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[F11.—(1) In this Schedule “supervision and treatment order” means an order requiring the person in respect of whom it is made ( “the supervised person”)—N.I.
(a)to be under the supervision of a social worker or probation officer ( “the supervising officer”) for a period specified in the order of not more than [F23 years]; and
(b)to submit, during the whole of that period or such part of it as may be specified in the order, to treatment by or under the direction of a medical practitioner with a view to the improvement of his mental condition.
(2) The Secretary of State may by order direct that sub-paragraph (1) shall be amended by substituting, for the period specified in that sub-paragraph, such period as may be specified in the order.
(3) An order under sub-paragraph (2) may make in paragraph 8(2) any amendment which the Secretary of State thinks necessary in consequence of any substitution made by the order.
[F3(4) An order under sub-paragraph (2) is subject to negative resolution.]]
F2Words in Sch. 2A para. 1(1)(a) substituted (30.6.2011) by Supervision and Treatment Orders (Maximum Period) (Northern Ireland) Order 2011 (S.R. 2011/115), art. 2(2)
F3Sch. 2A para. 1(4) substituted (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 4(3), Sch. 2 para. 10(2) (with arts. 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)
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