Legislation – Sentencing Act 2020

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Introduction

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE A1 Offences where terrorist connection not required to be considered

SCHEDULE 1 Offences committed before the commencement of section 1 of the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021
where terrorist connection to be considered

SCHEDULE 2 Order for conditional discharge: commission of further offence

SCHEDULE 3 Youth offender contract: programme of behaviour

SCHEDULE 4 Referral order: further court proceedings

SCHEDULE 5 Breach, revocation and amendment of reparation order

SCHEDULE 6 Youth rehabilitation orders: requirements

SCHEDULE 7 Breach, revocation or amendment of youth rehabilitation order

SCHEDULE 8 Transfer of youth rehabilitation orders to Northern Ireland

SCHEDULE 9 Community orders and suspended sentence orders: requirements

SCHEDULE 10 Breach, revocation or amendment of community order

SCHEDULE 11 Transfer of community orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland

SCHEDULE 12 Detention and training order: breach of supervision requirements and further offences

SCHEDULE 13 Special sentence for offenders of particular concern: offences

SCHEDULE 14 Extended sentences: the earlier offence condition: offences

SCHEDULE 15 Life sentence for second offence: listed offences

SCHEDULE 16 Breach or amendment of suspended sentence order, and effect of further conviction

SCHEDULE 17 Transfer of suspended sentence orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland

SCHEDULE 17A Serious terrorism offences

SCHEDULE 18 Specified offences for purposes of section 306

SCHEDULE 19 Schedule 19 offences

SCHEDULE 20 Detention under section 250 and minimum sentences: firearms offences

SCHEDULE 21 Determination of minimum term in relation to mandatory life sentence for murder etc

SCHEDULE 22 Amendments of the Sentencing Code and related amendments of other legislation

SCHEDULE 23 Powers to amend the Sentencing Code

SCHEDULE 24 Consequential amendments

SCHEDULE 25 Amendments to the Armed Forces Act 2006

SCHEDULE 26 Further amendments of the Armed Forces Act 2006

SCHEDULE 27 Transitional provisions and savings

SCHEDULE 28 Repeals and revocations

SCHEDULE 29 Repeals and revocations for England and Wales

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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 20Detention under section 250 and minimum sentences: firearms offences

Sections 249 and 311

PART 1Offences

I1C11

An offence under section 5(1)(a), (ab), (aba), (ac), (ad), (ae), (af) or (c) of the Firearms Act 1968 (offence of having in possession, purchasing or acquiring weapon or ammunition) committed on or after 22 January 2004.

F41A

An offence under section 5(1)(ag) or (ba) of the Firearms Act 1968 committed on or after F76th April 2022.

I62

An offence under section 5(1A)(a) of the Firearms Act 1968 (offence of having in possession, purchasing or acquiring firearm disguised as another object) committed on or after 22 January 2004.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I6

Sch. 20 para. 2 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

I53

An offence under section 5(2A) of the Firearms Act 1968 (manufacture, sale or transfer of firearm or ammunition, or possession etc for sale or transfer)F1—

a

committed in respect of a relevant firearm or relevant ammunition, or

b

committed on or after F26th April 2022 in respect of a firearm specified in section 5(1)(ag) or (ba) of the Firearms Act 1968.

I44

1

An offence under any of the provisions of the Firearms Act 1968 listed in sub-paragraph (2)F6—

a

committed on or after 6 April 2007 in respect of a relevant firearm or relevant ammunition, or

b

committed on or after F56th April 2022 in respect of a firearm specified in section 5(1)(ag) or (ba) of the Firearms Act 1968.

2

Those provisions are—

  • section 16 (possession of firearm or ammunition with intent to injure);

  • section 16A (possession of firearm with intent to cause fear or violence);

  • section 17 (use of firearm to resist arrest);

  • section 18 (carrying firearm with criminal intent);

  • section 19 (carrying a firearm in a public place);

  • section 20(1) (trespassing in a building with firearm).

I35

An offence under section 28 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (using someone to mind a weapon), whereF8—

a

the dangerous weapon in respect of which the offence was committed was a relevant firearm, or

b

the offence was committed on or after F36th April 2022 in respect of a dangerous weapon which was a firearm specified in section 5(1)(ag) or (ba) of the Firearms Act 1968.

PART 2Interpretation of Schedule

I26

In this Schedule—

  • “relevant firearm” means a firearm specified in any of the following provisions of section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968 (weapons subject to general prohibition)—

    1. a

      subsection (1)(a), (ab), (aba), (ac), (ad), (ae) or (af);

    2. b

      subsection (1A)(a);

  • “relevant ammunition” means ammunition specified in subsection (1)(c) of that section.

For this purpose, “firearm” and “ammunition” have the same meanings as in the Firearms Act 1968.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Sch. 20 para. 6 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2