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Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995

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Version Superseded: 01/02/2011

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Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, Section 241 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

241 Community service order: commission of offence while order in force.S

(1)Where—

(a)a court has made a community service order in respect of an offender; and

(b)the offender is convicted of an offence committed in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (2) below,

the court which sentences him for that offence shall, in determining the appropriate sentence for that offence, have regard to the fact that the offence was committed in those circumstances.

(2)The circumstances referred to in subsection (1) above are that the offence was committed—

(a)during the period when the community service order was in force or within the period of three months following the expiry of that order; and

(b)in any place where unpaid work under the order was being or had previously been performed.

(3)The court shall not, under subsection (1) above, have regard to the fact that the offence was committed in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (2) above unless that fact is libelled in the indictment or, as the case may be, specified in the complaint.

[F1(4)The fact that the offence mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above was committed in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (2) above shall, unless challenged—

(a)in the case of proceedings on indictment, by giving notice of a preliminary objection under paragraph (b) of section 72(1) of this Act or under that paragraph as applied by section 71(2) of this Act; or

(b)in summary proceedings, by preliminary objection before his plea is recorded,

be held as admitted.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 241(4) inserted (1.8.1997) by 1997 c. 48, s. 26(2); S.I. 1997/1712, art. 3, Sch. (subject to arts. 4, 5)

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