Paragraph 54A F1

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 277A (presumption of suspended sentence order: person aged 21 or over)—

(a)

in subsection (1)(a), for “21” substitute “18”;

(b)

in the heading, for “person aged 21 or over” substitute “adults”.

Annotations

F1: Sch. 22 para. 54A inserted (22.3.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), s. 49(4), Sch. 1 para. 4