This section applies where—
The court must impose a sentence of imprisonment for life unless the court is of the opinion that there are exceptional circumstances which—
For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) the circumstances in which an offence is to be taken as committed against a person acting in the exercise of functions as an emergency worker include circumstances where the offence takes place at a time when the person is not at work but is carrying out functions which, if done in work time, would have been in the exercise of functions as an emergency worker.
In this section “relevant offence” means the offence of manslaughter, but does not include—
In this section—
“emergency worker” has the meaning given by section 68;
“relevant commencement date” means the date on which section 3 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (required life sentence for manslaughter of emergency worker) comes into force.
An offence the sentence for which is imposed under this section is not to be regarded as an offence the sentence for which is fixed by law.
Where an offence is found to have been committed over a period of 2 or more days, or at some time during a period of 2 or more days, it must be taken for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) to have been committed on the last of those days.