3 Required life sentence for manslaughter of emergency worker
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (2022 c 32) | Legislation

3  Required life sentence for manslaughter of emergency worker

(1)     The Sentencing Code is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (15).

(2)     In section 177 (youth rehabilitation orders), in subsection (3)(b)(i), after “258” insert “or 258A”.

(3)     In section 221 (overview of Part 10), in subsection (2)(b), for “section 258” substitute “sections 258 and 258A”.

(4)     In section 249 (sentence of detention under section 250), in subsection (2)(a), for “section 258” substitute “sections 258 and 258A”.

(5)     In section 255 (extended sentence of detention), in subsection (1)(d), after “258(2)” insert “or 258A(2)”.

(6)     After section 258 insert—

“258A Required sentence of detention for life for manslaughter of emergency worker

(1)     This section applies where—

(a)     a person aged under 18 is convicted of a relevant offence,

(b)     the offence was committed—

(i)     when the person was aged 16 or over, and

(ii)     on or after the relevant commencement date, and

(c)     the offence was committed against an emergency worker acting in the exercise of functions as such a worker.

(2)     The court must impose a sentence of detention for life under section 250 unless the court is of the opinion that there are exceptional circumstances which—

(a)

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