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Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

Section 175: Penalties for offences: transitional modification for England and Wales

459.The penalties for various new offences set out in the Act have been drafted in such a way as to reflect the new sentencing framework provided for in the Criminal Justice Act 2003. This section substitutes lower maximum penalties that would apply for specified offences until such time as the relevant provisions of the 2003 Act come into force.

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