Sentencing Act 2020

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Sentencing Act 2020

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to sentencing.
Citation	2020 c. 17
Introduced by	Robert Buckland, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Commons) The Lord Keen of Elie, Advocate General for Scotland (Lords)
Dates
Royal assent	22 October 2020
Commencement	On royal assent and by regulations
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Sentencing Act 2020 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Sentencing Act 2020 is a landmark Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act has 14 Parts and 29 Schedules. Parts 2 to 13 of the Act together make up a code called the “Sentencing Code”.^[1] The Sentencing Code is the law which contains the main sentencing regime in England and Wales.