SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12Breach or amendment of suspended sentence order, and effect of further conviction

Part 3Amendment of suspended sentence order

Supplementary

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(1)

On the making under this Schedule of an order amending a suspended sentence order, the proper officer of the court must—

(a)

provide copies of the amending order to the offender and the responsible officer,

(b)

in the case of an amending order which substitutes a new F1local justice areaF2, or (as the case may be) a provider of probation services operating in that area, , provide a copy of the amending order to—

(i)

the local probation board acting for that area, and

(ii)

the magistrates' court F3acting in that area, and

(c)

in the case of an amending order which imposes or amends a requirement specified in the first column of Schedule 14, provide a copy of so much of the amending order as relates to that requirement to the person specified in relation to that requirement in the second column of that ScheduleF4, and

(d)

where the court acts for a petty sessions area other than the one specified in the order prior to the revocation or amendment, provide a copy of the revoking or amending order to a magistrates' court acting for the area so specified.

(2)

Where under sub-paragraph (1)(b) the proper officer of the court provides a copy of an amending order to a magistrates' court F5acting in a different area, the officer must also provide to that court such documents and information relating to the case as it considers likely to be of assistance to a court F6acting in that area in the exercise of its functions in relation to the order.

(3)

In this paragraph “proper officer” means—

(a)

in relation to a magistrates' court, the F7designated officer for the court; and

(b)

in relation to the Crown Court, the appropriate officer.