http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/43/section/32ZABCrime (Sentences) Act 1997An Act to make further provision with respect to the treatment of offenders; and for connected purposes.1997-03-21texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-06-08Expert Participation2026-06-01 Crime (Sentences) Act 1997s. 8(5)Criminal Justice and Courts Services Act 2000Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000Sch. 7 para. 143Crime (Sentences) Act 1997s. 35(5)(c)s. 35(8)(a)Criminal Justice and Courts Services Act 2000Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000Sch. 7 para. 139(b)Crime (Sentences) Act 1997s. 32ZAB(1)(fa)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 11 para. 8s. 255(1)Crime (Sentences) Act 1997s. 32ZZA(3A)Victims and Prisoners Act 2024s. 58(5)s. 81(2)Crime (Sentences) Act 1997s. 34AVictims and Prisoners Act 2024s. 69s. 81(2) Part II Chapter II32ZAB1The offences specified or described in this section (for the purposes of section 32ZAA) are—amurder;ban offence under section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, where a child has died as a result of the prisoner’s unlawful act;can offence specified in any of paragraphs 41 to 43 of Schedule 18 to the Sentencing Code (specified terrorism offences other than inchoate offences);dan offence that is not an inchoate offence and was determined to have a terrorist connection, within the meaning given by section 247A(7A) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003;ean offence under section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (rape);fan offence under section 5 of that Act (rape of a child under 13);gan offence under section 1 of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 9) (rape);han offence under section 18 of that Act (rape of a young child);ian offence under Article 5 of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1769 (N.I. 2)) (rape);jan offence under Article 12 of that Order (rape of a child under 13);kan offence that—iis abolished, andiiwould have constituted an offence referred to in paragraphs (a) to (j) if committed on or after the date on which it was abolished.2A sentence in respect of a service offence is to be treated for the purposes of section 32ZAA as if it were a sentence in respect of the corresponding offence.3In subsection (2)—a“service offence” means an offence under—isection 42 of the Armed Forces Act 2006,iisection 70 of the Army Act 1955 or the Air Force Act 1955, oriiisection 42 of the Naval Discipline Act 1957;b“corresponding offence” means—iin relation to an offence under section 42 of the Armed Forces Act 2006, the corresponding offence under the law of England and Wales within the meaning of that section;iiin relation to an offence under section 70 of the Army Act 1955 or the Air Force Act 1955, the corresponding civil offence within the meaning of that Act;iiiin relation to an offence under section 42 of the Naval Discipline Act 1957, the civil offence within the meaning of that section.Pt. II Ch. II excluded (1.9.2001) by 2001 c. 17, s. 42, Sch. 7 para. 3(1) (with s. 78); S.I. 2001/2161, art. 2Pt. II applied in part (with modifications) (1.10.1997) by S.I. 1997/1776, art. 2, Sch. 1 paras. 2-4; S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1)Ss. 32ZAA-32ZAC and cross-heading inserted (31.12.2025) by Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), ss. 61(1), 81(2); S.I. 2025/1325, reg. 2(e)