Paragraph 2

Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 22 para. 21(2)(a) words substituted by Sentencing Act 2020 Sch. 22 para. 25(b)
Sch. 22 para. 21(2)(a) words substituted by Sentencing Act 2020 Sch. 22 para. 74(2)(a)
Sch. 22 para. 21(2)(c) omitted by Sentencing Act 2020 Sch. 22 para. 74(2)(b)
Sch. 22 para. 21(3)(a) words substituted by Sentencing Act 2020 Sch. 22 para. 26(b)
Sch. 22 para. 21(3)(a) words substituted by Sentencing Act 2020 Sch. 22 para. 75(2)(a)
Sch. 22 para. 21(3)(c) omitted by Sentencing Act 2020 Sch. 22 para. 75(2)(b)
Sch. 22 para. 27(1)(b) words inserted by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 Sch. 21 para. 10(2)(a)
Sch. 22 para. 27(3) words inserted by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 Sch. 21 para. 10(2)(b)

In section 230 (threshold for imposing discretionary custodial sentence), after subsection (3) insert—

“Exception to subsection (2) relating to pre-sentence drug testing
(3A)
Nothing in subsection (2) prevents the court from passing a custodial sentence on the offender if the offender fails to comply with an order under section 34A (pre-sentence drug testing).”