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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/powers-of-criminal-courts-sentencing-act-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/6",
  "legislation_title": "Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/powers-of-criminal-courts-sentencing-act-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the powers of courts to deal with offenders and defaulters and to the treatment of such persons, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.\n[25th May 2000]\nBe it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act modified (19.9.2007) by London Local Authorities Act 2007 (c. ii), s. 8(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act: power to amend conferred (1.2.2015) by Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11), ss. 7, 22(1) (with Sch. 7 para. 2); S.I. 2015/40, art. 2(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act modified in part (1.12.2020 immediately before the consolidation date (see 2020 c. 9, ss. 3, 5(2)(3) and 2020 c. 17, ss. 2, 416)) by Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Act 2020 (c. 9), ss. 1, 5(2)(3) (with Sch. 1 paras. 9-11, 13, 14, 17, 24, 25, 37-39); S.I. 2012/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Act: power to amend conferred by 2003 c. 44, s. 256AB(4) (as extended (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), ss. 247(5), 416(1) (with ss. 2, 398(1), 406, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/6/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:27.656270+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}