{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-organised-crime-and-police-act-2005/section-175",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/15",
  "legislation_title": "Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-organised-crime-and-police-act-2005",
  "path": "section/175",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "175",
  "heading": "Penalties for offences: transitional modification for England and Wales",
  "text": "(1) This section contains transitional modifications in respect of penalties for certain offences committed in England or Wales.\n(2) In relation to an offence committed before 2 May 2022, the references in the following provisions to periods of imprisonment of the general limit in a magistrates’ court are to be read as references to periods of imprisonment of 6 months—\nsection 67(5)(b);\nsection 86(2)(b);\nsection 88(3)(b);\nsection 147(1)(a).\n(3) In relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (alteration of penalties for summary offences), the references in the following provisions of this Act to periods of imprisonment of 51 weeks are to be read as references to the periods of imprisonment specified in respect of those provisions as follows—\nSection\nModified period of imprisonment\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\nsection 67(4)(a)\n6 months\n. . .\n. . .\nsection 112(5)\n4 months\nsection 128(5)(a)\n6 months\nsection 136(1)\n3 months\nsection 136(3)(a)\n3 months\nsection 136(4)\n3 months\nsection 136(4A)\n3 months",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 175(2) 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": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 175(2) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 175(3) omitted (7.10.2013) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 163(a); S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 175(3) omitted (7.10.2013) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 163(b); S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 175(3) omitted (3.5.2015) by virtue of Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), s. 88(1), Sch. 4 para. 72; S.I. 2015/820, reg. 2(r)(xii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 175(3) substituted (1.10.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), s. 94(1), Sch. 6 para. 64(3) (with Sch. 13 para. 5); S.I. 2008/2504, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 175 in force at 1.7.2005 by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 3(1)(dd)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/15/section/175",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:19.224345+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."
}