129 Life sentence not fixed by law: minimum term
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (2022 c 32) | Legislation

129  Life sentence not fixed by law: minimum term

(1)     In section 323 of the Sentencing Code (minimum term order for life sentence not fixed by law)—

(a)     after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)     The starting point, in determining the minimum term, is the relevant portion of the notional determinate sentence.

(1B)     The “notional determinate sentence”, in relation to a life sentence, is the custodial sentence that the court would have imposed if the court had not imposed the life sentence.

(1C)     The “relevant portion” of the notional determinate sentence is—

(a)     where that sentence is within section 247A(2A) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (terrorist prisoners

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