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Criminal Justice Act 2003, Paragraph 7 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.

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7(1)This paragraph applies to—E+W
(a)a community order made by a magistrates' court, or
(b)any community order which was made by the Crown Court and includes a direction that any failure to comply with the requirements of the order is to be dealt with by a magistrates' court.
(2)If at any time while a community order to which this paragraph applies is in force it appears on information to a justice of the peace . . . that the offender has failed to comply with any of the requirements of the order, the justice may—
(a)issue a summons requiring the offender to appear at the place and time specified in it, or
(b)if the information is in writing and on oath, issue a warrant for his arrest.
(3)Any summons or warrant issued under this paragraph must direct the offender to appear or be brought—
(a)in the case of a community order imposing a drug rehabilitation requirement which is subject to review, before the magistrates' court responsible for the order, or
[(b)in any other case, before a magistrates' court [acting in the local justice area] in which the offender resides or, if it is not known where he resides, before a magistrates' court acting for the petty sessions area concerned.]
(4)Where a summons issued under sub-paragraph (2)(a) requires the offender to appear before a magistrates' court and the offender does not appear in answer to the summons, the magistrates' court may issue a warrant for the arrest of the offender.
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