SECOND GROUP OF PARTS

Provisions applying to sentencing courts generally
PART 2

Powers exercisable before passing sentence
CHAPTER 2

Committal to the Crown Court for sentence

Committal following summary trial: persons under 18

Committal for sentence of young offenders on summary trial of certain terrorist offences
16A
1
This section applies where—
a
on summary trial of an offence within section 252A(1)(a) (terrorism offences attracting special sentence for offenders of particular concern), a person is convicted of the offence,
b
the person is aged under 18 at the time of conviction, and
c
the court is of the opinion that—
i
the offence, or
ii
the combination of the offence and one or more offences associated with it,
was such that the Crown Court should have power to deal with the offender by imposing a sentence of detention under section 252A for a term of more than two years.
2
The court may commit the offender in custody or on bail to the Crown Court for sentence in accordance with section 22(2).
3
For powers of the court, where it commits a person under subsection (2), also to commit in respect of other offences, see section 20.
S. 16A inserted (30.4.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), s. 50(1)(i), Sch. 13 para. 26(2)