In this Part, except where the contrary intention appears—

• “accredited programme” has the meaning given by section 202(2);

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• F21“ alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement ”, in relation to a community order or suspended sentence order, has the meaning given by section 212A;

• “alcohol treatment requirement”, in relation to a community order or suspended sentence order, has the meaning given by section 212;

• “the appropriate officer of the court” means, in relation to a magistrates' court, the F22designated officer for the court;

• “associated”, in relation to offences, is to be read in accordance with section 161(1) of the Sentencing Act;

• “attendance centre” has the meaning given by section 221(2);

• “attendance centre requirement”, in relation to a community order, F9... or suspended sentence order, has the meaning given by section 214;

• “community order” has the meaning given by section 177(1);

• “community requirement”, in relation to a suspended sentence order, has the meaning given by section 189(7);

• “community sentence” has the meaning given by section 147(1);

• “court” (without more), except in Chapter 7, does not include a service courtF1, but this does not apply where a contrary intention appears from any provision of the Armed Forces Act 2006;

• “curfew requirement”, in relation to a community order, F9... or suspended sentence order, has the meaning given by section 204;

• “custodial sentence” has the meaning given by section 76 of the Sentencing Act;

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• “default order” has the meaning given by section 300(3);

• “drug rehabilitation requirement”, in relation to a community order or suspended sentence order, has the meaning given by section 209;

• “electronic monitoring requirement”, in relation to a community order, F9... or suspended sentence order, has the meaning given by section 215;

• “exclusion requirement”, in relation to a community order, F9... or suspended sentence order, has the meaning given by section 205;

• F6“foreign travel prohibition requirement”, in relation to a community order or suspended sentence order, has the meaning given by section 206A;

• “guardian” has the same meaning as in the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12);

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• “licence” means a licence under Chapter 6;

• “local probation board” means a local probation board established under section 4 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43);

• “mental health treatment requirement”, in relation to a community order or suspended sentence order, has the meaning given by section 207;

• “pre-sentence report” has the meaning given by section 158(1);

• “programme requirement”, in relation to a community order, F9... or suspended sentence order, has the meaning given by section 202;

• “prohibited activity requirement”, in relation to a community order, F9... or suspended sentence order, has the meaning given by section 203;

• F15“rehabilitation activity requirement” , in relation to a community order or suspended sentence order, has the meaning given by section 200A;

• “residence requirement”, in relation to a community order or suspended sentence order, has the meaning given by section 206;

• “responsible officer”, in relation to an offender to whom a community order, F10... or a suspended sentence order relates, has the meaning given by section 197;

• “sentence of imprisonment” does not include a committal—

  1. a

     in default of payment of any sum of money,

  2. b

     for want of sufficient distress to satisfy any sum of money, or

  3. c

     for failure to do or abstain from doing anything required to be done or left undone ,

  and references to sentencing an offender to imprisonment are to be read accordingly;

• “the Sentencing Act” means the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6);

• F2“service court” means—

  1. a

     the Court Martial;

  2. b

     the Summary Appeal Court;

  3. c

     the Service Civilian Court;

  4. d

     the Court Martial Appeal Court; or

  5. e

     the Supreme Court on an appeal brought from the Court Martial Appeal Court;

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• “suspended sentence” and “suspended sentence order” have the meaning given by section 189(7);

• “unpaid work requirement”, in relation to a community order, F9... or suspended sentence order, has the meaning given by section 199;

• “youth offending team” means a team established under section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37).

For the purposes of any provision of this Part which requires the determination of the age of a person by the court or the Secretary of State, his age is to be taken to be that which it appears to the court or (as the case may be) the Secretary of State to be after considering any available evidence.

Any reference in this Part to an offence punishable with imprisonment is to be read without regard to any prohibition or restriction imposed by or under any Act on the imprisonment of young offenders.