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442E+WIn section 255ZA(6) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, for “section 154(1)” substitute “ paragraph 24(2) of Schedule 22 to the Sentencing Act 2020 ”.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 24 para. 442 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

443(1)In the following provisions, for “section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003” or “section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)” substitute “ paragraph 24(2) of Schedule 22 to the Sentencing Act 2020 ”E+W

  • section 1A(8) of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953;

  • sections 1(10), 4(13), 5(13) and 22(6) of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965;

  • section 4A(2)(a)(i) of the Firearms Act 1968;

  • paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 3A to the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974;

  • section 44BC(5) of the Solicitors Act 1974;

  • section 88G(7) of the Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979;

  • section 20AAC(4)(a)(i) of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979;

  • section 430(4A) of the Insolvency Act 1986;

  • section 29L(4) of the Public Order Act 1986;

  • section 1(5) of the Malicious Communications Act 1988;

  • sections 139A(5ZA) (as to be inserted by section 45(5) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019) and 139AA(10) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988;

  • section 63B(8) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988;

  • section 8A(11)(a)(i) of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988;

  • section 196D(6) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;

  • in the Local Government Finance Act 1992—

    (a)

    section 14B(5);

    (b)

    paragraph 15D(7) of Schedule 2;

  • section 1(7) of the Prisoners (Return to Custody) Act 1995;

  • section 110(5H) of the Environment Act 1995;

  • section 4A(6) of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997;

  • section 32ZA(6) of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997;

  • section 23(1G)(a) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;

  • section 4A(9)(a) of the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (as to be inserted by section 42 of the Crime and Security Act 2010);

  • in the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001—

    (a)

    section 77(3A);

    (b)

    paragraph 7(6)(a)(i) and (7)(a)(i) of Schedule 3;

  • section 35(9) of the Tax Credits Act 2002;

  • paragraph 9B(6) of Schedule 5 to the Courts Act 2003;

  • section 67A(5) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003;

  • section 12(3)(a) of the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004;

  • section 131C(6)(a) of the Energy Act 2004;

  • section 34(9) of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004;

  • in the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004—

    (a)

    sections 15A(6), 15C(6) and 25(2)(a);

    (b)

    paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 7;

  • paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 12 to the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004;

  • section 58(1) of the Human Tissue Act 2004;

  • section 210(7) of the Housing Act 2004;

  • section 51E(3)(a) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005;

  • section 175(2) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005;

  • sections 41(3) and 105(2) of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005;

  • sections 109(4) and 111(5) of the Education Act 2005;

  • sections 1(8), 2(12), 6(6) and 8(5) of the Terrorism Act 2006;

  • section 21(4) of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006;

  • section 12(6) of the Children and Adoption Act 2006;

  • section 13B(5) of the Childcare Act 2006;

  • section 78(2) of the Health Act 2006;

  • paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Fraud Act 2006;

  • in the National Health Service Act 2006—

    (a)

    section 208(1);

    (b)

    paragraph 8(4) of Schedule 10;

  • section 156(1) of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;

  • sections 1131(2), 1186(3), 1191(3) and 1250(5) of the Companies Act 2006;

  • section 38(6) of the Police and Justice Act 2006;

  • section 61(5) of the Road Safety Act 2006;

  • paragraph 16 of Schedule 10 to the Charities Act 2006;

  • section 6(5) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006;

  • section 3(8)(a) of the Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Act 2007;

  • in the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007—

    (a)

    sections 92(3) and 105(2);

    (b)

    paragraph 15(4) of Schedule 20;

  • section 39(11)(a) of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007;

  • sections 14(5), 16(7), 17(3) and 181(3) of the Legal Services Act 2007;

  • paragraphs 23 and 31 of Schedule 27 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008;

  • section 49(2)(a) of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008;

  • sections 10(5) and 76(4) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008;

  • paragraph 30(6)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Climate Change Act 2008;

  • in the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008—

    (a)

    section 54(3)(a);

    (b)

    section 76(2);

    (c)

    paragraph 15(3)(a) of Schedule 5;

    (d)

    paragraphs 30(4A)(a)(i), 30A(1A)(a)(i) and 31(2)(a)(i) of Schedule 7;

  • paragraph 10(2) of Schedule A1 to the English language text of the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (nawm 2);

  • section 40 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009;

  • section 10(3)(a) of the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009;

  • paragraphs 12(1), 13 and 14 of Schedule 22 to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009;

  • section 11(4)(a) of the Bribery Act 2010;

  • section 32(3)(a) of the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010;

  • section 6(4) of the Identity Documents Act 2010;

  • paragraph 5(5)(a) of Schedule 25 to the Finance Act 2011;

  • section 23(4) of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011;

  • paragraphs 14 and 24 of Schedule 9 to the Charities Act 2011;

  • sections 129(9) and 132(9) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;

  • in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012—

    (a)

    section 33(7);

    (b)

    section 143(6);

    (c)

    paragraph 2(7) of Schedule 6;

  • paragraph 37(4)(a) of Schedule 24 to the Finance Act 2012;

  • section 92(2)(a) of the Financial Services Act 2012;

  • section 13(3) of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013;

  • in the Crime and Courts Act 2013—

    (a)

    section 28(8)(a);

    (b)

    paragraph 30(4)(a) of Schedule 16;

  • paragraph 66(2) of Schedule 19 to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013;

  • in the Energy Act 2013—

    (a)

    sections 75(3)(a)(i), 102(4), 103(3) and 105(8);

    (b)

    paragraphs 7(3) and 17(4) of Schedule 8;

    (c)

    paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 9;

    (d)

    paragraph 13(8) of Schedule 10;

  • in the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013—

    (a)

    sections 36(4)(a)(i) and 90(7)(a)(i);

    (b)

    paragraph 14(2)(a)(i) of Schedule 5;

  • paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 to the English language text of the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 6);

  • section 9(7) of the Mesothelioma Act 2014;

  • sections 120(7) and 121(10) of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014;

  • paragraphs 2(4)(a) and 6(2)(a) of Schedule 5 to the Defence Reform Act 2014;

  • paragraph 37(5)(a) of Schedule 8 to the Water Act 2014;

  • section 33C(2) of the Immigration Act 2014;

  • section 174(4)(a) of the Finance Act 2014;

  • in the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015—

    (a)

    sections 20(9), 29(3)(a) and 33(11);

    (b)

    paragraphs 15(4) and 25(4) of Schedule 10;

  • section 49(1) of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015;

  • section 86(14) of the Serious Crime Act 2015;

  • paragraph 21(2)(a) of Schedule 4 to the Recall of MPs Act 2015;

  • section 5(4) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015;

  • sections 10(1)(a)(i) and (2)(a)(i) and 26(2)(a)(i) of the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016;

  • section 27(3) of the Immigration Act 2016;

  • sections 11(4)(a)(i), 43(7)(a)(i), 59(2)(a)(i), 82(3)(a)(i), 134(2)(a)(i), 155(2)(a)(i), 173(2)(a)(i), 174(3)(a)(i), 196(2)(a)(i) and 224(4)(a)(i) of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016;

  • sections 68(4)(a) and 153(8)(b)(i) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017;

  • sections 50(6) and 51(7) of the Finance Act 2017;

  • sections 41(7), 50(7), 58(7), 66(13) and 68(11) of the Digital Economy Act 2017;

  • section 53(6) of the Finance (No. 2) Act 2017;

  • sections 1(5) and 2(5) of the Laser Misuse (Vehicles) Act 2018;

  • section 17(5)(b)(i) of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018;

  • section 1(4) of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018;

  • section 12(5) of the Ivory Act 2018;

  • sections 8(3) and 11(7) of the Stalking Protection Act 2019;

  • sections 6(8), 25(3), 29(3) and 52(7) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019.

(2)In the Welsh language text of paragraph 10(2) of Schedule A1 to the Learner Travel (Wales) Measure 2008 (nawm 2), for “adran 154(1) o Ddeddf Cyfiawnder Troseddol 2003” substitute “ paragraff 24(2) o Atodlen 22 i Ddeddf Dedfrydu 2020 ”.

(3)In the Welsh language text of paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 to the Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 6), for “adran 154(1) o Ddeddf Cyfiawnder Troseddol 2003” substitute “ baragraff 24(2) o Atodlen 22 i Ddeddf Dedfrydu 2020 ”.

Commencement Information

I2Sch. 24 para. 443 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

444E+WIn the following provisions, for “section 154(1) of that Act” substitute “ paragraph 24(2) of Schedule 22 to the Sentencing Act 2020 ”

(a)paragraph 52(2) of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006;

(b)section 22(4)(b) of the Public Bodies Act 2011.

Commencement Information

I3Sch. 24 para. 444 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

445E+WIn the following provisions, for “section 154 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003” or “section 154 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)” substitute “ paragraph 24 of Schedule 22 to the Sentencing Act 2020 ”

  • section 63(2) of the Children Act 2004;

  • sections 2(15), 5(11) and 35(9) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004.

Commencement Information

I4Sch. 24 para. 445 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

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