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Sentencing Act 2002

Sentences, orders, and related matters - Miscellaneous, transitional, and savings provisions - Transitional and savings provisions

158: Non-association orders and confiscation of vehicles for offence committed before commencement date

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"Rules for people who broke the law before new rules started, but got in trouble after."

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If you commit a crime before a new law starts, but you are sentenced after it starts, this section applies to you. The court can make you follow certain rules, like not associating with certain people, or take away a vehicle, under subpart 5 if they could have done so under the Criminal Justice Act 1985. This means the court has the power to make these decisions if they would have had the power before the new law started.

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Part 2Sentences, orders, and related matters
Miscellaneous, transitional, and savings provisions: Transitional and savings provisions

158Non-association orders and confiscation of vehicles for offence committed before commencement date

  1. This section applies if an offender is sentenced on or after the commencement date for an offence committed before that date.

  2. The court may make a non-association order or order for the confiscation of a vehicle under subpart 5 if it would have had the power to do so under the Criminal Justice Act 1985 had it been dealing with the offender immediately before the commencement date.