Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Proceeds_of_Crime_Act_2002
gptkb:Bail_Act_1976
gptkb:Criminal_Justice_Act_2003
Legal Aid Act 1988
gptkbp:citation 2012 c. 10
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dateEnacted 2012
gptkbp:effect changes rules on knife crime sentencing
changes sentencing laws
introduces new bail provisions
introduces new punishments for offenders
reforms compensation for miscarriages of justice
reforms costs in civil litigation
reforms legal aid system
reforms youth remand
restricts scope of civil legal aid
abolishes indeterminate sentences for public protection
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Kenneth_Clarke
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:part_of Part 1: Legal Aid
Part 2: Litigation Funding and Costs
Part 3: Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders
Part 4: Final Provisions
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent 1 May 2012
gptkbp:replacedBy Access to Justice Act 1999
gptkbp:shortName LASPO
gptkbp:subject legal aid
sentencing
punishment of offenders
gptkbp:website https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/10/contents/enacted
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:First_Cameron_ministry
gptkb:Rehabilitation_of_Offenders_Act_1974
gptkb:Coalition_government_(UK,_2010–2015)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7