Sentencing Act 2020

120 General power of Crown Court to fine offender convicted on indictment E+W

(1) A fine is available to the Crown Court where it is dealing with an offender who is convicted on indictment for an offence—

(a) instead of, or

(b) in addition to,

dealing with the offender in any other way which is available to the court.

(2) Subsection (1)—

(a) does not apply where the offence is one in relation to which a mandatory sentence requirement applies by virtue of any of the following provisions of section 399—

(i) paragraph (a) (life sentence for murder etc),

(ii) paragraph (b) (other mandatory life sentences), or

(iii) paragraph (c)(iv) (minimum sentence for third domestic burglary offence),

(b) is subject to any other enactment requiring the offender to be dealt with in a particular way, and

(c) does not apply if the court is precluded from sentencing the offender by its exercise of some other power.

(3) Nothing in subsection (1) affects the maximum amount of a fine to which a person is liable for an offence committed before [F1 1 December 2020].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 120(3) substituted (1.12.2020) by The Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1236), regs. 1, 4(2)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 120 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2