This bill makes technical changes to sentencing law to prepare for the Sentencing Code consolidation, allowing courts to apply the most up-to-date sentencing rules to all offenders convicted after the Code takes effect, regardless of when they committed their offence.
A Bill to give effect to Law Commission recommendations relating to commencement of enactments relating to sentencing law and to make provision for pre-consolidation amendments of sentencing law
Status: Act of Parliament
Current House: Unassigned
Stage: Royal Assent
Sponsored by: Lord Keen of Elie, Robert Buckland
Introduced: 2020-01-21
Royal Assent: 2020-06-08