Legislation – Sentencing Act 2020
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 22Amendments of the Sentencing Code and related amendments of other legislation
PART 5Custodial sentences
Detention and training orders: summary offences
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(1)
Section 236 is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (2), at the end insert—
“This is subject to subsection (2A).”
(3)
After that subsection insert—
“(2A)
Where—
(a)
the offence is a summary offence, and
(b)
the maximum term of imprisonment that a court could impose for the offence (in the case of an offender aged 21 or over) is 51 weeks,
the term of a detention and training order in respect of the offence may not exceed 6 months.”