Part VIIIMiscellaneous and supplementary

Factors to be taken into account in sentencing

F6151 Effect of previous convictions and of offending while on bail.

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F6152 Reduction in sentences for guilty pleas.

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F6153 Increase in sentences for racial or religious aggravation.

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Commencement and alteration of Crown Court sentence

F23154 Commencement of Crown Court sentence.

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F24155 Alteration of Crown Court sentence.

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Disclosure of pre-sentence reports etc.

F7156 Disclosure of pre-sentence reports.

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F7157Other reports of officers of local probation boards and members of youth offending teams

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Supplementary

F7158 Savings for powers to mitigate sentences and deal appropriately with mentally disordered offenders.

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159 Execution of process between England and Wales and Scotland.

F25Section 4 of the M1Summary Jurisdiction (Process) Act 1881 (execution of process of English and Welsh courts in Scotland) shall apply to any process issued under—

  • F8section 1(7), 1B(3), 1C(4), 13(1), 104(1) F9... above,

  • paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1 to this Act F18or,

  • F22...

  • F9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 5 to this Act,

  • F19...

  • paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 8 to this Act,

as it applies to process issued under the M2Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 by a magistrates’ court.

F26160 Rules and orders.

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Interpretation

F27161 Meaning of “associated offence”, “sexual offence”, “violent offence” and “protecting the public from serious harm”.

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F10162 Meaning of “pre-sentence report”.

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163 General definitions.

F211

In this Act, except where the contrary intention appears—

  • F17“action plan order” means an order under section 69(1) above;

  • F17F3“affected person” —

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      in relation to an exclusion order, has the meaning given by section 40A(13) above;

    2. b

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    3. c

      F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F17“attendance centre” has the meaning given by F11section 221(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003;

  • F17“attendance centre order” means an order under section 60(1) above (and, except where the contrary intention is shown by paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 or paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 or 8 to this Act, includes orders made under section 60(1) by virtue of paragraph 4(1)(c) or 5(1)(c) of Schedule 3 or paragraph 2(2)(a) of Schedule 7 or 8);

  • F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F17“community sentence” has the meaning given by section 33(2) above;

  • F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • “court” does not include F16the Court Martial;

  • F17“curfew order” means an order under section 37(1) above (and, except where the contrary intention is shown by section 59 above or paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 or 8 to this Act or section 35 of the M3Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, includes orders made under section 37(1) by virtue of section 59or paragraph 2(2)(a) of Schedule 7 or 8 or the said section 35);

  • “custodial sentence” has the meaning given by section 76 above;

  • F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F17F3“ exclusion order ” means an order under section 40A(1) above

  • F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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  • F20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • “the register” means the register of proceedings before a magistrates’ court required by F2Criminal Procedure Rules to be kept by the F5F4designated officer for the court;

  • F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F17“supervision order” means an order under section 63(1) above;

  • F17“supervisor”, in relation to a supervision order, has the meaning given by section 63(3) above;

  • F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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  • F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • F17F12“youth community order” has the meaning given by section 33(1) above.

  • F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F292

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164 Further interpretive provisions.

1

For the purposes of any provision of this Act which requires the determination of the age of a person by the court or the Secretary of State, his age shall be deemed to be that which it appears to the court or (as the case may be) the Secretary of State to be after considering any available evidence.

2

Any reference in this Act to an offence punishable with imprisonment shall be construed without regard to any prohibition or restriction imposed by or under this or any Act on the imprisonment of young offenders.

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Final provisions

165 Consequential amendments, transitory modifications, transitional provisions and repeals.

1

Schedule 9 to this Act (which contains amendments consequential on this Act) shall have effect.

2

Schedule 10 to this Act (which contains transitory modifications of this Act) shall have effect.

3

Schedule 11 to this Act (which contains transitional provisions) shall have effect.

4

The enactments mentioned in Part I of Schedule 12 to this Act and the instruments mentioned in Part II of that Schedule are hereby repealed or revoked to the extent specified in the third column of those Parts.

166 Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000.

167 Extent.

1

Subject to subsections (2) to (4) below, this Act extends to England and Wales only.

2

The following provisions also extend to Scotland, namely—

  • section 14;

  • sections 44, 49 and 51(6);

  • section 121(3);

  • section 159;

  • this section; and

  • Schedule 4.

3

The following provisions also extend to Northern Ireland, namely—

  • sections 44, 49 and 51(6);

  • this section; and

  • Schedule 4.

4

The extent of any amendment, repeal or revocation made by this Act is the same as that of the enactment amended, repealed or revoked.

5

For the purposes of the M4Scotland Act 1998, any provision of this Act which extends to Scotland is to be taken to be a pre-commencement enactment within the meaning of that Act.

168 Commencement.

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Subject F14... to paragraph 11 of Schedule 11 (special provisions relating to referral orders), this Act shall come into force at the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which it is passed (and references to the commencement of this Act are to its coming into force then).

F152

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F153

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