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Part 1: Amendments of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
Section 60: Continuation of proceedings for offences not affected by ruling
Section 62: Right of appeal in respect of evidentiary rulings
Section 63: Condition that evidentiary ruling significantly weakens prosecution case
Section 65: Continuation of proceedings for offences not affected by ruling
Section 70: Effect on time limits in relation to preliminary stages
Chapter 1: General provisions about sentencing
Section 145: Increase in sentence for racial or religious aggravation
Section 146: Increase in sentences for aggravation related to disability or sexual orientation
Section 149: Passing of community sentence on offender remanded in custody
Section 150: Community sentence not available where sentence fixed by law, etc.
Section 151: Community order for persistent offender previously fined
Section 152: General restrictions on imposing discretionary custodial sentences
Section 153: Length of discretionary custodial sentences: general provision
Section 154: General limits on magistrates’ court’s power to impose imprisonment
Section 157: Additional requirements in case of mentally disordered offender
Section 160: Other reports of local probation boards and members of youth offending teams
Section 162: Powers to order statement as to offender’s financial circumstances
Section 163: General power of the Crown Court to fine offender convicted on indictment
Section 168: Sentencing Guidelines Council supplementary provisions
Section 170: Guidelines relating to sentencing and allocation
Section 171: Functions of Sentencing Advisory Panel in relation to guidelines
Section 172: Duty of court to have regard to sentencing guidelines
Section 174: Duty to give reasons for, and explain effect of, sentence
Chapter 2 : Community Sentences for offenders aged 16 or over
Chapter 3 : Prison sentences of less than 12 months
Section 184: Restrictions on power to make intermittent custody order
Section 186: Further provisions relating to intermittent custody
Section 190: Imposition of requirements by suspended sentence order
Section 191: Power to provide for review of suspended sentence order
Section 194: Transfer of suspended sentence orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland
Chapter 4 : Further provisions about orders under Chapters 2 and 3
Section 200: Obligations of person subject to unpaid work requirement
Section 208: Mental health treatment at place other than that specified in order
Section 210: Drug rehabilitation requirement: provision for review by court
Section 211: Periodic review of drug rehabilitation requirement
Section 216: Petty sessions area to be specified in relevant order
Section 217: Requirement to avoid conflict with religious beliefs, etc.
Section 220: Duty of offender to keep in touch with responsible officer
Chapter 5: Dangerous offenders
Section 225: Life sentence or imprisonment for public protection for serious offences
Section 227: Extended sentence for certain violent and sexual offences: persons 18 or over
Section 228: Extended sentence for certain violent or sexual offenders: persons under 18
Section 230: Imprisonment or detention for public protection: release on licence
Section 232: Certificates of convictions for the purposes of section 229
Section 236: Conversion of sentences of detention into sentences of imprisonment
Chapter 6: Release of Prisoners on Licence
Section 238: Power of the court to recommend licence conditions for certain prisoner
Section 240: Crediting of periods of remand in custody: terms of imprisonment and detention
Section 241: Effect of direction under section 240 on release on licence
Section 246: Power to release prisoners on licence before required to do so
Section 247: Release on licence of prisoner serving extended sentence under section 227 or 228
Section 248: Power to release prisoners on compassionate grounds
Section 251: Licence conditions on re-release of prisoner serving sentence of less than 12 months
Section 253: Curfew condition to be included in licence under section 246
Section 258: Early release of fine defaulters and contemnors
Section 259: Persons liable to removal from the United Kingdom
Section 260: Early removal of prisoners liable to removal from United Kingdom
Section 261: Re-entry into United Kingdom of offender removed from prison early
Section 265: Restriction on consecutive sentences for released prisoners
Section 266: Release on licence, etc: drug testing requirements
Section 267: Alteration by order of relevant proportion of sentence
Chapter 8: Other Provisions about sentencing
Section 279: Drug treatment and testing requirement in action plan order or supervision order
Section 281: Alteration of penalties for other summary offences
Section 283: Enabling powers: alteration of maximum penalties
Section 284: Increase in penalties for drug related offences
Section 285: Increase in penalties for certain driving-related offences causing deaths
Section 286: Increase in penalties for offences under section 174 of Road Traffic Act 1988
Section 288: Certain firearms offences to be triable only on indictment
Section 291: Power by order to exclude application of minimum sentence to those under 18
Section 292: Sentencing for firearms offences in Northern Ireland
Section 294: Duration of directions under Mental Health Act 1983 in relation to offenders
Section 295: Access to Parole Board for certain patients serving prison sentences
Section 300: Power to impose unpaid work requirement or curfew requirement on fine defaulter
Section: 306: Limit on period of detention without charge of suspected terrorists
Section 307: Enforcement of regulations implementing Community legislation on endangered species:
Section 309: Preparatory hearings for serious offences not involving fraud
Section 310: Preparatory hearings to deal with severance and joinder of charges
Section 311: Reporting restrictions for preparatory hearings
Section 313: Extension of investigations by Criminal Cases Review Commission in England and Wales
Section 314: Extension of investigations by Criminal Cases Review Commission in Northern Ireland
Section 315: Appeals following reference by Criminal Cases Review Commission
Section 316: Power to substitute conviction of alternative offence on appeal in England and Wales.
Section 317: Power to substitute conviction of alternative offence on appeal in Northern Ireland
Section 318: Power to substitute conviction of alternative offence on appeal from court-martial
Section 320: Offence of outraging public decency triable either way
Section 323: Individual support orders: consequential amendments
Section 325: Arrangements for assessing etc. risks posed by certain offenders
Section 328: Criminal record certificates: amendments of Part 5 of Police Act 1997
Section 329: Civil proceedings for trespass to the person brought by an offender
Schedule 8 – Breach, revocation and amendment of community order
Schedule 9 – Transfer of community orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland
Schedule 13 – Transfer of suspended sentence orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland
Schedule 14 – Persons to whom copies of requirements to be provided in particular cases
Schedule 21: Determination of minimum term in relation to mandatory life sentences
Schedule 22 : Mandatory Life Sentences: Transitional Cases
Schedule 24: Drug treatment and testing requirement in action plan order or supervision order
Schedule 25: Summary offences no longer punishable with imprisonment
Schedule 26: Increase in maximum term for certain summary offences
Schedule 27: Enabling powers: alteration of maximum penalties etc.
Schedule 28: Increase in penalties for drug-related offences
Schedule 31: Default orders: modification of provisions relating to community orders
Schedule 38: Transitory, transitional and savings provisions
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