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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 repealed (01.01.1992) by Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991 (c. 25, SIF 39:1), s. 8(3), Sch. 4 (with s. 8), S.I. 1991/2488, art. 2.
Section 5A
Textual Amendments
F5Sch. 1A inserted (31.3.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 60, Sch. 2 (with Sch. 12 paras. 8, 9); S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(b)
1(1) In this Schedule “ supervision order ” means an order which requires the person in respect of whom it is made (“the supervised person”) to be under the supervision of a social worker [F6, an] officer of a local probation board [F7or an officer of a provider of probation services] (“the supervising officer”) for a period specified in the order of not more than two years. E+W
(2)A supervision order may, in accordance with paragraph 4 or 5 below, require the supervised person 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 registered medical practitioner.
(3)The Secretary of State may by order direct that sub-paragraph (1) above shall be amended by substituting, for the period for the time being specified there, such period as may be specified in the order.
(4)An order under sub-paragraph (3) above may make in paragraph 11(2) below any amendment which the Secretary of State thinks necessary in consequence of any substitution made by the order.
(5)The power of the Secretary of State to make orders under sub-paragraph (3) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Textual Amendments
F6Words in Sch. 1A para. 1(1) substituted (1.4.2008) by The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 2(2)(a)
F7Words in Sch. 1A para. 1(1) inserted (1.4.2008) by The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 2(2)(a)
2(1)The court shall not make a supervision order unless it is satisfied that, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, the making of such an order is the most suitable means of dealing with the accused or appellant.E+W
(2)The court shall not make a supervision order unless it is also satisfied—
(a)that the supervising officer intended to be specified in the order is willing to undertake the supervision; and
(b)that arrangements have been made for the treatment intended to be specified in the order.
3(1)A supervision order shall either—E+W
(a)specify the local social services authority area in which the supervised person resides or will reside, and require him to be under the supervision of a social worker of the local social services authority for that area; or
(b)specify the local justice area in which that person resides or will reside, and require him to be under the supervision of an officer of a local probation board appointed for or assigned to that area[F8, or (as the case may be) an officer of a provider of probation services acting in that area].
(2)Before making such an order, the court shall explain to the supervised person in ordinary language—
(a)the effect of the order (including any requirements proposed to be included in the order in accordance with paragraph 4, 5 or 8 below); and
(b)that a magistrates' court has power under paragraphs 9 to 11 below to review the order on the application either of the supervised person or of the supervising officer.
(3)After making such an order, the court shall forthwith give copies of the order to an officer of a local probation board assigned to the court [F9or an officer of a provider of probation services acting at the court], and he shall give a copy—
(a)to the supervised person; and
(b)to the supervising officer.
(4)After making such an order, the court shall also send to the designated officer for the local justice area in which the supervised person resides or will reside (“the local justice area concerned”)—
(a)a copy of the order; and
(b)such documents and information relating to the case as it considers likely to be of assistance to a court acting for that area in the exercise of its functions in relation to the order.
(5)Where such an order is made, the supervised person shall keep in touch with the supervising officer in accordance with such instructions as he may from time to time be given by that officer and shall notify him of any change of address.
Textual Amendments
F8Words in Sch. 1A para. 3(1)(b) inserted (1.4.2008) by The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 2(2)(b)(i)
F9Words in Sch. 1A para. 3(3) inserted (1.4.2008) by The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 2(2)(b)(ii)
4(1)A supervision order may, if the court is satisfied as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below, include a requirement that the supervised person shall submit, during the whole of the period specified in the order or during such part of that period as may be so specified, to treatment by or under the direction of a registered medical practitioner with a view to the improvement of his mental condition.E+W
(2)The court may impose such a requirement only if satisfied on the written or oral evidence of two or more registered medical practitioners, at least one of whom is duly registered, that the mental condition of the supervised person—
(a)is such as requires and may be susceptible to treatment; but
(b)is not such as to warrant the making of a hospital order within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1983.
(3)The treatment required under this paragraph by any such order shall be such one of the following kinds of treatment as may be specified in the order, that is to say—
(a)treatment as a non-resident patient at such institution or place as may be specified in the order; and
(b)treatment by or under the direction of such registered medical practitioner as may be so specified;
but the nature of the treatment shall not be specified in the order except as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above.
5(1)This paragraph applies where the court is satisfied on the written or oral evidence of two or more registered medical practitioners that—E+W
(a)because of his medical condition, other than his mental condition, the supervised person is likely to pose a risk to himself or others; and
(b)the condition may be susceptible to treatment.
(2)The supervision order may (whether or not it includes a requirement under paragraph 4 above) include a requirement that the supervised person shall submit, during the whole of the period specified in the order or during such part of that period as may be so specified, to treatment by or under the direction of a registered medical practitioner with a view to the improvement of the condition.
(3)The treatment required under this paragraph by any such order shall be such one of the following kinds of treatment as may be specified in the order, that is to say—
(a)treatment as a non-resident patient at such institution or place as may be specified in the order; and
(b)treatment by or under the direction of such registered medical practitioner as may be so specified;
but the nature of the treatment shall not be specified in the order except as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above.
6(1)Where the medical practitioner by whom or under whose direction the supervised person is being treated in pursuance of a requirement under paragraph 4 or 5 above is of the opinion that part of the treatment can be better or more conveniently given in or at an institution or place which—E+W
(a)is not specified in the order, and
(b)is one in or at which the treatment of the supervised person will be given by or under the direction of a registered medical practitioner,
he may, with the consent of the supervised person, make arrangements for him to be treated accordingly.
(2)Such arrangements may provide for the supervised person to receive part of his treatment as a resident patient in an institution or place of any description.
(3)Where any such arrangements are made for the treatment of a supervised person—
(a)the medical practitioner by whom the arrangements are made shall give notice in writing to the supervising officer, specifying the institution or place in or at which the treatment is to be carried out; and
(b)the treatment provided for by the arrangements shall be deemed to be treatment to which he is required to submit in pursuance of the supervision order.
7E+WWhile the supervised person is under treatment as a resident patient in pursuance of arrangements under paragraph 6 above, the supervising officer shall carry out the supervision to such extent only as may be necessary for the purpose of the revocation or amendment of the order.
8(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a supervision order may include requirements as to the residence of the supervised person.E+W
(2)Before making such an order containing any such requirement, the court shall consider the home surroundings of the supervised person.
9(1)Where a supervision order is in force in respect of any person and, on the application of the supervised person or the supervising officer, it appears to a magistrates' court acting for the local justice area concerned that, having regard to circumstances which have arisen since the order was made, it would be in the interests of the health or welfare of the supervised person that the order should be revoked, the court may revoke the order.E+W
(2)The court by which a supervision order was made may of its own motion revoke the order if, having regard to circumstances which have arisen since the order was made, it considers that it would be inappropriate for the order to continue.
10(1)This paragraph applies where, at any time while a supervision order is in force in respect of any person, a magistrates' court acting for the local justice area concerned is satisfied that the supervised person proposes to change, or has changed, his residence from the area specified in the order to another local social services authority area or local justice area.E+W
(2)Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the court may, and on the application of the supervising officer shall, amend the supervision order by substituting the other area for the area specified in the order.
(3)The court shall not amend under this paragraph a supervision order which contains requirements which, in the opinion of the court, cannot be complied with unless the supervised person continues to reside in the area specified in the order unless, in accordance with paragraph 11 below, it either—
(a)cancels those requirements; or
(b)substitutes for those requirements other requirements which can be complied with if the supervised person ceases to reside in that area.
11(1)Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 10 above, but subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a magistrates' court for the local justice area concerned may, on the application of the supervised person or the supervising officer, by order amend a supervision order—E+W
(a)by cancelling any of the requirements of the order; or
(b)by inserting in the order (either in addition to or in substitution for any such requirement) any requirement which the court could include if it were the court by which the order was made and were then making it.
(2)The power of a magistrates' court under sub-paragraph (1) above shall not include power to amend an order by extending the period specified in it beyond the end of two years from the day of the original order.
12(1)Where the medical practitioner by whom or under whose direction the supervised person is being treated for his mental condition in pursuance of any requirement of a supervision order—E+W
(a)is of the opinion mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below, or
(b)is for any reason unwilling to continue to treat or direct the treatment of the supervised person,
he shall make a report in writing to that effect to the supervising officer and that officer shall apply under paragraph 11 above to a magistrates' court for the local justice area concerned for the variation or cancellation of the requirement.
(2)The opinion referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above is—
(a)that the treatment of the supervised person should be continued beyond the period specified in the supervision order;
(b)that the supervised person needs different treatment, being treatment of a kind to which he could be required to submit in pursuance of such an order;
(c)that the supervised person is not susceptible to treatment; or
(d)that the supervised person does not require further treatment.
13(1)On the making under paragraph 9 above of an order revoking a supervision order, the designated officer for the local justice area concerned, or (as the case may be) the Crown Court, shall forthwith give copies of the revoking order to the supervising officer.E+W
(2)A supervising officer to whom in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above copies of a revoking order are given shall give a copy to the supervised person and to the person in charge of any institution in which the supervised person is residing.
14(1)On the making under paragraph 10 or 11 above of any order amending a supervision order, the designated officer for the local justice area concerned shall forthwith—E+W
(a)if the order amends the supervision order otherwise than by substituting a new area or a new place for the one specified in the supervision order, give copies of the amending order to the supervising officer;
(b)if the order amends the supervision order in the manner excepted by paragraph (a) above, send to the designated officer for the new local justice area concerned—
(i)copies of the amending order; and
(ii)such documents and information relating to the case as he considers likely to be of assistance to a court acting for that area in exercising its functions in relation to the order;
and in a case falling within paragraph (b) above, the designated officer for that area shall give copies of the amending order to the supervising officer.
(2)Where the designated officer for the court making the order is also the designated officer for the new local justice area—
(a)sub-paragraph (1)(b) above does not apply; but
(b)the designated officers shall give copies of the amending order to the supervising officer.
(3)Where in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) or (2) above copies of an order are given to the supervising officer, he shall give a copy to the supervised person and to the person in charge of any institution in which the supervised person is or was residing.]
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Textual Amendments
F10Sch. 2 repealed (31.3.2005) by Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28), s. 60, Sch. 11; S.I. 2005/579, art. 3(i)
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