Explanatory Notes

Criminal Justice Act 2003

2003 CHAPTER 44

20th November 2003

Commentary on Sections

Part 12 - Sentencing

Chapter 5: Dangerous offenders
Section 228: Extended sentence for certain violent or sexual offenders: persons under 18

558.Section 228 applies the extended sentence to those aged under 18 whom the court considers to pose a significant risk of serious harm as defined in subsection (1)(b). Where the offender has been convicted of a specified offence the court must impose an extended sentence, unless the offence is a serious offence and the case is one in which a sentence under section 226 is appropriate. The sentence operates in the same way as it does for adults, but is a sentence of detention rather than imprisonment.