{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/schedule-21/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/schedule-21/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "Sentencing Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020",
  "path": "schedule/21/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If—\n(a) the case does not fall within paragraph 2(1) or 3(1),\n(b) the offence falls within sub-paragraph (2), ...\n(c) the offender was aged 18 or over when the offence was committed, and\n(d) the offence was committed on or after 2 March 2010,\nthe offence is normally to be regarded as sufficiently serious for the appropriate starting point, in determining the minimum term, to be 25 years.\n(2) The offence falls within this sub-paragraph if the offender took a knife or other weapon to the scene intending to—\n(a) commit any offence, or\n(b) have it available to use as a weapon,\nand used that knife or other weapon in committing the murder.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 21 para. 4(1)(b) omitted (28.6.2022) by virtue of Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), s. 208(5)(aa), Sch. 21 para. 9(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 21 para. 4(1)(c) inserted (28.6.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), s. 208(5)(aa), Sch. 21 para. 9(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 21 para. 4 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/schedule/21/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:00:57.370248+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."
}