Part 8 U.K.Sentencing Powers and Mandatory etc Sentences

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 8 applied (with modifications) (31.10.2009) by The Armed Forces (Court Martial) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2041), art. 1, rule 128(2)

Chapter 6 U.K.Mandatory etc Custodial Sentences for Certain Offences

[F1 Required or discretionary sentences for particular offences] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 219 cross-heading substituted (31.10.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 25 para. 13(4); S.I. 2009/1028, art. 2(b)

221 [F2 Life sentence for certain dangerous] offenders aged under 18 U.K.

(1) This section applies where [F3 —

(a) a person aged under 18 is convicted by the Court Martial of an offence under section 42 (criminal conduct) [F4 which was committed on or after 4 April 2005],

(b) the corresponding offence under the law of England and Wales is a [F5 Schedule 19 offence within the meaning of Part 10 of the Sentencing Code (see section 307 of that Code)],

[F6 (ba) the court considers that the seriousness of—

(i) the offence under section 42, or

(ii) that offence and one or more offences associated with it,

is such as to justify the imposition of a sentence of detention for life,] and

(c) the court is of the required opinion (defined by section 223).]

[F7 (2) [F8 Section 258(2) of the Sentencing Code (duty to impose detention for life)] applies in relation to the offender.]

[F9 (3) In section 258(2) of the Sentencing Code (as applied by subsection (2)), the reference to section 250 of that Code is to be read as a reference to section 209 of this Act.]

F10 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F11 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) A sentence under [F12 section 258(2) of the Sentencing Code] passed as a result of this section is not to be regarded as a sentence fixed by law.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in s. 221 heading substituted (3.12.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 22 para. 8; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(t) (with art. 6)

F3 Words in s. 221(1) substituted (31.10.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 25 para. 15(2); S.I. 2009/1028, art. 2(b)

F4 Words in s. 221(1)(a) inserted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 41(2)(a) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F5 Words in s. 221(1)(b) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 41(2)(b) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F6 S. 221(1)(ba) inserted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 41(2)(c) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F7 S. 221(2) substituted (3.12.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 22 para. 7; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(t) (with art. 6)

F8 Words in s. 221(2) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 41(3) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F9 S. 221(3) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 41(4) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F10 S. 221(4) repealed (31.10.2009) by Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4), s. 153(7), Sch. 25 para. 15(5), Sch. 28 Pt. 2; S.I. 2009/1028, art. 2(b)

F11 S. 221(5) omitted (1.12.2020) by virtue of Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 41(5) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F12 Words in s. 221(6) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 41(6) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

Commencement Information

I1 S. 221 in force at 28.3.2009 for specified purposes by S.I. 2009/812, art. 3(a)(b) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059)

I2 S. 221 in force at 31.10.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4