SCHEDULES

C1SCHEDULE 21Determination of minimum term in relation to mandatory life sentence for murder etc

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Sch. 21 modified (28.6.2022) by 2006 c. 52, s. 261A(5) (as inserted by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 148, 208(5)(p))

Starting points

F15A

1

This paragraph applies if—

a

the offender was aged under 18 when the offence was committed, and

b

the offender was convicted of the offence on or after the day on which section 127 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 came into force.

2

The appropriate starting point, in determining the minimum term, is the period given in the entry in column 2, 3 or 4 of the following table that corresponds to—

a

the age of the offender when the offence was committed, as set out in column 1, and

b

the provision of this Schedule that would have supplied the appropriate starting point had the offender been aged 18 when the offence was committed, as set out in the headings to columns 2, 3 and 4.

1

2

3

4

Age of offender when offence committed

Starting point supplied by paragraph 3(1) had offender been 18

Starting point supplied by paragraph 4(1) had offender been 18

Starting point supplied by paragraph 5 had offender been 18

17

27 years

23 years

14 years

15 or 16

20 years

17 years

10 years

14 or under

15 years

13 years

8 years