Domestic Abuse Act 2021

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12(1)The Sentencing Act 2020 is amended as follows.E+W

(2)In section 67 (assaults on emergency workers), in subsection (3), after paragraph (a) insert—

(aa)an offence under section 75A of the Serious Crime Act 2015 (strangulation or suffocation);.

(3)In Part 1 of Schedule 18 (violent offences for which extended sentence of imprisonment available), after paragraph 25 insert—

Serious Crime Act 2015E+W

25AAn offence under section 75A of the Serious Crime Act 2015 (strangulation or suffocation).

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 12 in force at 7.6.2022 by S.I. 2022/553, regs. 1(2), 3(b)