SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 22Amendments of the Sentencing Code and related amendments of other legislation
PART 5Custodial sentences
Minimum sentences: firearms and corrosive substances
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1
Schedule 20 (detention under section 250 and minimum sentences: firearms offences) is amended as follows.
2
After paragraph 1 insert—
1A
An offence under section 5(1)(ag) or (ba) of the Firearms Act 1968 committed on or after the amendment date (as defined by paragraph 81(6) of Schedule 22).
3
In paragraph 3, for “committed in respect of a relevant firearm or relevant ammunition” substitute—
a
committed in respect of a relevant firearm or relevant ammunition, or
b
committed on or after the amendment date (as defined by paragraph 81(6) of Schedule 22) in respect of a firearm specified in section 5(1)(ag) or (ba) of the Firearms Act 1968.
4
In paragraph 4(1), for “committed on or after 6 April 2007 in respect of a relevant firearm or relevant ammunition” substitute
—
a
committed on or after 6 April 2007 in respect of a relevant firearm or relevant ammunition, or
b
committed on or after the amendment date (as defined by paragraph 81(6) of Schedule 22) in respect of a firearm specified in section 5(1)(ag) or (ba) of the Firearms Act 1968.
5
In paragraph 5, for the words following “where” substitute
—
a
the dangerous weapon in respect of which the offence was committed was a relevant firearm, or
b
the offence was committed on or after the amendment date (as defined by paragraph 81(8) of Schedule 22) in respect of a dangerous weapon which was a firearm specified in section 5(1)(ag) or (ba) of the Firearms Act 1968.
6
For the purposes of the amendments of Schedule 20 made by sub-paragraphs (2) to (4), the “amendment date” means—
a
the date on which those sub-paragraphs come into force, or
b
if earlier, the 2019 Act commencement date.
7
The 2019 Act commencement date is the date on which section 54(6) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 comes into force.
But if paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to that Act comes into force on a different date, that date is the 2019 Act commencement date for the purposes of Schedule 20 as it applies for the purposes of section 250.
8
For the purposes of the amendment of Schedule 20 made by sub-paragraph (5), the “amendment date” means—
a
the date on which that sub-paragraph comes into force, or
b
if earlier, the date on which paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 comes into force.