Version Superseded: 01/06/2014
Point in time view as at 04/04/2005.
Criminal Justice Act 2003, Paragraph 4 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 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.
4(1)If the responsible officer is of the opinion that the offender has failed without reasonable excuse to comply with any of the community requirements of a suspended sentence order, the officer must give him a warning under this paragraph unless—U.K.
(a)the offender has within the previous twelve months been given a warning under this paragraph in relation to a failure to comply with any of the community requirements of the order, or
(b)the officer causes an information to be laid before a justice of the peace in respect of the failure.
(2)A warning under this paragraph must—
(a)describe the circumstances of the failure,
(b)state that the failure is unacceptable, and
(c)inform the offender that if within the next twelve months he again fails to comply with any requirement of the order, he will be liable to be brought before a court.
(3)The responsible officer must, as soon as practicable after the warning has been given, record that fact.
(4)In relation to any suspended sentence order which is made by the Crown Court and does not include a direction that any failure to comply with the community requirements of the order is to be dealt with by a magistrates' court, the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(b) to a justice of the peace is to be read as a reference to the Crown Court.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 12 wholly in force at 4.4.2005, see s. 336(3) and S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 34 (subject to art. 2(2), Sch. 2)
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