The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c.6) is a
consolidation Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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that brings together parts of several other Acts dealing with the
sentencing treatment of
offenders and
defaulters. It was drafted by the
Law Commission
A law commission, law reform commission, or law revision commission is an independent body set up by a government to conduct law reform; that is, to consider the state of laws in a jurisdiction and make recommendations or proposals for legal chang ...
and the
Scottish Law Commission
The Scottish Law Commission is an advisory non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. It was established in 1965 to keep Scots law under review and recommend necessary reforms to improve, simplify and update the country's legal sy ...
.
With amendments, it consolidated sentencing legislation previously spread across twelve separate Acts. Much of the Act has been repealed by the
Criminal Justice Act 2003
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a wide-ranging measure introduced to modernise many areas of the criminal justice system in England and Wales and, to a lesser extent, in Scotland a ...
, which introduced significant changes to sentencing from 2005.
References
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2000
Criminal law of the United Kingdom
Courts of the United Kingdom
Sentencing (law)
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