Changes made by Sentencing Act 2026
2026 c. 2
Made to Criminal Justice Act 2003
127 changes. All changes made by Sentencing Act 2026
| Provision changed | Change | By | In force | Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. 330(5)(a) | words inserted | s. 29(3) | 22 Jan 2026 | Written in |
| s. 255BA | inserted | s. 32(2) | 22 Jan 2026 | Written in |
| s. 244ZA(9)-(11) | inserted | s. 25(2) | 22 Jan 2026 | Written in |
| s. 255A | substituted | s. 30(2) | 22 Jan 2026 | Written in |
| s. 254(6A)(6B) | inserted | s. 29(2) | 22 Jan 2026 | Written in |
| s. 330(5)(a) | words inserted | s. 30(3) | 22 Jan 2026 | Written in |
| s. 330(5)(a) | words inserted | s. 32(3) | 22 Jan 2026 | Written in |
| s. 244A(1) | word inserted | s. 7(8)(a)(i) | 22 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 244A(6) | word inserted | s. 7(8)(a)(ii) | 22 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| Pt. 12 Ch. 6 | modified by 1984 c. 27, Sch. para. 2B(3) (as inserted) | s. 41(1) | 22 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 20B para. 4(5)(c) | words omitted | s. 41(2) | 22 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 264 | modified by 1984 c. 27, Sch. para. 2B(7) (as inserted) | s. 41(1) | 22 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 268(1A)(c) | word inserted | s. 7(8)(d) | 22 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 255C | applied by 1984 c. 27, Sch. para. 2B(5) (as inserted) | s. 41(1) | 22 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 264(6)(caa) | inserted | s. 7(8)(c) | 22 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 264B | excluded by 1984 c. 27, Sch. para. 2B(8) (as inserted) | s. 41(1) | 22 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 256AZBA | modified by 1984 c. 27, Sch. para. 2B(6) (as inserted) | s. 41(1) | 22 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 256AA(1)(ba) | word inserted | s. 7(8)(b) | 22 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 19B para. 12(b) | substituted | s. 33(11) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 19AA | omitted | s. 30(5) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 237A(12)(b) | words substituted | s. 33(2) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 255B(9) | words substituted | s. 31(4) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 256AZA(4) | word inserted | s. 33(9) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 256AZB(1)(b) | word inserted | s. 33(10)(b) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 255C(1) | substituted | s. 33(8)(b) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 255B heading | words inserted | s. 31(2) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 255B(9)(b) | words substituted | s. 31(4) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 247A(7) | words substituted | s. 33(7) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 255B(1)-(1B) | substituted for s. 255B(1) | s. 31(3) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 255BA(4A) | inserted | s. 32(4) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 255B(11)(12) | inserted | s. 31(6) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 255C heading | words substituted | s. 33(8)(a) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 256AZB(1)(ba) | inserted | s. 33(10)(c) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 19B para. 6(b) | substituted | s. 33(11) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 255C(9) | inserted | s. 33(8)(c) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 19ZB | inserted | Sch. 4 | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 244ZA(2)(c) | word substituted | s. 33(6) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 244(1A) | word substituted | s. 33(5) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 256AZB(1)(a) | words substituted | s. 33(10)(a) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 240A(3B) | words inserted | s. 33(4) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 255B(10) | substituted | s. 31(5) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 240ZA(6) | words inserted | s. 33(3) | 31 Mar 2026 | Written in |
| s. 256E(1) | words substituted | Sch. 5 para. 9(3) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 268(2) | word omitted | Sch. 5 para. 9(5)(b) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 256D(2) | words substituted | Sch. 5 para. 9(2) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 330(5)(a) | words omitted | Sch. 5 para. 9(7)(a) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 302 | words omitted | Sch. 5 para. 9(6)(a) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 264(3C)(b) | omitted | Sch. 5 para. 9(4)(a) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 20B para. 22(3A) | omitted | Sch. 5 para. 9(8)(a) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 20B para. 33(4) | omitted | Sch. 5 para. 9(8)(b) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 19A para. 3(4)(b) | substituted | s. 36(4) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 256D(1) | words substituted | Sch. 5 para. 9(2) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 268(1) | words omitted | Sch. 5 para. 9(5)(a)(i) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 268(1) | words omitted | Sch. 5 para. 9(5)(a)(ii) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 256AA-256AC | omitted | s. 34(1)(b) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 268(1) | words omitted | Sch. 5 para. 9(5)(a)(iii) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 19A | omitted | s. 34(1)(c) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 330(5)(a) | words omitted | Sch. 5 para. 9(7)(b) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 264(3D) | omitted | Sch. 5 para. 9(4)(b) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 268(1) | words omitted | Sch. 5 para. 9(5)(a)(iv) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 302 | words omitted | Sch. 5 para. 9(6)(b) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 256AA cross-heading | words substituted | s. 34(1)(a) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 256E(2) | words substituted | Sch. 5 para. 9(3) | 11 May 2026 | Written in |
| s. 264B(1)(c) | words inserted | s. 23(8)(b)(ii) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 264(2F)(a)(i) | words inserted | s. 23(7)(a) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 250(4)(b)(bi) | inserted | s. 27(3)(a)(ii) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 264B(1)(c) | words inserted | s. 23(8)(b)(iii) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 250A | inserted | s. 27(4) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 264B(3) | words substituted | s. 23(8)(d) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 250(4)(b)(ci) | inserted | s. 27(3)(a)(iii) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 264(6)(d) | word substituted | s. 23(7)(b)(ii) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 250(4)(b)(ai) | inserted | s. 27(3)(a)(i) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 264B(1)(b) | words omitted | s. 23(8)(a) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 246(6) | word inserted | s. 23(5) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 250D | inserted | s. 27(7) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 243A(4)(b) and word | omitted | s. 23(2)(d) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 243A(3)(a)(aa) | substituted for s. 243A(3)(a) | s. 23(2)(c) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 250(4)(b)(di) | inserted | s. 27(3)(a)(iv) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 250(8A) | inserted | s. 27(3)(b) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 243A(1A)(a) | substituted | s. 23(2)(b) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 264B(1)(c) | words omitted | s. 23(8)(b)(i) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 256B(1A)(a) | words omitted | s. 23(6) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 264B(2)(a) | word inserted | s. 23(8)(c) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 243A(1)(b)(i) | substituted | s. 23(2)(a) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 264(6)(cb)-(cd) | substituted for s. 264(6)(cb) | s. 23(7)(b)(i) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 244(3)(a)(aa) | substituted for s. 244(3)(a) | s. 23(3) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 250B | inserted | s. 27(5) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 250C | inserted | s. 27(6) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| s. 244ZA(8)(a)(aa) | substituted for s. 244ZA(8)(a) | s. 23(4) | 1 Oct 2026 | Written in |
| Sch. 19A para. 6 | words substituted | s. 37(5)(c) | 18 Jan 2027 | Not yet written in |
| Sch. 31 para. 2A | inserted | s. 37(7)(b) | 18 Jan 2027 | Not yet written in |
| Sch. 19A para. 10(2)(b) | word substituted | s. 37(5)(d) | 18 Jan 2027 | Not yet written in |
| Sch. 31 para. 2(1A) | inserted | s. 37(7)(a)(i) | 18 Jan 2027 | Not yet written in |
| Sch. 31 para. 2(2) | words substituted | s. 37(7)(a)(ii) | 18 Jan 2027 | Not yet written in |
| Sch. 19A para. 2(f) | words inserted | s. 37(5)(a) | 18 Jan 2027 | Not yet written in |
| Sch. 19A para. 3(3A) | inserted | s. 37(5)(b)(i) | 18 Jan 2027 | Not yet written in |
| Sch. 19A para. 3(5)(5A) | substituted for Sch. 19A para. 3(5) | s. 37(5)(b)(ii) | 18 Jan 2027 | Not yet written in |
| s. 246(4A)(b) | words substituted | s. 26(2)(g)(ii) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 267 | words inserted | s. 23(9)(a) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 246(1A) | inserted | s. 26(2)(c) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 257(2)(b) | omitted | s. 35(2)(a)(i) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 260(1) | words omitted | s. 35(1)(a) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 246 heading | word inserted | s. 26(2)(a) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 267 | words substituted | s. 23(9)(c) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 246(6) | words omitted | s. 26(2)(i)(ii) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 255BA(2) | words substituted | s. 26(3)(a) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 246(2) | word substituted | s. 26(2)(d) | — | Not yet written in |
| Sch. 20B para. 37(1)(b) | words omitted | s. 35(2)(d)(i) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 260(6) | omitted | s. 35(1)(c) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 255BA(10) | words substituted | s. 26(3)(b) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 246(4)(ac)(i) | word inserted | s. 26(2)(e)(ii) | — | Not yet written in |
| Sch. 20B para. 37(1) | words omitted | s. 35(2)(d)(ii) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 264AA(1A) | word substituted | s. 26(5) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 260(2) | omitted | s. 35(1)(b) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 246(4)(d) | omitted | s. 26(2)(f) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 263(2A) | omitted | s. 35(2)(b) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 246(4A)(a) | omitted | s. 26(2)(g)(i) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 246(5)(a) | word substituted | s. 26(2)(h) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 246(6) | words substituted | s. 26(2)(i)(i) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 330(5)(a) | words omitted | s. 35(2)(c) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 267 | words inserted | s. 23(9)(b) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 246(4)(ac)(ii) | omitted | s. 26(2)(e)(iii) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 260(9) | words omitted | s. 35(1)(d) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 246(1) | substituted | s. 26(2)(b) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 246(4)(ac)(i) | word substituted | s. 26(2)(e)(i) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 255C(6) | words inserted | s. 26(4) | — | Not yet written in |
| s. 257(2)(a) | word inserted | s. 35(2)(a)(i) | — | Not yet written in |
From legislation.gov.uk's record of changes, the official one: see it there.