60 Sentencing guidelines: determination of sentence
Sentencing Act 2020 (2020 c 17) | Legislation

60  Sentencing guidelines: determination of sentence

(1)     This section applies where—

(a)     a court is deciding what sentence to impose on an offender for an offence, and

(b)     offence-specific guidelines have been issued in relation to the offence.

(2)     The principal guidelines duty includes a duty to impose on the offender, in accordance with the offence-specific guidelines, a sentence which is within the offence

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