Section 151 | Power For Responsible Officer To Vary Curfew Requirements Etc | Police Crime Sentencing And Courts Act 2022 C32

151 Power for responsible officer to vary curfew requirements etc

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (2022 c 32) | Legislation

151 Power for responsible officer to vary curfew requirements etc

(1) The Sentencing Code is amended as follows.

(2) In Part 5 of Schedule 9 (community orders and suspended sentence orders: curfew requirements), after paragraph 10 insert—

“Power of responsible officer to vary curfew requirement

10A

(1) This paragraph applies where—

(a) a relevant order is in force,

(b) the order is in respect of an offence of which the offender was convicted on or after the day on which section 151 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 came into force,

(d) the responsible officer considers that the variation condition is met.

(2) The variation condition is met if, having regard to a change in the offender's circumstances since the relevant order was made, it is appropriate to—

(a) vary the start time of any of the curfew periods;

(b) vary the relevant place in relation to any of those periods.

(3) The responsible officer may, with the consent of the offender, give the offender notice (a “variation notice”) specifying—

(a) the new