{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-courts-act-2026/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-courts-act-2026/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/19",
  "legislation_title": "Victims and Courts Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-courts-act-2026",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Terms of imprisonment for certain offences on summary conviction",
  "text": "(1) In each of the following provisions for “6 months” substitute “the general limit in a magistrates’ court”—\nsection 1(6)(a) of the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 (unlawful sub-letting: secure tenancies);\nsection 2(7)(a) of that Act (unlawful sub-letting: assured tenancies and secure contracts);\nsection 30(3)(b) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (breach of certain orders or requirements);\nsection 339(2)(a) of the Sentencing Code (breach of criminal behaviour order);\nsection 354(4)(a) of the Sentencing Code (breach of sexual harm prevention order);\nsection 363(2)(a) of the Sentencing Code (breach of restraining order).\n(2) An amendment made by subsection (1) has effect only in relation to an offence for which a person is convicted on or after the day on which this section comes into force.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 15 in force at 29.6.2026, see s. 18(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/19/section/15",
    "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."
}