Criminal Justice and Courts Services Act 2000

18 (1) Schedule 5A (powers of court on trial of civilian) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 10—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)—

(i) for “under 21” there is substituted “under 18” and for “age of 21” there is substituted “age of 18”,

(ii) for paragraph (a) there is substituted—

“(a) shall not be less than the period of two months;”,

(b) in sub-paragraph (1A), “under 18 years of age” is omitted,

(c) in sub-paragraph (1AA)(a), for “21” there is substituted “18”,

(d) in paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (6), for the words from “any institution” to the end of the paragraph there is substituted “such secure accommodation (within the meaning of section 107 of the [2000 c. 6.] Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000) as may be determined by the Secretary of State or by such other person as may be authorised by him for that purpose”,

(e) in sub-paragraph (6A), for “detention in a young offender institution” there is substituted “imprisonment”.

(3) In paragraph 15—

(a) in sub-paragraph (3), in paragraphs (a) and (b), for “21” there is substituted “18”,

(b) in the table—

(i) in the heading to the first column, for “21” there is substituted “18”,

(ii) for the heading to the second column there is substituted “Offender aged 17 but under 18”,

(iii) in the second column, “Custody for life” is omitted,

(c) in the note following the table—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), after “murder” there is inserted “or any other offence the sentence for which is fixed by law as life imprisonment”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (i), for “custody for life” there is substituted “a custodial order”.

(4) Sub-paragraph (3)(c)(i) has effect in relation to sentences passed after the coming into force of section 60.