SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Consequential amendments relating to minimum sentences
Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)
1
In section 24(1B) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (exceptions to summary trial for indictable offences of persons aged under 18), omit the “
or
”
at the end of paragraph (a) and, at the end of paragraph (b), insert
or
c
section 29(3) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (minimum sentences in certain cases of using someone to mind a weapon) would apply if he were convicted of the offence.