{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-56A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-56A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "Sentencing Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020",
  "path": "section/56A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56A",
  "heading": "Finding of domestic abuse",
  "text": "(1) This section applies if—\n(a) a court is passing sentence for an offence, and\n(b) the court is of the view that the offence involved domestic abuse carried out by the offender.\n(2) The court must, in open court, state that in its view the offence involved domestic abuse carried out by the offender.\n(3) This section is without prejudice to any duty imposed on the court by section 59 or 60 to follow sentencing guidelines in dealing with the offender for the offence.\n(4) In this section “domestic abuse” has the same meaning as in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (see sections 1 and 2 of that Act).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 3 Ch. 6 inserted (5.10.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), ss. 6(1), 49(1); S.I. 2026/772, reg. 4(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/section/56A",
    "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."
}