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Paragraph 14A F1

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

(1)

The Secretary of State may by regulations amend section 224(1A)(b) (general limit on custodial sentence for either-way offence in magistrates’ court)—

(a)

if for the time being it refers to 12 months, to substitute a reference to 6 months for the reference to 12 months, or

(b)

if for the time being it refers to 6 months, to substitute a reference to 12 months for the reference to 6 months.

(2)

An amendment under sub-paragraph (1) has effect only in relation to an offence for which a person is convicted on or after the day on which the amendment comes into force.

(3)

Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) are subject to the negative resolution procedure.

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Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 23 para. 14A and cross-heading inserted (14.7.2022) by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), ss. 13(2), 51(4); S.I. 2022/816, regs. 1(2), 3(c)