Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), ss. 352(2)(b)(3), 416(1) (with ss. 2, 398(1), 406, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2
C2Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (S.) (31.3.2023) by Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 22), ss. 18(3), 45(2)(3) (with s. 44); S.S.I. 2023/51, reg. 2 (with reg. 3)
C3Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (S.) (31.3.2023) by Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 22), ss. 35(3)(4), 45(2)(3) (with s. 44); S.S.I. 2023/51, reg. 2 (with reg. 3)
C4Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (S.) (31.3.2023) by Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 22), s. 38(4)-(6), 45(2)(3) (with s. 44); S.S.I. 2023/51, reg. 2 (with reg. 3)
(1)The Secretary of State may by order amend Schedule 3 or 5.
(2)Subject to subsection (3), an amendment within subsection (4) does not apply to convictions, findings and cautions before the amendment takes effect.
(3)For the purposes of sections 106 and 116, an amendment within subsection (4) applies to convictions, findings and cautions before as well as after the amendment takes effect.
(4)An amendment is within this subsection if it—
(a)adds an offence,
(b)removes a threshold relating to an offence, or
(c)changes a threshold in such a way as to cause an offence committed by or against a person of a particular age or in certain circumstances, or resulting in a particular disposal, to be within a Schedule when it would not otherwise be.