An Act to establish a National Probation Service for England and Wales and a Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service; to make further provision for the protection of children; to make further provision about dealing with persons suspected of, charged with or convicted of offences; to amend the law relating to access to information held under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988; and for connected purposes.
Text of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
On sentencing, the Act formally removes the role of the Home Secretary in sentencing of young people for grave crimes (such as murder) following the decisions by the House of Lords in R v Secretary of State for the Home Dept ex parte Venables and Thompson (1997)[5] and the subsequent case at the European Court of Human Rights, T. v United Kingdom. The European Court of Human Rights had found that the right to a fair trial guaranteed by the Convention had been infringed in the cases of Robert Thompson and Jon Venables (the murderers of James Bulger) by having sentences determined by the serving Home Secretary, a political appointee. §60 of the Act assigns the power to sentence those people under 18 who are tried as adults for serious crimes with the trial judge rather than the Home Secretary.[6][7][8]
The Act introduced a number of drugs-related provisions including drug abstinence orders, a community-based sentence that allows a court to order an offender to abstain from specified class A drugs. It also allows for pre-sentence drug testing of convicted offenders, as well as drug testing of people held in police custody.
Referencesedit
^Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000, §72
^"Truancy timeline: 1997-2009". BBC News. 11 February 2009.
^"Jailing parents: What happened next?". BBC News. 12 February 2009.
^"Truancy mother sent to jail again". BBC News. 23 March 2004.
^Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte V. and Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte T., publications.parliament.uk
^Mark Ryan; Steve Foster (16 May 2014). Unlocking Constitutional and Administrative Law. Routledge. p. 138. ISBN978-1-4441-7962-0.
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Full text on legislation.gov.uk
April 12, 2024
criminal, justice, court, services, 2000, united, kingdom, parliament, that, advances, number, agendas, related, criminal, justice, instituted, national, probation, service, well, children, family, court, advisory, support, service, also, makes, parents, persi. The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament that advances a number of agendas related to criminal justice It instituted the National Probation Service as well as the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service The Act also makes the parents of persistent truants criminally liable and subject to a maximum penalty of three months in prison 1 2 a legal change that led to the first imprisonment of parents in 2002 3 4 Criminal Justice and Court Services ActAct of ParliamentUnited KingdomLong titleAn Act to establish a National Probation Service for England and Wales and a Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service to make further provision for the protection of children to make further provision about dealing with persons suspected of charged with or convicted of offences to amend the law relating to access to information held under Part III of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and for connected purposes Text of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 as in force today including any amendments within the United Kingdom from legislation gov uk On sentencing the Act formally removes the role of the Home Secretary in sentencing of young people for grave crimes such as murder following the decisions by the House of Lords in R v Secretary of State for the Home Dept ex parte Venables and Thompson 1997 5 and the subsequent case at the European Court of Human Rights T v United Kingdom The European Court of Human Rights had found that the right to a fair trial guaranteed by the Convention had been infringed in the cases of Robert Thompson and Jon Venables the murderers of James Bulger by having sentences determined by the serving Home Secretary a political appointee 60 of the Act assigns the power to sentence those people under 18 who are tried as adults for serious crimes with the trial judge rather than the Home Secretary 6 7 8 The Act introduced a number of drugs related provisions including drug abstinence orders a community based sentence that allows a court to order an offender to abstain from specified class A drugs It also allows for pre sentence drug testing of convicted offenders as well as drug testing of people held in police custody References edit Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 72 Truancy timeline 1997 2009 BBC News 11 February 2009 Jailing parents What happened next BBC News 12 February 2009 Truancy mother sent to jail again BBC News 23 March 2004 1997 All ER 97 T v United Kingdom bailii org Reg v Secretary of State for the Home Department Ex parte V and Reg v Secretary of State for the Home Department Ex parte T publications parliament uk Mark Ryan Steve Foster 16 May 2014 Unlocking Constitutional and Administrative Law Routledge p 138 ISBN 978 1 4441 7962 0 External links editFull text on legislation gov uk Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 amp oldid 1195945214, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
