Advice to the Sentencing Guidelines Council : sentencing for drug offences.

  • Great Britain. Sentencing Advisory Panel.
Date:
2010
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Credit: Advice to the Sentencing Guidelines Council : sentencing for drug offences. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Sentencing Advisory Panel is an independent advisory and consultative body originally constituted under sections 80 and 81 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (which came into force on 1 July 1999) and now constituted under section 169 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. Its function, prior to implementation of the relevant provisions in the Criminal Justice Act 2003, was to provide fully researched, objective advice to the Court of Appeal to assist the Court when it framed or revised sentencing guidelines. The Criminal Justice Act 2003 established a Sentencing Guidelines Council with responsibility for issuing sentencing guidelines. With effect from 27 February 2004, the Sentencing Advisory Panel submits its advice to the Council rather than to the Court of Appeal. The following were members of the Panel at the time this advice was delivered to the Sentencing Guidelines Council: Professor Andrew Ashworth CBE, OC (Chairman) His Honour Judge Anthony Ansell John Crawforth OBE Amritlal Devani Mrs Anne Fuller OBE JP Professor Frances Heidensohn David Mallen CBE Michael Morgan Judge Howard Riddle John Staples Ms Joan Webster QPM Christopher Woolley The Sentencing Advisory Panel can be contacted at: 4th floor, 8-10 Great George Street, London SW1P 3AE (Telephone: 020 7084 8130; Fax: 020 7084 8114; e-mail: info@sentencing-guidelines.gsi.gov.uk) Head of Sentencing Guidelines Secretariat: Kevin McCormac OBE Secretary to the Panel: Mrs Lesley Dix