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Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014

Procedural, administrative, and miscellaneous matters - Miscellaneous matters

138: Sentence of preventive detention not affected by this Act

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"This law does not change sentences of preventive detention that have already been decided by a court."

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If you have been given a sentence of preventive detention, this Act does not change that. The court decided on this sentence using the Sentencing Act 2002. When the court was deciding, they did not consider the rules in this Act about orders for offenders who have finished their sentences.

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Miscellaneous matters

138Sentence of preventive detention not affected by this Act

  1. This Act does not affect the imposition of any sentence of preventive detention under the Sentencing Act 2002, and, in considering whether to impose such a sentence, the court must not take into account the jurisdiction conferred by this Act to impose orders on offenders who have served determinate sentences.