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 ”.