THIRD GROUP OF PARTS

Disposals
PART 10

Custodial sentences
CHAPTER 1

Custody: general provisions

General limits on powers to impose custodial sentences

Restriction on imposing imprisonment on persons under 21
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Sentence of imprisonment
1
No court may pass a sentence of imprisonment on an offender for an offence if the offender is aged under 21 when convicted of the offence.

Committal to prison
2
No court may commit a person who is aged under 21 to prison for any reason, except as provided by subsection (3).
3
Subsection (2) does not prevent the committal to prison of a person aged under 21 who is—
a
remanded in custody,
b
committed in custody for sentence, or
c
sent in custody for trial under section 51 or 51A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
S. 227 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2