125Whole life order as starting point for premeditated child murderE+W
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In Schedule 21 to the Sentencing Code (minimum terms in mandatory life sentences), in paragraph 2(2), after paragraph (b) insert—
“(ba)the murder of a child involving a substantial degree of premeditation or planning, where the offence was committed on or after the day on which section 125 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 came into force,”.
Commencement Information
I1S. 125 in force at 28.6.2022, see s. 208(5)(l)