Section 120 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (sentencing guidelines) is
amended as follows.
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Ministry of Justice, have been ordered to be published as HL Bill 99—EN.
Lord Timpson has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.
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B e it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Section 120 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (sentencing guidelines) is
amended as follows.
“(4A)
But sentencing guidelines about pre-sentence reports may not include
provision framed by reference to different personal characteristics of an offender.”
“(12)
For the purposes of this section—
“
personal characteristics” include, in particular—(a)
race;
(b)
religion or belief;
(c)
cultural background;
“
pre-sentence report” has the same meaning as in the Sentencing
Code (see section 31 of the Code).”
This Act extends to England and Wales only.
This Act comes into force on the day after the day on which it is passed.
This Act may be cited as the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports)
Act 2025.
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