# The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Reviews of Sentencing) Order 1995, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
Part IV of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 allows the Attorney General to refer certain cases to the Court of Appeal, with the leave of that Court, where he considers that a sentence imposed in the Crown Court was unduly lenient. At present, that power may be exercised in respect of offences triable only on indictment and, by virtue of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Reviews of Sentencing) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/119), certain offences triable either way.
This Order extends the range of cases in respect of which the power may be exercised, to include fraud cases which are tried in the Crown Court following the notice of transfer procedure established by Part I of the Criminal Justice Act 1987.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/10/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-reviews-of-sentencing-order-1995/note
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