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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Offences motivated by hostility based on sex or gender

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Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, Cross Heading: Offences motivated by hostility based on sex or gender is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

Offences motivated by hostility based on sex or genderE+W

72Response to Law Commission report on hate crime lawsE+W

(1)The Secretary of State must, before the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed—

(a)prepare and publish a response to Recommendation 8 of the Law Commission report on hate crime (adding sex or gender as a protected characteristic for the purposes of aggravated offences and enhanced sentencing), and

(b)lay the response before Parliament.

(2)In this section “the Law Commission report on hate crime” means the Law Commission report “Hate Crime Laws” that was published on 7 December 2021.

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I1S. 72 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 208(4)(m)

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