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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Treatment requirement: reasonable refusal to undergo treatment

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Point in time view as at 02/05/2022.

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Sentencing Act 2020, Cross Heading: Treatment requirement: reasonable refusal to undergo treatment is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 27 February 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. Help about Changes to Legislation

Treatment requirement: reasonable refusal to undergo treatmentE+W

12(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies where the offender—E+W

(a)is required by a treatment requirement of the community order to submit to treatment, and

(b)has refused to undergo any surgical, electrical or other treatment.

(2)The offender is not to be treated for the purposes of paragraph 10 or 11 as having breached the requirement on the ground only of that refusal if, in the opinion of the court, the refusal was reasonable having regard to all the circumstances.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 10 para. 12 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

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