The Act was a Consolidation Bill as recommended by the Law Commission.

The Bill was then introduced to the House of Commons by Robert Buckland, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice on 9 September 2020.

This was probably the only Bill of this size for a significant period of time to be passed by both Houses without any amendment being made.

The Bill was supported and endorsed by many politicians, including most prominently Lord Judge, the former Lord Chief Justice, who commented about how it would improve the location of sentencing law in the United Kingdom for judges.

[5] Many Acts were consolidated into and repealed as a consequence of the Sentencing Code.