Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

175Penalties for offences: transitional modification for England and WalesE+W

(1)This section contains transitional modifications in respect of penalties for certain offences committed in England or Wales.

(2)In relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) (general limit on magistrates' court's power to impose imprisonment), the references in the following provisions to periods of imprisonment of 12 months are to be read as references to periods of imprisonment of 6 months—

• section 67(5)(b);

• section 86(2)(b);

• section 88(3)(b);

• section 147(1)(a).

(3)In relation to an offence committed before the commencement of section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (alteration of penalties for summary offences), the references in the following provisions of this Act to periods of imprisonment of 51 weeks are to be read as references to the periods of imprisonment specified in respect of those provisions as follows—