Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000

The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6) is a consolidation Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that brings together parts of several other Acts dealing with the sentencing treatment of offenders and defaulters.

[1] It was drafted by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

[2] With amendments, it consolidated sentencing legislation previously spread across twelve separate Acts.

[3] Much of the Act has been repealed by the Criminal Justice Act 2003, which introduced significant changes to sentencing from 2005,[4] Most of the rest was replaced by the Sentencing Act 2020.

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