SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 25Amendments to the Armed Forces Act 2006
PART 5Amendments to Chapter 6 of Part 8: sentences for certain offences
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1
Section 221 (life sentence for certain dangerous offenders aged under 18) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1)—
a
in paragraph (a), after “conduct)” insert “
which was committed on or after 4 April 2005
”
;
b
in paragraph (b), for “serious offence” substitute “
Schedule 19 offence within the meaning of Part 10 of the Sentencing Code (see section 307 of that Code)
”
;
c
after paragraph (b) (but before the word “and” following it) insert—
ba
the court considers that the seriousness of—
i
the offence under section 42, or
ii
that offence and one or more offences associated with it,
is such as to justify the imposition of a sentence of detention for life,
3
In subsection (2), for “Section 226(2) of the 2003 Act” substitute “
Section 258(2) of the Sentencing Code (duty to impose detention for life)
”
.
4
For subsection (3) substitute—
3
In section 258(2) of the Sentencing Code (as applied by subsection (2)), the reference to section 250 of that Code is to be read as a reference to section 209 of this Act.
5
Omit subsection (5).
6
In subsection (6), for “section 226 of the 2003 Act” substitute “
section 258(2) of the Sentencing Code
”
.