Criminal Appeal Act 1968
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50 Meaning of “sentence”.
(1) In this Act “sentence”, in relation to an offence, includes any order made by a court when dealing with an offender including, in particular— (a) a hospital order under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983, with or without a restriction order; (b) an interim hospital order under that Part; (bb) a hospital direction and a limitation direction under that Part; (c) a recommendation for deportation; (ca) a confiscation order under Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ...; (cb) an order which varies a confiscation order made under Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 if the varying order is made under section 21, 22 or 29 of that Act (but not otherwise); (d) a confiscation order under the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 other than one made by the High Court; (e) a confiscation order under Part VI of the Criminal Justice Act 1988; (f) an order varying a confiscation order of a kind which is included by virtue of paragraph (d) or (e) above; (g) an order made by the Crown Court varying a confiscation order which was made by the High Court by virtue of section 19 of the Act of 1994; and (h) a declaration of relevance, within the meaning of section 23 of the Football Spectators Act 1989; and (i) an order under section 129(2) of the Licensing Act 2003 (forfeiture or suspension of personal licence). (1A) Section 82 of the Sentencing Code (under which a conviction of an offence for which ... an order for a conditional or absolute discharge is made is deemed not to be a conviction except for certain purposes) shall not prevent an appeal under this Act, whether against conviction or otherwise. (2) Any power of the criminal division of the Court of Appeal to pass a sentence includes a power to make a recommendation for deportation in cases where the court from which the appeal lies had power to make such a recommendation. (3) An order relating to a requirement to make a payment under regulations under section 23 or 24 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 is not a sentence for the purposes of this Act. (4) A determination made under section 10A of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is not a sentence for the purposes of this Act (see section 67G of that Act for rights of appeal in relation to such a determination). (5) A compliance order made under section 13A of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is not a sentence for the purposes of this Act (see section 67H of that Act for rights of appeal in relation to such an order).
50 Meaning of “sentence”.
(1) In this Act “sentence”, in relation to an offence, includes any order made by a court when dealing with an offender including, in particular— (a) a hospital order under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983, with or without a restriction order; (b) an interim hospital order under that Part; (bb) a hospital direction and a limitation direction under that Part; (c) a recommendation for deportation; (ca) a confiscation order under Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ...; (cb) an order which varies a confiscation order made under Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 if the varying order is made under section 21, 22 or 29 of that Act (but not otherwise); (d) a confiscation order under the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 other than one made by the High Court; (e) a confiscation order under Part VI of the Criminal Justice Act 1988; (f) an order varying a confiscation order of a kind which is included by virtue of paragraph (d) or (e) above; (g) an order made by the Crown Court varying a confiscation order which was made by the High Court by virtue of section 19 of the Act of 1994; and (h) a declaration of relevance, within the meaning of section 23 of the Football Spectators Act 1989; and (i) an order under section 129(2) of the Licensing Act 2003 (forfeiture or suspension of personal licence). (1A) Section 82 of the Sentencing Code (under which a conviction of an offence for which ... an order for a conditional or absolute discharge is made is deemed not to be a conviction except for certain purposes) shall not prevent an appeal under this Act, whether against conviction or otherwise. (2) Any power of the criminal division of the Court of Appeal to pass a sentence includes a power to make a recommendation for deportation in cases where the court from which the appeal lies had power to make such a recommendation. (3) An order relating to a requirement to make a payment under regulations under section 23 or 24 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 is not a sentence for the purposes of this Act. (4) A determination made under section 10A of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is not a sentence for the purposes of this Act (see section 67G of that Act for rights of appeal in relation to such a determination). (5) A compliance order made under section 13A of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is not a sentence for the purposes of this Act (see section 67H of that Act for rights of appeal in relation to such an order).
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