SCHEDULE 2Transitory provisions
Custody for life where custodial sentence would have been required by SDAs
8.
(1)
This paragraph applies until the coming into force of section 61 of CJCSA 2000, where—
(a)
article 89 (sentences required by SDAs) applies; and
(b)
the offender is aged under 21 on conviction.
(2)
Where this paragraph applies, the references in article 89(2) and (4) to a sentence of life imprisonment are to be read as to a sentence of custody for life under F1section 272(2)(a) of the Sentencing Code, as applied by section 210A of AFA 2006.