{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2007/schedule-13/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2007/schedule-13/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/27",
  "legislation_title": "Serious Crime Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2007",
  "path": "schedule/13/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the application of section 25(2)(a)—\n(a) in England and Wales, in relation to an offence committed before 2 May 2022; and\n(b) in Scotland, until the commencement of section 45(1) of the Criminal Proceedings etc. (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 6) (increase in sentencing powers from 6 to 12 months);\nthe reference to 12 months is to be read as a reference to 6 months.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 13 para. 4(a) substituted (28.4.2022) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/500), regs. 1(2), 5(1), Sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 13 para. 4 in force at 6.4.2008 by S.I. 2008/755, art. 15(1)(m)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/27/schedule/13/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:31.404406+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."
}