This section applies where a court is considering the seriousness of an offence within subsection (4) or (5).
If the offence has a terrorist connection, the court—
must treat that fact as an aggravating factor, and
must state in open court that the offence is so aggravated.
An offence is within this subsection if it—
was committed on or after the day on which section 1 of the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 came into force,
is punishable on indictment with imprisonment for more than 2 years, and
is not specified in Schedule A1.
An offence is within this subsection if it—
was committed before the day on which section 1 of the Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 came into force, and
is specified in Schedule 1.
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 subsections (4) and (5) to have been committed on the last of those days.