Sentencing Act 2020

PART 4 U.K. Effect of order made or amended in accordance with Part 1 or 2 of this Schedule

Application U.K.

18 U.K. This Part of this Schedule applies where a community order has effect as made or amended in accordance with Part 1 or 2 of this Schedule.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 11 para. 18 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

Duty to keep in touch with responsible officer U.K.

19 (1) The offender must keep in touch— U.K.

(a) with the local authority officer concerned, in the case of a Scottish community order, or

(b) with the probation officer concerned, in the case of a Northern Ireland community order,

in accordance with such instructions as the officer may give the offender from time to time.

(2) That obligation is enforceable as if it were a requirement imposed by the community order.

(3) This paragraph has effect in place of section 215.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 11 para. 19 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

Order to be treated as corresponding order in certain circumstances U.K.

20 (1) The community order is to be treated as if it were a corresponding order. U.K.

(2) The relevant home legislation applies accordingly.

(3) In this Schedule, “relevant home legislation”—

(a) in relation to a Scottish community order, means the legislation relating to corresponding orders that has effect in Scotland;

(b) in relation to a Northern Ireland community order, means the legislation relating to corresponding orders that has effect in Northern Ireland.

(4) This paragraph is subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule.

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 11 para. 20 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

Exercise by home court of powers relating to corresponding orders U.K.

21 (1) The home court may exercise any relevant local power in relation to the community order, subject to the following restrictions. U.K.

(2) A “relevant local power” means a power which the home court could exercise in relation to a corresponding order by virtue of the relevant home legislation.

(3) The home court may not discharge or revoke the order.

(4) But that does not prevent the home court from exercising a power to revoke the order where—

(a) the offender has been convicted of a further offence, and

(b) the court has imposed a custodial sentence (and section 222(1) (meaning of “custodial sentence”) does not apply for this purpose).

(5) The home court may not deal with the offender for the offence in respect of which the community order was made.

(6) If the order imposes an unpaid work requirement, the home court may not vary the order so as to specify a greater number of hours in relation to the requirement than the court which made the order could specify, applying the relevant assumptions.

(7) If the order imposes a curfew requirement, the home court may not vary the order so as to specify curfew periods (within the meaning of paragraph 9 of Schedule 9) that the court which made the order could not specify, applying the relevant assumptions.

(8) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (6) and (7), the relevant assumptions are that—

(a) the court which made the order is now making the community order, and

(b) the offender has just been convicted by or before it of the offence in respect of which the community order was made.

Commencement Information

I4 Sch. 11 para. 21 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

Power of home court to require offender to appear before court in England and Wales U.K.

22 (1) Where the home court is of the opinion that— U.K.

(a) the offender has breached any of the requirements of the order, or

(b) it would be in the interests of justice for a power conferred by Part 3 of Schedule 10 (revocation of order with or without re-sentencing) to be exercised,

the home court may require the offender to appear before the court which made the order or which last amended the order in England and Wales.

(2) The court may form an opinion within sub-paragraph (1)(a) for the purposes of this paragraph only—

(a) on information from the local authority officer concerned, if the home court is in Scotland, or

(b) upon a complaint being made to a lay magistrate, if the home court is in Northern Ireland.

(3) The court may form an opinion within sub-paragraph (1)(b) for the purposes of this paragraph only on the application—

(a) of the offender, or

(b) of—

(i) the local authority officer concerned, if the home court is in Scotland;

(ii) the probation officer concerned, if the home court is in Northern Ireland.

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I5 Sch. 11 para. 22 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

Home court to certify breach of requirement U.K.

23 (1) Where the home court requires the offender to appear before a court in England and Wales by virtue of paragraph 22(1)(a) (breach of a requirement of the order), the home court must send the court in England and Wales— U.K.

(a) a certificate certifying that the offender has breached a requirement of the community order specified in the certificate, and

(b) such other particulars of the case as may be desirable.

(2) A certificate under sub-paragraph (1)(a) purporting to be signed by the clerk of the home court is admissible as evidence of the breach before the court in England and Wales.

Commencement Information

I6 Sch. 11 para. 23 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

Powers of court in England and Wales where offender required to appear under paragraph 22 U.K.

24 (1) This paragraph applies where under paragraph 22 the home court requires the offender to appear before a court in England and Wales. U.K.

(2) The court in England and Wales may issue a warrant for the offender's arrest.

(3) The court in England and Wales may exercise any power which it could exercise in respect of the community order if the offender resided in England and Wales.

This is subject to paragraphs 25 and 26.

(4) Any enactment relating to the exercise of such powers has effect accordingly, with any reference in it to the responsible officer being read as a reference to—

(a) the local authority officer concerned, in the case of a Scottish community order;

(b) the probation officer concerned, in the case of a Northern Ireland community order.

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I7 Sch. 11 para. 24 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

25 (1) This paragraph applies where— U.K.

(a) a court in England and Wales is exercising a power in respect of a community order by virtue of paragraph 24(3), and

(b) the offender resides in Scotland.

(2) The court may not amend the community order unless, in relation to any requirement that it proposes to impose, it appears to the court that suitable arrangements for the offender's supervision can be made by the local council in Scotland.

(3) The court may not impose—

(a) an alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement,

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(c) an electronic whereabouts monitoring requirement;

(4) The court may not amend the community order to impose a locally based requirement unless it appears to the court that—

(a) arrangements exist for persons to comply with such a requirement in the locality in Scotland in which the offender resides, or will be residing at the relevant time, and

(b) provision can be made for the offender to comply with the requirement under those arrangements.

For the purposes of this paragraph, “locally based requirement” has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of paragraph 5.

(5) The following apply in relation to the amendment of the community order by virtue of paragraph 24(3) as they apply in relation to the amendment of an order in accordance with Part 1 of this Schedule—

(a) paragraph 6;

(b) paragraphs 14 to 23.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 11 para. 25(3)(b) omitted (28.6.2022) by virtue of Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), s. 208(1), Sch. 13 para. 9(3); S.I. 2022/520, reg. 5(q) (as amended by S.I. 2022/680, reg. 2(c))

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I8 Sch. 11 para. 25 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

26 (1) This paragraph applies where— U.K.

(a) a court in England and Wales is exercising a power in respect of a community order by virtue of paragraph 24(3), and

(b) the offender resides in Northern Ireland.

(2) The court may not amend the community order unless, in relation to any requirement that it proposes to impose, it appears to the court that suitable arrangements for the offender's supervision can be made by the Probation Board for Northern Ireland.

(3) The court may not impose an alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement.

(4) The court may not amend the community order to impose an electronic whereabouts monitoring requirement unless it appears to the court that—

(a) any necessary provision can be made in the offender's case under arrangements that exist for persons resident in Northern Ireland, and

(b) arrangements are generally operational throughout Northern Ireland (even if not always operational everywhere there) under which the offender's whereabouts can be electronically monitored.

(5) The court may not amend the community order to impose a locally based requirement unless it appears to the court that—

(a) arrangements exist for persons to comply with such a requirement in Northern Ireland, and

(b) provision can be made for the offender to comply with the requirement under those arrangements.

For the purposes of this paragraph, “locally based requirement” has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of paragraph 12.

(6) The following apply in relation to the amendment of the community order by virtue of paragraph 24(3) as they apply in relation to the amendment of an order in accordance with Part 2 of this Schedule—

(a) paragraph 13;

(b) paragraphs 14 to 23.

Commencement Information

I9 Sch. 11 para. 26 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2