First Group of PartsDiscipline

Part 8Sentencing Powers and Mandatory etc Sentences

Chapter 4Imprisonment for Term of Under 12 Months

Suspended sentences of imprisonment
203Review of order with community requirements

(1)In section 191 of the 2003 Act (provision for periodic reviews of order) as it applies to a suspended sentence order with community requirements made by a relevant service court—

(a)“the court responsible for the order” means the Crown Court; and

(b)subsections (3) to (5) shall be treated as omitted.

(2)In section 210 of that Act (provision for periodic reviews of drug rehabilitation requirement) as it applies to such an order—

(a)“the court responsible for the order” means the Crown Court; and

(b)subsections (2) to (4) shall be treated as omitted.

(3)Section 211 of that Act (periodic reviews of drug rehabilitation requirement) has effect in its application to such an order as if—

(a)in subsection (3)(b) for the words from “he could have been dealt with” to the end there were substituted “it could deal with him if he had just been convicted before the court of an offence punishable with imprisonment”;

(b)in subsection (4)(b) the words in brackets were omitted; and

(c)after subsection (4) there were inserted—

(4A)A term of imprisonment or fine imposed under subsection (3)(b)—

(a)must not exceed the maximum permitted for the offence in respect of which the order was made, and

(b)where the order was made by the Service Civilian Court, must not exceed—

(i)in the case of a term of imprisonment, 12 months;

(ii)in the case of a fine, the prescribed sum within the meaning of section 32 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43).

(4)Where a sentence is passed under section 211(3)(b) of the 2003 Act as modified by subsection (3) above, section 9 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19) (appeal against sentence) applies as if the offender had been convicted on indictment of the offence for which the sentence was passed.