Legislation – Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015
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PART 1Criminal Justice
Dangerous offenders
2Specified offences
(1)
Schedule 15 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (specified offences for purposes of Chapter 5 of Part 12 of that Act) is amended as follows.
(2)
“22A
An offence under section 4 of that Act (making or possession of explosive under suspicious circumstances).”
(3)
“64
(1)
Aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of an offence specified in the preceding paragraphs of this Part of this Schedule.
(2)
An attempt to commit such an offence.
(3)
Conspiracy to commit such an offence.
(4)
Incitement to commit such an offence.
(5)
An offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 in relation to which an offence specified in the preceding paragraphs of this Part of this Schedule is the offence (or one of the offences) which the person intended or believed would be committed.”
(4)
“65
(1)
An attempt to commit murder.
(2)
Conspiracy to commit murder.
(3)
Incitement to commit murder.
(4)
An offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 in relation to which murder is the offence (or one of the offences) which the person intended or believed would be committed.”
(5)
Omit paragraph 92 (offence of keeping a brothel under section 33 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956).
(6)
“92A
An offence under section 33A of that Act (keeping a brothel used for prostitution).”
(7)
“153
(1)
Aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of an offence specified in this Part of this Schedule.
(2)
An attempt to commit such an offence.
(3)
Conspiracy to commit such an offence.
(4)
Incitement to commit such an offence.
(5)
An offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 in relation to which an offence specified in this Part of this Schedule is the offence (or one of the offences) which the person intended or believed would be committed.”
(8)
The amendments made by this section apply in relation to a person sentenced for an offence on or after the day on which they come into force, whenever the offence was committed.
(9)
But subsection (8) does not apply for the purposes of the provisions referred to in subsection (10).
(10)
For the purposes of sections 225(1)(a) and 226(1)(a) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and sections 219(1)(b) and 221(1)(b) of the Armed Forces Act 2006, the amendments made by subsections (2) and (4) apply only in relation to a person sentenced for an offence that was committed on or after the day on which they come into force.
(11)
Where an offence is found to have been committed over a period of 2 or more days, or at some time during a period of 2 or more days, it must be taken for the purposes of subsection (10) to have been committed on the last of those days.