Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c 44)

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16(1)Section 142(2)(c) (purposes of sentencing: offenders aged 18 or over) is amended as follows.

(2)After “falls to be imposed” insert “under section 1A(5) of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 (minimum sentence for offence of threatening with offensive weapon in public),”.

(3)After “firearms offences),” insert “under section 139AA(7) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (minimum sentence for offence of threatening with article with blade or point or offensive weapon),”.