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25 June 2008
Press Notice: SGC/SAP annual report
SGC/SAP annual report 2007/08
23 May 2008
Press Notice: Anti-Social Behaviour order
Consultation guideline – Breach of an anti-social behaviour order
Letter to consultees
Advice: Sentencing for breach of an anti-social behaviour order
12 May 2008
Press Notice :Revised Sentencing Guidelines for Magistrates’ Courts Published
Revised Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines
10 March 2008
Press Notice: Theft and Burglary (non-dwelling)
Consultation guideline - Theft and Burglary (non-dwelling)
Advice: Sentencing for Theft from a Shop
Advice: Sentencing for Offences of Theft and Dishonesty
20 February 2008
Press Notice: Council Publishes Guidelines for Sentencers dealing with Assaults and Child Cruelty Offences
Note on changes to Guideline on Assault and Other Offences Against the Person
Assault and Other Offences Against the Person
Overarching Principles: Assaults on Children and Cruelty to a Child
9 January 2008
Press Notice: Causing death by driving
Consultation guideline on causing death by driving
Advice: Driving Offences – Causing death by driving
04 December 2007
Press Notice: Revised Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines
Consultation guidelines and Advice: Revised Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines
29 November 2007
Press Notice: Fail to surrender to bail
Guideline on fail to surrender to bail
15 November 2007
Press Notice: Sentencing for corporate manslaughter
Consultation paper on sentencing for corporate manslaughter
16 August 2007
Press Notice: Fraud and ASBO's
Consultation paper on sentencing for fraud offences
Consultation paper on breach of an Anti-social Behaviour Order
20 July 2007
Press Notice: Reduction in Sentence for a Guilty Plea
Definitive guideline on the reduction in sentence for a guilty plea
27 June 2007
Press Notice: Assault Consultation
Consultation guideline on sentencing offenders for assault and other offences against the person
Consultation guideline - Overarching principles: Assault on children and cruelty to a child
Notes and questions
Advice on Sentencing for assault and other offences against the person
14 June 2007
SGC/SAP Annual report
24 May 2007
Consultation guideline on sentencing
Advice on sentencing for Bail Act
30 April 2007
Press Notice: Final guideline on Sexual Offences Act 2003
Guideline on sexual offences
This guideline has been amended to reflect the changes below
Further note on changes to guideline on sexual offences
Note on changes to guideline on sexual offences
8 February 2007
Press Notice: Consultation paper on Offences to be taken into consideration and Revised Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines
Consultation paper on Offences to be Taken Into Consideration
Cover note - Revised Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines
Consultation paper on Revised Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines
25 January 2007
Press Notice: Consultation paper on causing death by driving offences
Consultation paper on causing death by driving offences
18 January 2007
Press Notice: Review of Guideline: Reduction in Sentence for a Guilty Plea
Draft guideline
Advice on the Reducing Sentences for a guilty plea
Final guideline on Breach of Protective Order
Final guideline on Domestic Violence
1 November 2006
Press Notice: Consultation paper on theft and dishonesty offences (file size: 45kb)
Consultation Paper (file size: 348kb)
24 August 2006
Press Notice: Consultation paper on theft from a shop (file size: 43kb)
Consultation Paper (file size: 319kb)
25 July 2006
Press notice: Robbery (file size: 29kb)
Final Guideline on robbery (file size: 100kb)
26 June 2006
Press notice: Annual report (file size: 43kb)
SGC/SAP annual report 2005/06 (file size: 1170kb)
7 June 2006
Press Notice: Sexual offences (file size: 43kb)
Draft guideline on the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (file size: 376kb)
Letter to consultees (file size: 12kb)
Advice on the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (file size: 463kb)
31 May 2006
Press notice: Consultation paper - revision of guideline on the reduction of a sentence for a guilty plea (file size: 42kb)
Chairman's covering letter (file size: 25kb)
Consultation paper (file size: 126kb)
11 April 2006
Press Notice: Domestic violence and breach of a protective order (file size: 51kb)
Draft guideline on domestic violence (file size: 126kb)
Draft guideline on breach of a protective order (file size: 118kb)
Advice on domestic violence (file size: 350kb)
Letter to consultees (file size: 19kb)
30 March 2006
Press Notice: Custodial Sentences of less than 12 months (file size: 46kb)
Draft Guidelines on Custodial Sentences of less than 12 months (file size: 1.61MB)
Advice on Custodial Sentences of less than 12 months (file size: 1.29MB)
Letter to Consultees (file size: 13k)
16 February 2006
Press notice: Allocation (file size: 21kb)
Draft guidelines on allocation (file size: 88kb)
Advice on allocation (file size: 148kb)
27 January 2006
Press notice: Consultation paper on Bail Act Offences (file size: 132kb)
Consultation paper on Bail Act Offences (file size: 145kb)
Annexed Tables (file size: 189kb)
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