Legislation – Coroners and Justice Act 2009
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Part 4Sentencing
Chapter 1Sentencing Council for England and Wales
Sentencing Council for England and Wales
118Sentencing Council for England and Wales
(1)
There is to be a Sentencing Council for England and Wales.
(2)
Schedule 15 makes provision about the Council.
F1118ABusiness plan
(1)
As soon as practicable after the beginning of each financial year, the Council must submit a business plan for the year to the Lord Chancellor for approval.
(2)
The business plan for a financial year must set out—
(a)
the matters about which the Council proposes to prepare sentencing guidelines in the year, and
(b)
the other activities it proposes to undertake in the year.
(3)
As soon as practicable after receiving a business plan submitted under subsection (1), the Lord Chancellor must consider the plan and decide whether to approve it.
(4)
If the Lord Chancellor approves the business plan for a financial year—
(a)
the Lord Chancellor must notify the Council, and
(b)
the Council must publish the plan once it has been so notified.
(5)
If the Lord Chancellor decides not to approve the business plan for a financial year, the Lord Chancellor must—
(a)
notify the Council, and
(b)
as soon as practicable after doing so, lay before Parliament a document stating the reason for the decision.
119Annual report
(1)
The Council must, as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, make to the Lord Chancellor a report on the exercise of the Council’s functions during the year.
(2)
The Lord Chancellor must lay a copy of the report before Parliament.
(3)
The Council must publish the report once a copy has been so laid.
(4)
Sections 128(3), 130 and 131 make further provision about the content of reports under this section.
(5)
If section 118 comes into force after the beginning of a financial year, the first report may relate to a period beginning with the day on which that section comes into force and ending with the end of the next financial year.