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SCHEDULE 22Amendments of the Sentencing Code and related amendments of other legislation

PART 6EU Exit

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1

Section 317 (certificates of conviction for purposes of sections 313 and 314) is amended as follows.

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In subsection (1)—

a

for the words before “applies” substitute “Subsection (2)”;

b

omit paragraph (c) (but not the word “or” at the end of it);

c

in paragraph (d) omit “, or in any other member State,”.

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after subsection (2) insert—

2A

Subsection (2B) applies where an offender has been convicted—

a

in any member State of a corresponding drug trafficking offence, or

b

in any member State of a corresponding domestic burglary offence.

2B

For the purposes of section 313 or 314 as it applies where the proceedings were instituted before IP completion day (see section 397(5)), a certificate given in accordance with subsection (3) of either or both of the following is evidence of the facts so certified—

a

that the offender was convicted of that offence on the date of the conviction;

b

that the offence was committed on a particular day, or over, or at some time during, a particular period.

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In subsection (4)—

a

in the definition of “corresponding drug trafficking offence”, after “313(3)(b)” insert “or (3A)(a)”;

b

in the definition of “corresponding domestic burglary offence”, after “314(3)(b)” insert “or (3A)(a)”.