Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4)

SCHEDULES

Valid from 31/10/2009

SCHEDULE 25 E+W Amendments to armed forces legislation

Part 2 E+W Armed Forces Act 2006

Restrictions on imposing community punishment E+W

Prospective

F1 24 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 25 para. 24 omitted (3.12.2012) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), ss. 64(5)(c), 151(1); S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(a)

Prospective

25 E+W In section 254(1) (savings for powers to mitigate sentence etc.) for “and 270” substitute “ , 270 and 270B ”.

26 (1) Section 270 (community punishments: general restrictions etc.) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) After subsection (6) insert—

“(6A) The fact that by virtue of any provision of this section—

(a) a community punishment may be awarded in respect of an offence, or

(b) particular restrictions on liberty may be imposed by a community punishment,

does not require a court to award such a punishment or to impose those restrictions.”

(3) Subsection (7) is omitted.

(4) In subsection (8)—

(a) the word “Accordingly” is omitted; and

(b) for “151(2) of the 2003 Act as applied by this section” substitute “ 270B(4) ”.

Prospective

F2 27 E+W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 25 para. 27 repealed (2.4.2012) by Armed Forces Act 2011 (c. 18), s. 32(3), Sch. 3 para. 20(3), Sch. 5; S.I. 2012/669, art. 4(d)(f)(i)