Schedule 22 : Mandatory Life Sentences: Transitional Cases Sentences passed on or after commencement date in respect of offences committed before that date: Paragraphs 9 and 10
849.Some trials for murder after the commencement of these provisions will concern murders that were committed before commencement. Paragraphs 9 and 10 deal with such cases. The need to avoid imposing a sentence that is greater than that which would have been available at the time of the commission of the offence applies here as much as it does to the cases covered in the preceding paragraphs. Accordingly, paragraph 10 imposes a restriction equivalent to that in paragraph 8.