The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6) is an act of the Parliament of the united Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to sentencing treatment of offenders and defaulters.
The act brings together parts of several other acts dealing with the sentencing treatment of offenders and defaulters. It was drafted by the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.
With amendments, it consolidated sentencing legislation previously spread across twelve separate Acts. Much of the Act has been repealed by the Criminal Justice Act 2003, which introduced significant changes to sentencing from 2005, Most of the rest was replaced by the Sentencing Act 2020.
The act reduced the conditions before custodial orders can be imposed on children. The act allowed a Crown Court to sentence young people found guilty of certain offences. The act allows judges to resentence individuals if fresh information becomes apparent.