Clause 9 - Reduction in appropriate custodial term for guilty pleas: Scotland

Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill – in the House of Commons at 6:14 pm on 21 July 2020.

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Amendment made: 7, page 11, line 38, after “is” insert

“making an order for lifelong restriction to which section 205ZB applies in respect of an offender or”. —(Robert Buckland.)

This amendment enables a court making an order for lifelong restriction in a terrorism case to take into account a plea of guilty by the offender when specifying the punishment part and to reduce it so that it is no less than 80% of the term that would otherwise be required.