Sentencing Act 2020

Powers of appropriate court

2 (1) This paragraph applies if it is proved to the satisfaction of the appropriate court that the offender has breached any requirement of the reparation order.

(2) The appropriate court—

(a) may order the offender to pay a fine of an amount not exceeding £1,000;

(b) if the reparation order was made by a magistrates’ court, may revoke the order and re-sentence the offender for the offence in respect of which the order was made, or

(c) if the reparation order was made by the Crown Court, may—

(i) commit the offender to custody, or

(ii) release the offender on bail,

until the offender can be brought or appear before the Crown Court.

(3) Where the appropriate court deals with the offender’s case under sub-paragraph (2)(c) it must send the Crown Court a certificate signed by a justice of the peace giving—

(a) particulars of the offender’s failure to comply with the requirement in question, and

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

and a certificate purporting to be so signed is admissible as evidence of the failure before the Crown Court.

(4) The appropriate court may not make an order under this paragraph unless the offender is before the court.

(5) For powers to issue a summons or warrant to secure the offender’s attendance, see paragraph 6.

(6) In dealing with the offender under this paragraph the appropriate court must take into account the extent to which the offender has complied with the requirements of the reparation order.

(7) A fine imposed under this paragraph is to be treated, for the purposes of any enactment, as being a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction.

(8) Where—

(a) the offender is aged under 18, and

(b) but for this sub-paragraph, the court would impose a fine on the offender under sub-paragraph (2)(a),

section 380 (order for payment by parent or guardian) applies to the fine.