# Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, Section 72: Response to Law Commission report on hate crime laws

Extent: E+W

(1) The Secretary of State must, before the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed—
(a) prepare and publish a response to Recommendation 8 of the Law Commission report on hate crime (adding sex or gender as a protected characteristic for the purposes of aggravated offences and enhanced sentencing), and
(b) lay the response before Parliament.
(2) In this section “the Law Commission report on hate crime” means the Law Commission report “Hate Crime Laws” that was published on 7 December 2021.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/72 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-act-2022/section-72
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