Part 2Notification and orders
Power to amend Schedules 3 and 5
130Power to amend Schedules 3 and 5
1
The Secretary of State may by order amend Schedule 3 or 5.
2
Subject to subsection (3), an amendment within subsection (4) does not apply to convictions, findings and cautions before the amendment takes effect.
3
For the purposes of sections 106 and 116, an amendment within subsection (4) applies to convictions, findings and cautions before as well as after the amendment takes effect.
4
An amendment is within this subsection if it—
a
adds an offence,
b
removes a threshold relating to an offence, or
c
changes a threshold in such a way as to cause an offence committed by or against a person of a particular age or in certain circumstances, or resulting in a particular disposal, to be within a Schedule when it would not otherwise be.