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The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (“the 2012 Act”) creates five new criminal offences. Section 142 - offences…
Commencement of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) Act 2012 which comes into force on 2 July 2012.
Powers under section 137 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000.
Guidance for criminal justice agencies on the new youth remand framework and amendments to adult remand provisions.
Addition of Royal Park offences to penalty notice for disorder scheme following the approval of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001.
Guidance for criminal justice agencies on the new offence of squatting in a residential building.
Commencement of the new referral order provisions in Section 79 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
Commencement of sections 122 - 128 to and Schedules 18 - 22 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
The Information Commissioner and the Secretary of State for Justice have agreed on Memoranda of Understanding.
Memoranda on the European Convention on Human Rights and Delegated Powers.
Secretary of State guidance for pre-sentence restorative justice
Guidance on supplying information about the death of a child, written for coroners and Local Safeguarding Children Boards.
Detailed guidance for claims management companies (CMCs) on complying with the conduct rules.
Restorative justice brings together people harmed by crime or conflict with those responsible for the harm, to find a positive way forward.
Guidance for probation staff on setting rehabilitation activity requirements (RARs) for offenders as part of a community order or suspended sentence.
Changes to Practice Directions 36G, 36K, 36N and 36O come into force on 26 January 2020.
Last updated 30 January 2017.
The Lord Chancellor has decided to designate the ICAEW as an approved regulator for the administration of oaths.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Practice guidance for Youth Offending Teams and frontline practitioners.
Policy and guidance for prisons on the effective treatment of prisoners who need help with substance misuse.
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