Part 1: Corrosive products and substances Possession of corrosive substances Section 8: Appropriate custodial sentence for conviction under section 6
Subsection (1) of this section provides that, where a person who is 16 years of age or older is convicted in England and Wales of an offence under section 6 and has at least one relevant conviction (as set out in section 9) then the court must impose an appropriate custodial sentence, which may also include a fine, unless the court decides that there are particular circumstances which would make it unjust to do so.
	Subsection (3) makes provision that the "appropriate custodial sentence" is a custodial sentence of at least 6 months imprisonment for an offender aged 18 years of age or older. For an offender aged 16 or 17 years old, the appropriate custodial sentence is a detention and training order of at least 4 months duration.
	Subsection (4) provides that, in the case of an individual aged 16 or 17 years old, when considering whether there are particular circumstances which would make imposing an appropriate custodial sentence unjust, the court must have regard to its duty under section 44 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 which sets out that "Every court in dealing with a child or young person who is brought before it, either as an offender or otherwise, shall have regard to the welfare of the child or young person and shall in a proper case take steps for removing him from undesirable surroundings, and for securing that proper provision is made for his education and training.".
	Subsections (5) and (6) set out the procedure for appealing against a sentence where a relevant conviction that was relied on by the court when imposing an appropriate custodial sentence has been set aside on appeal.
	Subsection (7) provides that the requirement to impose an appropriate custodial sentence only applies to an offence committed after this section has come into force.
	Subsection (8) provides that where an offence was committed under section 6 (a) over a period of two or more days or (b) at some time during a period of two or more days then for the purposes of this section the offence will have said to have been committed on the last of those days.
	This section forms part of the law of England and Wales.