F19(1)The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In section 142(2)(c) (cases in which courts not required to have regard to purposes of sentencing), after “custodial sentences)” insert “ , under section 29(4) or (6) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (minimum sentences in certain cases of using someone to mind a weapon) ”.
F2(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)In section 152(1) (cases in which restrictions on imposing custodial sentences do not apply), for “110(2) or 111(2) of the Sentencing Act” substitute “ section 110(2) or 111(2) of the Sentencing Act, under section 29(4) or (6) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 ”.
(5)In section 153(2) (which specifies provisions to which the rule about the length of a custodial sentence is subject), after “Sentencing Act” insert “ , section 29(4) or (6) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 ”.
F1(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7)In section 291(1), after paragraph (a) (power to confine the application of section 51A of the Firearms Act 1968 to persons aged 18 or over) insert—
“(aa)amend section 29(3)(a) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 by substituting for the word “16” the word “ 18 ”,”.
F3(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 para. 9(6) omitted (3.12.2012) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 64(5)(a), 151(1); S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(a)
F2Sch. 1 para. 9(3) repealed (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 28 (with ss. 413(4)(5), 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2
F3Sch. 1 para. 9(8) repealed (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 28 (with ss. 413(4)(5), 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 1 para. 9 modified in part (1.12.2020 immediately before the consolidation date (see 2020 c. 9, ss. 3, 5(2)(3) and 2020 c. 17, ss. 2, 416)) by Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Act 2020 (c. 9), ss. 1, 5(2)(3); S.I. 2012/1236, reg. 2
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 9 in force at 6.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/858, art. 2(g)