Sentencing Council welcomes new policing member
The Council is pleased to announce the interim appointment of Chief Constable Rob Nixon QPM by the Lord Chancellor, with the agreement of the Lord ...
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The Council is pleased to announce the interim appointment of Chief Constable Rob Nixon QPM by the Lord Chancellor, with the agreement of the Lord ...
PUBLICATION – Minutes –
Minutes of the Sentencing Council meeting on 12 May 2023.
NEWS –
The Council has today published updated sentencing guidelines for animal cruelty offences, following consultation.
The revised guidelines reflect the change in maximum penalty for the most ...
PUBLICATION – Consultations –
A summary of the responses received to the consultation paper on animal cruelty offences.
PRESS RELEASES –
Updated sentencing guidelines for animal cruelty offences that reflect changes introduced by the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021, were published today by the Sentencing Council ...
PUBLICATION – Resource assessment –
A resource assessment for the definitive revised guidelines for animal cruelty offences.
MCSG UPDATES –
Definitive sentencing guidelines for the sentencing of animal cruelty offences were published on 10 May 2023 and the online sentencing guidelines now contains these in ...
HTML PUBLICATION –
Introduction
This document fulfils the Sentencing Council’s statutory duty to produce a resource assessment which considers the likely effect of its guidelines on the resources required ...
HTML PUBLICATION –
Foreword
On behalf of the Sentencing Council, I would like to thank all who responded to our consultation on revisions to the animal cruelty guidelines. I ...
PUBLICATION – Statistical bulletin –
Data tables showing current sentencing practice for animal cruelty offences, to accompany the revised definitive guidelines.