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[ • ]Government bill · 2009 · Enacted

Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill

Where it is in Parliament· last movement 2010-05-20

Introduction
First Reading
Select Committee
Second Reading
Committee of Whole House
Third Reading
Royal Assent
Enacted
What the official record says
This Act is the Sentencing and Parole Reform Act . This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. Despite , comes into force on the commencement of section 49 of the Parole Amendment Act 2007. The purpose of this Act is to— deny parole to certain repeat offenders and to offenders guilty of the worst murders: impose maximum terms of imprisonment on persistent repeat offenders who continue to commit serious violent offences. amends the Sentencing Act 2002. The definition of in section 4(1) is amended by omitting and substituting , 89, or 103 . The following heading and sections are inserted after section 86: In this section and in , unless the context otherwise requires,— , in relation to an offender, means a record of a warning that the offender h
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