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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2006 No. 1116

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

CRIMINAL LAW, NORTHERN IRELAND

The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Reviews of Sentencing) Order 2006

  Made 18th April 2006 
  Laid before Parliament 21st April 2006 
  Coming into force 16th May 2006 

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 35(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988[1], makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and extent
     1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Reviews of Sentencing) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 16th May 2006.

    (2) This Order extends to England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Part IV of the Criminal Justice Act 1988
    
2. Part IV of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (reviews of sentencing) shall apply to any case of a description specified in Schedule 1.

Revocations
    
3. The Orders set out in Schedule 2 to this Order are revoked.


Fiona Mactaggart
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Home Office
18th April 2006



SCHEDULE 1
Article 2


Descriptions of cases to which Part IV of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 is to apply


     1. Any case tried on indictment—

     2. Any case in which sentence is passed on a person for one of the following offences:

     3. To the extent that Part IV of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 does not apply by virtue of section 35(3)(b)(i), any case in which sentence is passed on a person for an offence under one of the following sections of the Sexual Offences Act 2003[16]:

     4. Any case in which sentence[c] in passed on a person for attempting to commit or inciting the commission of an offence set out in paragraph 2(a) to (h) or paragraph 3.



SCHEDULE 2
Article 3[d]


Revocations


Orders Revoked References
The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Reviews of Sentencing) Order 1994 S.I. 1994/119
The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Reviews of Sentencing) Order 1995 S.I. 1995/10
The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Reviews of Sentencing) Order 2000 S.I. 2000/1924
The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Reviews of Sentencing) Order 2003 S.I. 2003/2267



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


Part IV of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 ("the Act") empowers the Attorney General to refer certain criminal cases to the Court of Appeal, with the leave of that Court, where he considers that the sentences imposed were unduly lenient. By virtue of section 35(3)(b)(i) of the Act, Part IV applies to offences which are triable on indictment only. The Secretary of State may by Order, made under section 35(4) of the Act, specify further cases to which Part IV is to apply. Article 2 of this Order provides that Part IV is to apply to the cases specified in Schedule 1.

Paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 specifies serious fraud cases which have been transferred to the Crown Court by way of a notice of transfer made under section 4[
e] of the Criminal Justice Act 1987, and serious fraud cases in which proceedings were brought by way of a voluntary bill of indictment following dismissal of charges which were the subject of a notice of transfer.

Paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 specifies cases in which a sentence has been passed for one of the miscellaneous offences listed. Paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 specifies cases in which a sentence has been passed for one of the offences listed, all of which are offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

Paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 specifies cases in which a sentence has been passed for attempting to commit or inciting the commission of any of the offences listed in paragraphs 2 and 3 other than those at paragraph 2(i).

This Order revokes the Orders set out in Schedule 2 and consolidates their contents. It also adds further offences to those which Part IV applies, the majority of which derive from the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

This Order applies to England, Wales and Northern Ireland.


Notes:

[1] 1988 c.33; section 35 was amended by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c.33), section 168(1) and Schedule 9, paragraph 34.back

[2] 1987 c.38; section 4 is prospectively repealed by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44), sections 41, 332, Schedule 3, Part II paragraph 58(1) and (2), Schedule 37, Part IV.back

[3] 1861 c.100.back

[4] 1885 c.69.back

[5] 1933 c.12.back

[6] 1968 c.34 (N.I.).[a] back

[7] 1956 c.69.back

[8] S.I. 2003/1247 (NI 13).back

[9] 1960 c.33.back

[10] 1971 c.38.back

[11] 1977 c.45.back

[12] S.I. 1980/704 (NI 6).back

[13] 1979 c.2.back

[14] 1876 c.36.back

[15] 1998 c.37.back

[16] 2003 c.42.back


[a] Amended by Correction Slip. Page 2: footnote (e) should read: "1968 c.34 (N.I.)."; back

[b] Amended by Correction Slip. Page 3, Schedule 1, paragraph 2(i), line three: "public offences" should read, "public order offences"; back

[c] Amended by Correction Slip. Page 3, Schedule 1, paragraph 4, line one: "Any case in which sentence in passed" should read, "Any case in which sentence is passed"; back

[d] Amended by Correction Slip. Page 4, Schedule 2: the shoulder note to this Schedule should read, "Article 3"; and back

[e] Amended by Correction Slip. Page 4, in the Explanatory Note, second paragraph, line two: "section 5" should read, "section 4". back




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Prepared 21 April 2006


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