Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

65Sentencing where there is aggravation related to transgender identityE+W
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(10)Section 241 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (increase in sentence for aggravation related to disability or sexual orientation) is amended as follows.

(11)In the heading, for “or sexual orientation” substitute “ , sexual orientation or transgender identity ”.

(12)In subsection (2)(a)—

(a)after sub-paragraph (i) omit “or”;

(b)at the end insert—

(iii)the victim being (or being presumed to be) transgender, or.

(13)In subsection (2)(b)—

(a)after sub-paragraph (i) omit “or”;

(b)at the end insert , or

(iii)by hostility towards persons who are transgender.

(14)After subsection (5) insert—

(6)In this section references to being transgender include references to being transsexual, or undergoing, proposing to undergo or having undergone a process or part of a process of gender reassignment.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 65 modified in part (1.12.2020 immediately before the consolidation date (see 2020 c. 9, ss. 3, 5(2)(3) and 2020 c. 17, ss. 2, 416)) by Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Act 2020 (c. 9), ss. 1, 5(2)(3) (with Sch. 1 para. 31); S.I. 2012/1236, reg. 2

Commencement Information

I1S. 65 wholly in force at 3.12.2012, see s. 151(1) and S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(a) (with art. 3)