{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-306",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-306.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "Sentencing Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020",
  "path": "section/306",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "306",
  "heading": "Extended sentences: meaning of “specified offence” etc",
  "text": "(1) An offence is a “specified offence” for the purposes of this Code if it is—\n(a) a specified violent offence,\n(b) a specified sexual offence, or\n(c) a specified terrorism offence.\n(2) In this Part—\n“serious harm” means death or serious personal injury, whether physical or psychological;\n“serious terrorism offence” means an offence that—\n(a)is specified in Part 1 of Schedule 17A, or\n(b)is specified in Part 2 of that Schedule and has been determined to have a terrorist connection under section 69;\n“specified violent offence” means an offence specified in Part 1 of Schedule 18;\n“specified sexual offence” means an offence specified in Part 2 of that Schedule;\n“specified terrorism offence” means an offence specified in Part 3 of that Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 306(2) inserted (29.6.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), ss. 2(a), 50(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 306 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/section/306",
    "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."
}