New Clause 29: Orders of the Day
New Clause 29— Sentences of imprisonment for public protection
'(1) In section 225 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) (life sentence or imprisonment for public protection), for subsection (3) substitute—
"(3) In a case not falling within subsection (2), the court may impose a sentence of imprisonment for public protection if the condition in subsection (3A) or the condition in subsection (3B) is met.
(3A) The condition in this subsection is that, at the time when the offence was committed, the offender had been convicted in any part of the United Kingdom of an offence specified in Schedule 15A.
(3B) The condition in this subsection is that the notional minimum term is at least two years.
(3C) The notional minimum term is the part of the sentence that the court would specify under section 82A(2) of the Sentencing Act (determination of tariff) if it imposed a sentence of imprisonment for public protection but was required to disregard the matter mentioned in section 82A(3)(b) of that Act (crediting periods of remand)."
(2) After Schedule 15 to that Act, insert the Schedule set out in Schedule (Offences specified for the purposes of sections 225(3A) and 227(2A) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) to this Act.'.— [Mr. Hanson.]
 Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.