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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/schedule-24/paragraph-165",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "Sentencing Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020",
  "path": "schedule/24/paragraph/165",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "165",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 139 of that Act is amended as follows.\n(2) In the heading omit “fines and”.\n(3) In subsection (1)—\n(a) for “imposes a fine on any person or forfeits his recognizance” substitute “ forfeits a person's recognizance ”;\n(b) in paragraph (a) omit “the amount of the fine or”;\n(c) in paragraph (c) omit “in the case of a recognizance,”.\n(4) In subsection (2)—\n(a) for “imposes a fine on any person or forfeits his recognizance” substitute “ forfeits a person's recognizance ”;\n(b) omit “(but this subsection does not apply where the court imposes a fine on an offender who was aged under 18 at the time of conviction)”.\n(5) In subsection (3) omit “a fine is imposed on him or”.\n(6) In subsection (5) omit “a fine or”.\n(7) Omit subsections (8) and (9).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 24 para. 165 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/2",
      "affecting_title": "Sentencing Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/2",
      "affecting_title": "Sentencing Act 2026"
    }
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    "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."
}