<Legislation xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/2" NumberOfProvisions="158" SchemaVersion="2.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation http://www.legislation.gov.uk/schema/legislation.xsd" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2026-06-01"><ukm:Metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata">
					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/section/47</dc:identifier><dc:title>Sentencing Act 2026</dc:title><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-06-01</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2026-06-01</dct:valid>
					
					<atom:link rel="self" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/section/47/data.xml" type="application/xml"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/resources" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/resources" title="More Resources"/>
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/impacts" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/impacts" title="Impact Assessments"/>
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/notes" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/notes" title="Explanatory Notes"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/notes/toc" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/notes/contents" title="Explanatory Notes Table of Contents"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/act" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2" title="whole act"/><atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/introduction" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/introduction" title="introduction"/>
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/body" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/body" title="body"/>
					<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/schedules" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/schedules" title="schedules"/>
					
										
					
					
					
					<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/rdf+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/section/47/data.rdf" title="RDF/XML"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/section/47/data.akn" title="AKN"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/section/47/data.xht" title="HTML snippet"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/section/47/data.htm" title="Website (XHTML) Default View"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/csv" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/section/47/data.csv" title="CSV"/><atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/section/47/data.pdf" title="PDF"/>
					<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xhtml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/section/47/data.html" title="HTML5 snippet"/>

					
					<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/tableOfContents" hreflang="en" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/contents" title="Table of Contents"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/section/47/enacted" title="enacted"/><atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/section/47/2026-01-22" title="2026-01-22"/>
					
					<atom:link rel="up" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2" title="Entire legislation"/><atom:link rel="prev" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/section/46" title="Provision; Section 46"/><atom:link rel="prevInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/section/46" title="Provision; Section 46"/><atom:link rel="next" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/section/48" title="Provision; Section 48"/><atom:link rel="nextInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/section/48" title="Provision; Section 48"/>
					<ukm:PrimaryMetadata><ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:DocumentCategory Value="primary"/><ukm:DocumentMainType Value="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct"/><ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/></ukm:DocumentClassification><ukm:Year Value="2026"/><ukm:Number Value="2"/><ukm:EnactmentDate Date="2026-01-22"/><ukm:ISBN Value="9780105703075"/></ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
					

                    
									<ukm:Notes><ukm:Note IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/2/notes"/><ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/pdfs/ukpgaen_20260002_en.pdf" Date="2026-06-25" Title="Explanatory Notes" Size="1607062"/></ukm:Alternatives>       
								</ukm:Notes> 
					<ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/pdfs/ukpga_20260002_en.pdf" Date="2026-01-26" Size="1470529" Print="true"/></ukm:Alternatives>
					<ukm:ImpactAssessments>
									
									<ukm:ImpactAssessment URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2026/37/pdfs/ukia_20260037_en.pdf" Date="2026-03-06" Title="Sentencing Act Impact Assessment" Stage="Enactment" Department="Ministry of Justice" Year="2026" Number="37" Size="233354"/>
								</ukm:ImpactAssessments>
					<ukm:Statistics>
									<ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="159"/>
									<ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="99"/>
									<ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="60"/>
									<ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/>
									<ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/>
								</ukm:Statistics>
				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/2/body" NumberOfProvisions="99" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2026-06-01"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/part/5" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/2/part/5" NumberOfProvisions="5" id="part-5" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2026-01-22"><Number>Part 5</Number><Title>General</Title><P1group RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." RestrictStartDate="2026-01-22"><Title>Power to state effect in Sentencing Act 2020 of commencement of amendments made by this Act</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/2/section/47" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/2/section/47" id="section-47">
<Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-f123385213bbaf61b0fb4a638af31194"/>47</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<Text>The power in section 419(1) of the Sentencing Act 2020 (power to state effect of commencement provisions) applies in relation to any amendment or repeal made by or under this Act of that Act as it applies in relation to an amendment or repeal made by Schedule 22 to that Act.</Text>
</P1para>
</P1></P1group></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary Type="I" id="key-f123385213bbaf61b0fb4a638af31194"><Para><Text>S. 47  in force at Royal Assent, see <CitationSubRef id="nc24bb4b56b0711f1" SectionRef="section-49-3-b" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2026/2/section/49/3/b" Operative="true">s. 49(3)(b)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>