{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-courts-act-2026/schedule-2/paragraph-31",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/19",
  "legislation_title": "Victims and Courts Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-courts-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Consequential provision etc",
  "text": "After section 45 insert—\n“Power to amend list of offences in Schedule 6A\n45A The Secretary of State may by regulations amend the list of offences for the time being specified in Schedule 6A.\nPower to specify duration of term of imprisonment etc\n45B The Secretary of State may by regulations amend this Part for the purposes of changing the meaning of “the specified sentence length” either generally or in relation to particular offences.”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 31 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 18(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/19/schedule/2/paragraph/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:41:27.867027+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."
}