SECOND GROUP OF PARTSProvisions applying to sentencing courts generally

PART 4Exercise of court's discretion

CHAPTER 1Purposes of sentencing

I157Purposes of sentencing: adults

1

This section applies where—

a

a court is dealing with an offender for an offence, and

b

the offender is aged 18 or over when convicted.

2

The court must have regard to the following purposes of sentencing—

a

the punishment of offenders,

b

the reduction of crime (including its reduction by deterrence),

c

the reform and rehabilitation of offenders,

d

the protection of the public, and

e

the making of reparation by offenders to persons affected by their offences.

3

Subsection (1) does not apply—

a

to an offence in relation to which a mandatory sentence requirement applies (see section 399), or

b

in relation to making any of the following under Part 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983—

i

a hospital order (with or without a restriction order),

ii

an interim hospital order,

iii

a hospital direction, or

iv

a limitation direction.