1.  This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Reviews of Sentencing) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st March 1994.

2.  Part IV of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (reviews of sentencing) shall apply to any case in which sentence is passed on a person for any of the following offences:

(i)offences under section 14 or section 15 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956(2) (indecent assault on a woman or on a man);

(ii)offences under section 16 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861(3) (threats to kill);

(iii)offences under section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933(4) (cruelty to persons under 16);

(iv)attempting to commit, or inciting the commission of, any of the offences described above.

3.  This Order extends to England and Wales only.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Part IV of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 allows the Attorney General to refer certain cases to the Court of Appeal, with the leave of that Court, where he considers that a sentence imposed in the Crown Court was unduly lenient. This Order extends the range of offences in respect of which that power may be exercised (at present offences triable only on indictment) to certain offences triable either way.