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In forceFactors to be considered in determining offender's character
Chapter 19Transitional provisions and consequential amendments relating to minimum age of criminal responsibility
Part 19.15Amendment of Sentencing Act
840 Factors to be considered in determining offender's character
At the foot of section 6 of the Sentencing Act 1991 insert the following note—
"Note
A court must not use an offender's spent childhood conviction (within the meaning of the Spent Convictions Act 2021), or information about the conduct to which an offender's spent childhood conviction relates, for the purpose of assessing the character of the offender in a way that is adverse to the offender—see section 24C of that Act.".
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