Sentences with phrase «relevant offence»

For relevant offences, the court can no longer take account of a symptom of disability (such as poor impulse control) as a contributing factor in offending.

The relevant offence the Public Order Act.

«In my view the legal advice given by the CPS to the Metropolitan police on the interpretation of the relevant offences did not limit the scope and extent of the criminal investigation,» Mr Starmer told MPs.

If an employer wants to issue notice of dismissal on grounds of suspicion, the circumstances need to be sufficiently suspicious such that it is almost certain the employee in question committed the relevant offence.

His medical registration had been suspended by the General Medical Council (GMC) and soon after he had been convicted of the relevant offence.

If a person or a company is convicted of a relevant offence, confiscation proceedings to recover the proceeds of crime are part of the sentencing process.

It is true that the case - law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) clearly states that Article 7 ECHR can not be interpreted as prohibiting an extension of limitation periods where the relevant offences have never become subject to limitation (see ECtHR, Coëme and Others v. Belgium, nos.

The «beneficial owners, officers or managers» of law firms have a year to apply to the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) for approval, which must be granted unless they have been convicted of a relevant offence.

In a case where a count on an indictment spans the commencement date, the court should not impose any penalty under ss 224 to 229 unless it is satisfied that at least one relevant offence was committed after the commencement date.

The secretary of state had directed the Parole Board that in assessing the level of risk, they should consider whether or not the prisoner (the lifer) had made positive and successful efforts to address the attitudes and behavioural problems which had led to the commission of the relevant offence.

the current wording empowers the court to make orders where the accused is found not guilty of a relevant offence but says nothing about the orders that can be made where an accused is found guilty; and