PART 7Sentencing and release
CHAPTER 1Custodial sentences
Penalties for offences involving children or vulnerable adults
I1123Penalty for causing or allowing a child or vulnerable adult to die or suffer serious physical harm
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In subsection (7) (penalty in the case of a person’s death), for the words “liable on conviction on indictment” substitute
liable—
a
on conviction on indictment in England and Wales, to imprisonment for life or to a fine, or to both;
b
on conviction on indictment in Northern Ireland,
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In subsection (8) (penalty in the case of serious physical harm), for the words “liable on conviction on indictment” substitute
liable—
a
on conviction on indictment in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years or to a fine, or to both;
b
on conviction on indictment in Northern Ireland,
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In Schedule 19 to the Sentencing Code (list of certain specified offences carrying maximum sentence on indictment of imprisonment for life), after paragraph 20 insert—
20ADomestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004
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An offence under section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 that meets the conditions in sub-paragraph (2).
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The conditions are that—
a
the unlawful act to which the offence relates was an act that occurred, or so much of an act as occurred, on or after the day on which section 123 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 came into force, and
b
the offender is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life.