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Sentencing Act 2020, Paragraph 26 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 08 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

26(1)This paragraph applies where—U.K.

(a)a court in England and Wales is exercising a power in respect of a community order by virtue of paragraph 24(3), and

(b)the offender resides in Northern Ireland.

(2)The court may not amend the community order unless, in relation to any requirement that it proposes to impose, it appears to the court that suitable arrangements for the offender's supervision can be made by the Probation Board for Northern Ireland.

(3)The court may not impose an alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement.

(4)The court may not amend the community order to impose an electronic whereabouts monitoring requirement unless it appears to the court that—

(a)any necessary provision can be made in the offender's case under arrangements that exist for persons resident in Northern Ireland, and

(b)arrangements are generally operational throughout Northern Ireland (even if not always operational everywhere there) under which the offender's whereabouts can be electronically monitored.

(5)The court may not amend the community order to impose a locally based requirement unless it appears to the court that—

(a)arrangements exist for persons to comply with such a requirement in Northern Ireland, and

(b)provision can be made for the offender to comply with the requirement under those arrangements.

For the purposes of this paragraph, “locally based requirement” has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of paragraph 12.

(6)The following apply in relation to the amendment of the community order by virtue of paragraph 24(3) as they apply in relation to the amendment of an order in accordance with Part 2 of this Schedule—

(a)paragraph 13;

(b)paragraphs 14 to 23.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 11 para. 26 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

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