# Sentencing Act 2020, Section 63: Assessing seriousness


Where a court is considering the seriousness of any offence, it must consider—
(a) the offender's culpability in committing the offence, and
(b) any harm which the offence—
(i) caused,
(ii) was intended to cause, or
(iii) might foreseeably have caused.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/section/63 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-63
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