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Schedule 24 — Amendments relating to sentencing
Part 1 — General

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          (4)      At the end there is inserted—

              “(5)                The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument—

                    (a)                   amend subsection (1)(a) by substituting for the reference to 12

months a reference to 18 months, and

                    (b)                   amend subsection (2) by substituting for the reference to 65

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weeks a reference to 24 months.

              (6)                Section 272(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (power to make

supplementary provision etc.) applies in relation to an order under

subsection (5) as it applies in relation to an order under section 140

of that Act (power to increase limits on sentencing powers of

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magistrates’ courts).

              (7)                A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (5) may

only be made if a draft of the statutory instrument has been laid

before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.”

Bail Act 1976 (c. 63)

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  21       The Bail Act 1976 is amended as follows.

  22      (1)      Section 2 (other definitions) is amended as follows.

          (2)      In subsection (1)(d)—

              (a)             the words “placing the offender on probation or” are omitted, and

              (b)             for “him” there is substituted “the offender”.

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          (3)      In subsection (2), in the definition of “probation hostel”, for the words from

“by” onwards there is substituted “by a community order under section 161

of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

  23       In section 4 (general right to bail of accused persons and others), in

subsection (3), for the words from “Part II” onwards there is substituted

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“Part 2 of Schedule 7 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (breach of requirement

of order)”.

  24       In Part 3 of Schedule 1 (interpretation), in the definition of “default” in

paragraph 4, for the words from “Part II” onwards there is substituted “Part

2 of Schedule 7 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (breach of requirement of

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order)”.

Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45)

  25       In section 3 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (penalties for conspiracy), in

subsection (1), for “section 127 of the Powers of Criminal Courts

(Sentencing) Act 2000” there is substituted “section 148 of the Criminal

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Justice Act 2003”.

Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)

  26       The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 is amended as follows.

  27       In section 11 (non appearance of accused), in subsection (3), for “section 119

of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000” there is substituted

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“paragraph 7(2)(a) or (b) of Schedule 10 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

 

 

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  28       In section 33 (maximum penalties on summary conviction in pursuance of

section 22), in subsection (1)(a), for “3 months” there is substituted “51

weeks”.

  29       In section 85 (power to remit fine), in subsection (2A), for “section 35(2)(a) or

(b) of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997” there is substituted “section 254(2) of

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the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

  30       In section 133 (consecutive terms of imprisonment), in subsection (1), for

“Subject to section 84 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act

2000,” there is substituted “Subject to section 242 of the Criminal Justice Act

2003,”.

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Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14)

  31      (1)      In Schedule 3 to the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (supplementary

provisions as to qualifications for PSV operators licence), paragraph 1 is

amended as follows.

          (2)      In sub-paragraph (4)(a), for “a community service order for more than sixty

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hours” there is substituted “a community order requiring the offender to

perform unpaid work for more than sixty hours”.

          (3)      In sub-paragraph (6), for the words from ““a community” onwards there is

substituted ““a community order” means an order under section 161 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003, a community punishment order made before the

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commencement of that section or a community service order under the

Community Service by Offenders (Scotland) Act 1978”.

Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (c. 47)

  32       In section 4 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (trials and penalties), in

subsection (5)(b), for sub-paragraph (ii) there is substituted—

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                    “(ii)                      in section 138(1) and (2) (general limit on magistrates’ court’s

powers to impose imprisonment) of the Criminal Justice Act

2003.”.

Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48)

  33       The Criminal Justice Act 1982 is amended as follows.

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  34       In section 32 (early release of prisoners), in subsection (1)(a), after “life” there

is inserted “, imprisonment for public protection under section 207 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003 or an extended sentence under section 209 of that

Act”.

  35      (1)      Part 3 of Schedule 13 (reciprocal arrangements (Northern Ireland): persons

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residing in England and Wales or Scotland) is amended as follows.

          (2)      In paragraph 7—

              (a)             in sub-paragraph (2)(b), for “such orders” there is substituted “an

unpaid work requirement of a community order (within the

meaning of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003)”, and

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              (b)             in sub-paragraph (3)(b), for the words from “community service

orders” onwards there is substituted “community orders within the

meaning of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 conferred on

responsible officers by that Part of that Act.”.

 

 

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          (3)      For paragraph 9(3) there is substituted—

          “(3)                                   Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph—

              (a)             a community service order made or amended in the circumstances

specified in paragraph 7 above shall be treated as if it were a

community order made in England and Wales under section 161 of

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the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and the provisions of Part 12 of that Act

(so far as relating to such orders) shall apply accordingly; and

              (b)             a community service order made or amended in the circumstances

specified in paragraph 8 above shall be treated as if it were a

community service order made in Scotland and the legislation

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relating to community service orders in Scotland shall apply

accordingly.”

          (4)      In paragraph 9(4)(a), after “community service orders” there is inserted “or,

as the case may be, community orders (within the meaning of Part 12 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003)”.

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          (5)      In paragraph 9(5), after “a community service order” there is inserted “or, as

the case may be, a community order (within the meaning of Part 12 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003)”.

          (6)      In paragraph 9(6)—

              (a)             after “community service orders”, where first occurring, there is

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inserted “or, as the case may be, community orders (within the

meaning of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003)”, and

              (b)             in paragraph (b)(i), for “the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing)

Act 2000” there is substituted “Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act

2003”.

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Mental Health Act 1983 (c.20)

  36       The Mental Health Act 1983 is amended as follows.

  37       In section 37 (powers of courts to order hospital admission or

guardianship)—

              (a)             in subsection (1), the words “or falls to be imposed under section

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109(2) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000” are

omitted,

              (b)             in subsection (1A), after “2000” there is inserted “or under any of

sections 207 to 210 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”, and for “that

subsection” there is substituted “that section”,

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              (c)             in subsection (1B), the word “109(2),” is omitted, and

              (d)             in subsection (8), for “probation order” there is substituted

“community order (within the meaning of Part 12 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003)”.

  38       In section 45A (powers of higher courts to direct hospital admission), in

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subsection (1)(b), the words from “except” to “1997” are omitted.

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60)

  39       In section 38 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (duties of custody

officer after charge), for the definitions of “sexual offence” and “violent

offence” in subsection (6A) there is substituted—

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                    ““sexual offence” means an offence specified in Part 2 of Schedule 12 to

the Criminal Justice Act 2003;

                    “violent offence” means murder or an offence specified in Part 1 of that

Schedule;”.

Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)

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  40       The Criminal Justice Act 1988 is amended as follows.

  41       In section 36 (reviews of sentencing), in subsection (2)—

              (a)             the words “109(2),” are omitted, and

              (b)             at the end there is inserted “or by section 207, 208, 209 or 210 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003.”.

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  42       In section 50 (suspended and partly suspended sentences on certain civilians

in courts-martial and Standing Civilian Courts), in subsection (3)(b)(i), for

“Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000” there is substituted

“Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52)

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  43       In section 164 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (power of constables to require

production of driving licence and in certain cases statement of date of birth),

in subsection (5), for “section 40 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997” there is

substituted “section 255 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53)

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  44       The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 is amended as follows.

  45       In section 27 (production of licence), in subsection (3), for “section 40 of the

Crime (Sentences) Act 1997” there is substituted “section 255 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003”.

  46       In section 46 (combination of disqualification and endorsement with

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probation orders and orders for discharge), in subsection (1), paragraph (a)

and the word “or” following it shall cease to have effect.

Football Spectators Act 1989 (c. 37)

  47       The Football Spectators Act 1989 is amended as follows.

  48       In section 7 (disqualification for membership of scheme), subsection (9) is

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omitted.

  49       In section 14E (banning orders: general), after subsection (6) there is

inserted—

              “(7)                A person serving a sentence of imprisonment to which an

intermittent custody order under section 167 of the Criminal Justice

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Act 2003 relates is to be treated for the purposes of this section as

having been detained in legal custody until his final release; and

accordingly any reference in this section to release is, in relation to a

person serving such a sentence, a reference to his final release.”

  50       In section 18 (information), after subsection (4) there is inserted—

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