http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/section/235Sentencing Act 2020An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to sentencing.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-04-09Expert Participation2026-04-07
Sentencing Act 2020s. 34A and cross-headingSentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 1Sch. 27s. 417(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 179(4A)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 11(1)Sch. 27s. 417(5)Sentencing Act 2020s. 179ASentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 12(2)Sch. 27s. 417(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 179A(1)(b)(i)(ii)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 16(2)Sch. 27s. 417(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 180(5)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 11(2)Sch. 27s. 417(5)Sentencing Act 2020s. 186(8A)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 11(3)Sch. 27s. 417(5)Sentencing Act 2020s. 202(1A)(1B)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 13(b)Sch. 27s. 417(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 202(1A)(b)(i)(ii)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 17(2)Sch. 27s. 417(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 204ASentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 14(2)Sch. 27s. 417(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 204A(3)(c)(i)(ii)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 18(2)Sch. 27s. 417(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 226(2)(ba) and wordSentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 43Sch. 27s. 417(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 230(3A) and 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417(1)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 1 para. 13ASentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 4(a)Sch. 27s. 417(1)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 10 para. 10(5)(d)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 21(2)(a)Sch. 27s. 417(6)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 10 para. 10(5)(d)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 25(a)Sch. 27s. 417(1)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 10 para. 10(5)(d)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 74(1)(a)Sch. 27s. 417(3)(f)(4)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 10 para. 10(9A)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 21(2)(c)Sch. 27s. 417(6)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 10 para. 10(9A)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 74(1)(b)Sch. 27s. 417(3)(f)(4)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 10 para. 11(2)(d)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 21(3)(a)Sch. 27s. 417(6)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 10 para. 11(2)(d)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 26(a)Sch. 27s. 417(1)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 10 para. 11(2)(d)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 75(1)(a)Sch. 27s. 417(3)(f)(4)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 10 para. 11(6A)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 21(3)(c)Sch. 27s. 417(6)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 10 para. 11(6A)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 75(1)(b)Sch. 27s. 417(3)(f)(4)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 18 para. 26A and cross-headingSentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 80Sch. 27s. 417(1)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 19 para. 22A and cross-headingSentencing Act 2020Sch. 22 para. 84Sch. 27s. 417(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 215(1A)(1B)Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022s. 149(2)(a)s. 208(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 215(2A)Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022s. 149(2)(c)s. 208(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 301(1A)(1B)Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022s. 149(3)(a)s. 208(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 301(2A)Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022s. 149(3)(c)s. 208(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 343(4)Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022s. 178(2)s. 208(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 348A 348BPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022s. 178(4)s. 208(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 350(6C)(6D)Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022s. 178(5)s. 208(1)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 26 para. 20A(za)Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022s. 129(3)(d)s. 208(1)reg. 5(n)Sentencing Act 2020s. 418(2A)Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021Sch. 13 para. 43(5)s. 50(3)(j)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 17A para. 24ACounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021Sch. 13 para. 11(20)(m)s. 50(2)(v)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 26 para. 13ACounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021Sch. 13 para. 43(7)(a)s. 50(3)(j)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 26 para. 15(a)(iii)Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021Sch. 13 para. 43(7)(c)s. 50(3)(j)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 26 para. 19(a)(iia)Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021Sch. 13 para. 43(7)(e)(i)s. 50(3)(j)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 26 para. 20(c)Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021Sch. 13 para. 43(7)(f)s. 50(3)(j)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 26 para. 20ACounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021Sch. 13 para. 43(7)(g)s. 50(3)(j)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 26 para. 24ACounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021Sch. 13 para. 43(7)(i)s. 50(3)(j)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 27 para. 16(2)(a)(b)Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021Sch. 13 para. 43(8)s. 50(3)(j)Sentencing Act 2020Pt. 3 Ch. 6Sentencing Act 2026s. 6(1)s. 49(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 207(A1)Sentencing Act 2026s. 14(4)(a)s. 49(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 207(5)Sentencing Act 2026s. 14(4)(b)s. 49(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 291(A1)Sentencing Act 2026s. 14(6)(a)s. 49(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 291(5)Sentencing Act 2026s. 14(6)(b)s. 49(1)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 9 Pt. 4ASentencing Act 2026s. 14(7)s. 49(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 207(B1)Sentencing Act 2026s. 15(3)s. 49(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 291(B1)Sentencing Act 2026s. 15(5)s. 49(1)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 9 Pt. 4BSentencing Act 2026s. 15(6)s. 49(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 207(C1)Sentencing Act 2026s. 16(3)s. 49(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 291(C1)Sentencing Act 2026s. 16(5)s. 49(1)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 9 Pt. 4CSentencing Act 2026s. 16(6)s. 49(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 207(D1)Sentencing Act 2026s. 17(3)s. 49(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 291(D1)Sentencing Act 2026s. 17(6)s. 49(1)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 9 Pt. 4DSentencing Act 2026s. 17(8)(a)s. 49(1)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 9 para. 34(1A)Sentencing Act 2026s. 17(8)(b)(ii)s. 49(1)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 9 para. 8DSentencing Act 2026s. 17(15)s. 49(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 247A(7)Sentencing Act 2026s. 34(2)s. 34(4)(5)s. 49(1)reg. 2(b)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 9 para. 2(1)(1A)Sentencing Act 2026s. 37(2)(a)s. 37(8)s. 49(1)Sentencing Act 2020s. 218(ba)Sentencing Act 2026s. 38(3)(b)s. 38(6)s. 49(1)reg. 2(d)Sentencing Act 2020s. 220(2)(a)Sentencing Act 2026s. 38(4)(a)s. 38(6)s. 49(1)reg. 2(d)Sentencing Act 2020s. 220(2)(b) and wordSentencing Act 2026s. 38(4)(b)s. 38(6)s. 49(1)reg. 2(d)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 10 Pt. 3ASentencing Act 2026s. 38(5)(b)s. 38(6)s. 49(1)reg. 2(d)Sentencing Act 2020s. 288(6)Sentencing Act 2026s. 39(2)s. 39(7)s. 49(1)reg. 2(e)Sentencing Act 2020s. 303(aa)Sentencing Act 2026s. 39(3)s. 39(7)s. 49(1)reg. 2(e)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 16 para. 22A and cross-headingSentencing Act 2026s. 39(5)s. 39(7)s. 49(1)reg. 2(e)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 17 para. 25(da)Sentencing Act 2026s. 39(6)s. 39(7)s. 49(1)reg. 2(e)Sentencing Act 2020Sch. 26 para. 15(aa)-(ac)Sentencing Act 2026Sch. 3 para. 16s. 49(1)
THIRD GROUP OF PARTSDisposalsPART 10Custodial sentencesCHAPTER 2Offenders aged under 18<Emphasis>Detention and training orders</Emphasis>Exercise of power to make a detention and training order2351This section applies where a detention and training order is available.2The court may not make a detention and training order if it imposes—aa sentence of detention under section 250, orban extended sentence of detention under section 254,in respect of the offence.3If the offender is aged under 15 when convicted the court may not make a detention and training order unless it is of the opinion that the offender is a persistent offender.4The court's power to make a detention and training order is subject to (in particular) section 230 (threshold for imposing discretionary custodial sentence).S. 235 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2