Legislation – Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
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PART 7Sentencing and release
CHAPTER 1Custodial sentences
Life sentences: time to be served
I1127Starting points for murder committed when under 18
In Schedule 21 to the Sentencing Code (minimum terms in mandatory life sentences), for paragraph 6 substitute—
5A
1
This paragraph applies if—
a
the offender was aged under 18 when the offence was committed, and
b
the offender was convicted of the offence on or after the day on which section 127 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 came into force.
2
The appropriate starting point, in determining the minimum term, is the period given in the entry in column 2, 3 or 4 of the following table that corresponds to—
a
the age of the offender when the offence was committed, as set out in column 1, and
b
the provision of this Schedule that would have supplied the appropriate starting point had the offender been aged 18 when the offence was committed, as set out in the headings to columns 2, 3 and 4.
1
2
3
4
Age of offender when offence committed
Starting point supplied by paragraph 3(1) had offender been 18
Starting point supplied by paragraph 4(1) had offender been 18
Starting point supplied by paragraph 5 had offender been 18
17
27 years
23 years
14 years
15 or 16
20 years
17 years
10 years
14 or under
15 years
13 years
8 years
6
1
This paragraph applies if—
a
the offender was aged under 18 when the offence was committed, and
b
the offender was convicted of the offence before the day on which section 127 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 came into force.
2
The appropriate starting point, in determining the minimum term, is 12 years.