Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

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33(1)Section 256 (pre-sentence reports) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)In subsection (1)(c)—

(a)for “220(1)” substitute “ 219A(1) ”, and

(b)for “222(1)” substitute “ 221A(1) ”.

(3)After subsection (9) insert—

(10)The reference in subsection (1)(a) to a court forming any such opinion as is mentioned in section 260(2) or 261(2) includes a court forming such an opinion for the purposes of section 218A(4).