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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 s 65

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 s 65

s 65 Sentencing where there is aggravation related to transgender identity

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10) Section 241 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (increase in sentence for aggravation related to disability or sexual orientation) is amended as follows. (11) In the heading, for “or sexual orientation” substitute “ , sexual orientation or transgender identity ” . (12) In subsection (2)(a)— (a) after sub-paragraph (i) omit “or”; (b) at the end insert— (iii) the victim being (or being presumed to be) transgender, or (13) In subsection (2)(b)— (a) after sub-paragraph (i) omit “or”; (b) at the end insert , or (iii) by hostility towards persons who are transgender. (14) After subsection (5) insert— (6) In this section references to being transgender include references to being transsexual, or undergoing, proposing to undergo or having undergone a process or part of a process of gender reassignment.

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