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Section 27: Term of imprisonment for murder of police or prison officer

Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 · 2015 c. 2View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part 1: Criminal Justice

REPEALED on 2020-12-01 by Sentencing Act 2020.

The text below is the provision as originally enacted. It is historical and may not include amendments made before this status change. View the enacted source.

Schedule 21 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (determination of minimum term in relation to mandatory life sentence) is amended as follows.

In paragraph 4(2) (cases for which a whole life order is the appropriate starting point), after paragraph (b) insert—

(ba)the murder of a police officer or prison officer in the course of his or her duty,

In paragraph 5(2) (cases for which 30 years is the appropriate starting point), omit paragraph (a).

The amendments made by this section apply only in relation to an offence committed on or after the day on which they come into force.

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