Part 1 Amendments to the Sentencing Code

SCHEDULE 14 Community and Suspended Sentence Orders: Special Procedures Relating to Review and Breach

Section 153

Part 1 Amendments to the Sentencing Code

Introductory

1

The Sentencing Code is amended as specified in this Part of this Schedule.

Orders that qualify for special procedures

2

After section 395 insert—

“395A Community and suspended sentence orders qualifying for special procedures

(1)     A community order or suspended sentence order qualifies for special procedures for the purposes of a relevant provision if the order—

(a)     is of a description specified in regulations for the purposes of that provision, and

(b)     is made within a period, or after a time, so specified.

(2)     In subsection (1) “relevant provision†means—

(a)     section 217A;

(b)     section 293A;

(c)     paragraphs 10(5)(ba) and 11(2)(ba) of Schedule 10;

(d)     paragraph 13(1)(da) of Schedule 16.

(3)     A description specified under subsection (1)(a) may, among other things, be framed by reference to—

(a)     the courts by which the orders are made (for example, courts sitting in particular places or areas);

(b)     the persons who are subject to the orders (for example, persons of a particular sex);

(c)     the offences to which the orders relate.

(4)

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