SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13Transfer of suspended sentence orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland

Part 2Northern Ireland

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(1)

In relation to the making or amendment of a suspended sentence order in accordance with paragraph 6, and (except for the purposes of paragraph 20) in relation to an order so made or amended, Chapter 4 of Part 12 of this Act has effect subject to the following modifications.

(2)

Any reference to the responsible officer has effect as a reference to the probation officer appointed or assigned under paragraph 7(b).

(3)

The following provisions are omitted—

(a)

subsection (7) of section 201 (activity requirement),

(b)

subsection (7) of section 202 (programme requirement),

(c)

subsection (4) of section 206 (residence requirement),

(d)

subsection (4) of section 218 (availability of arrangements in local area).

(4)

In section 207 (mental health treatment requirement), for subsection (2)(a) there is substituted—

“(a)

treatment (whether as an in-patient or an out-patient) at such hospital as may be specified in the order, being a hospital within the meaning of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, approved by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for the purposes of paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/ 3160 (N.I. 24));”.

(5)

In section 214 (attendance centre requirement), any reference to an attendance centre has effect as a reference to a day centre, as defined by paragraph 3(6) of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I. 24).

(6)

In section 215 (electronic monitoring requirement), in subsection (3), the words from “and” onwards are omitted.