Member

“Once the Bill is in force, any provision in sentencing guidelines that is of the description in the new subsection (4A) will cease to be lawful and so cease to have effect. I can therefore confirm that the Bill will, as a matter of law, affect both new and existing guidelines. In practice, this means that some existing guidelines will be affected by the Bill, including offence-specific guidelines related to mitigating and aggravating factors, which set out guidance about PSRs for specific cohorts.”