{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-47.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "Sentencing Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020",
  "path": "section/47",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Court to disregard criminal courts charge duty in dealing with offender",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where the criminal courts charge duty applies to a court in dealing with an offender for—\n(a) an offence, or\n(b) a failure to comply with a requirement.\n(2) In dealing with the offender (other than under the duty) for the offence or failure, the court must not take into account—\n(a) the criminal courts charge duty, or\n(b) any criminal courts charge order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 47 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/47",
    "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."
}