Part 1: Protection of the police etc. Section 3: Required life sentence for manslaughter of emergency worker
Subsection (6) inserts a new section 258A into the Code.
	New section 258A(1) sets out the circumstances in which the provision applies, namely, where a person aged under 18 is convicted of a "relevant offence"; that the offence was committed when the person was aged 16 or over and on or after the date on which section 3 comes into force, and the offence was committed against an emergency worker acting in in the exercise of functions as such a worker.
	New section 258A(2) provides that where section 258A applies, the court must impose a sentence of detention for life unless the court is of the opinion that there are exceptional circumstances which relate to the offence or the offender and justify not doing so.
	New section 258A(4) defines "relevant offence" to mean the offence of manslaughter, excluding manslaughter by gross negligence, and manslaughter arising from a partial defence to murder.
	New section 258A(5) defines "emergency worker" by reference to section 68 of the Code. Section 68(1) sets out that "emergency worker" means:
a constable;
a person (other than a constable) who has the powers of a constable or is otherwise employed for police purposes or is engaged to provide services for police purposes;
a National Crime Agency officer;
a prison officer;
a person (other than a prison officer) employed or engaged to carry out functions in a custodial institution of a corresponding kind to those carried out by a prison officer;
a prisoner custody officer, so far as relating to the exercise of escort functions;
a custody officer, so far as relating to the exercise of escort functions;
a person employed for the purposes of providing, or engaged to provide fire services or fire and rescue services;
a person employed for the purposes of providing, or engaged to provide, search services or rescue services (or both);
a person employed for the purposes of providing, or engaged to provide-
NHS health services, or
services in the support of the provision of NHS health services,
						and whose general activities in doing so involve face to face interaction with individuals receiving the services or with other members of the public.
	New section 258A(3) expressly provides that if at the time the offence was committed the victim was not at work but was carrying out functions which, if done in work time, would have been in the exercise of their functions, they will be considered to be an emergency worker acting in exercise of their functions for the purposes of subsection (1).
	New section 258A(7) sets out when an offence is taken to have been committed if it is committed over a period of 2 or more days; namely, on the last of the days. New section 258A(6) provides that the sentence is not to be regarded as an offence "the sentence for which is fixed by law".
	Subsection (9) inserts a new section 274A into the Code. New section 274A makes the same provision as the new section 258A but in respect of the sentence of custody for life for persons aged 18 or over but under 21.
	Subsection (11) inserts a new section 285A into the Code. New section 285A makes the same provision as the new section 258A but in respect of the sentence of imprisonment for life for persons aged 21 or over.
	Subsections (2) to (5) and (12) make amendments to sections 177, 221, 249, 255 and 329 of the Code that are consequential to the introduction of the new section 258A.
	Subsections (7), (8) and (14) make amendments to sections 267, 272 and 417 of the Code that are consequential to the introduction of the new section 274A.
	Subsection (10) makes amendments to section 280 of the Code that are consequential to the introduction of the new section 285A.
	Subsections (13) and (16) make amendments to section 399 of the Code and section 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983 that are consequential to the introduction of the new sections 258A, 274A and 285A of the Code.
	Subsection (15) makes amendments to Schedule 22 to the Code that are consequential to the introduction of the new sections 274A and 285A.