Section 48 Sentencing Act 2026

Section 48 of the Sentencing Act 2026 is about Extent. It provides as follows:

(1)An amendment, repeal or revocation made by this Act has the same extent within the United Kingdom as the provision amended, repealed or revoked, subject to subsection (2)(a).

(2)The following provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland—

(a)section 18;

(b)section 34(4) and (5);

(c)section 39(7);

(d)this Part.

(3)The other provisions of this Act extend to England and Wales only.

(4)Nothing in subsections (1) to (3) limits the extent within the United Kingdom of any provision made, or inserted, by or under this Act so far as it is applied (by whatever words) by or under the Armed Forces Act 2006.

(5)Subsections (1) and (2) of section 384 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (extent outside the United Kingdom) apply to the armed forces provisions as those subsections apply to the provisions of that Act.

(6)The following are “armed forces provisions”—

(a)a provision made, or inserted, by or under this Act so far as it is applied (by whatever words) by or under the Armed Forces Act 2006;

(b)an amendment, modification or repeal made by or under this Act of—

(i)a provision of or made under the Armed Forces Act 2006,

(ii)a provision that amends, modifies or repeals a provision of, or made under, that Act, or

(iii)any other provision, so far as the provision is applied (by whatever words) by or under that Act.

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