26Voluntary intoxication by alcohol: effect in sentencingS
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(1)Subsection (2) applies in relation to an offender who was, at the time of the offence, under the influence of alcohol as a result of having voluntarily consumed alcohol.
(2)A court, in sentencing the offender in respect of the offence, must not take that fact into account by way of mitigation.
Commencement Information
I1S. 26 in force at 13.12.2010 by S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch. (with Sch.)