paragraph (d), omit sub-paragraphs (i) and (iii);
ii
in paragraph (da), omit sub-paragraph (i);
c
in paragraph 15(a) (amendments of section 224A of the 2006 Act), after paragraph (ii) insert—
iii
in sub-paragraph (iii), for “detention or imprisonment under section 268A or 282A” substitute
“ imprisonment under section 282A ”;
d
in paragraph 18 (amendment of section 239 of the 2006 Act), after “pleas)” insert
—
a
in subsection (3A), omit—
i
“(4) or”;
ii
“268A or”;
b
in subsection (3B), omit “268C(2) or, as the case may be,”;
c
e
in paragraph 19 (amendments of section 260 of the 2006 Act)—
i
in sub-paragraph (a), after paragraph (ii) insert—
iia
in paragraph (ca), omit “268A or”;
ii
for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—
b
in subsection (4B)—
i
in paragraph (za), omit “268C(2) or”;
ii
in paragraph (a), omit “268(2) or”.
f
in paragraph 20 (amendments of section 261 of the 2006 Act), at the end insert—
c
in paragraph (ba), omit “268A or”.
g
after paragraph 20 insert—
20A
In section 261A(3) (life sentences: further provision)—
a
in paragraph (b), omit “268B(2) or”;
b
in paragraph (c)(i), omit “268B(2) or”.
h
in paragraph 21 (amendments of section 262A of the 2006 Act), for the words from “, in subsection (4)” to the end substitute—
a
in subsection (2A), omit paragraph (b);
b
omit subsection (3A);
c
in subsection (4), omit paragraphs (d), (da), (e) and (f) treated as substituted in subsection (7) of section 329 of the Sentencing Code.
i
after paragraph 24 insert—
24A
In section 304C (to be inserted by the Armed Forces Act 2016: reduction in sentence), in subsection (5A)—
a
omit “268C(2) or”;
b
for “section 219ZA(5) to (8)” substitute
“ section 219ZA(8) ”.
8
In Schedule 27 (transitional provision and savings), in paragraph 16(2), for the words from “, the reference” to the end substitute
—
a
the reference in section 224A(1)(d)(ii) of the Armed Forces Act 2006 to an extended sentence under section 266 or 279 of the Sentencing Code includes a reference to an extended sentence under section 226A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003;
b
the reference in section 224B(1)(c)(ii) to an extended sentence of detention under section 254 of the Sentencing Code includes a reference to an extended sentence of detention under section 226B of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.