175 Sexual harm prevention orders: power to impose positive requirements

175  Sexual harm prevention orders: power to impose positive requirements

(1)     The Sentencing Code is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (6).

(2)     In section 343 (sexual harm prevention order)—

(a)     for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1)     In this Code a “sexual harm prevention order” means an order made under this Chapter in respect of an offender.

(1A)     A sexual harm prevention order may—

(a)     prohibit the offender from doing anything described in the order;

(b)     require the offender to do anything described in the order.”,

(b)     in subsection (2), after “prohibitions” insert “or requirements”, and

(c)     after subsection (2) insert—

“(3)     The prohibitions or requirements which are imposed on the offender by a sexual harm prevention order must, so far as practicable, be such as to avoid—

(a)     any conflict with the offender's religious beliefs,

(b)     any interference with the times, if any, at which the offender normally works or attends any educational establishment, and

(c)     any conflict with any other court order or injunction to which the offender may be subject (but see section 349).”

(3)     In section 347 (sexual harm prevention order: matters to be specified)—

(a)     in subsection (1)(a), after “prohibitions” insert “and requirements”,

(b)

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