Sentencing Act 2020

Further provision where offender resides or will reside in Northern IrelandU.K.

13U.K.Where a court makes or amends a community order in accordance with this Part of this Schedule, Schedule 9 (requirements) has effect as if—

(a)any reference to the responsible officer were a reference to the probation officer concerned;

(b)the following provisions were omitted—

(i)paragraph 13(3) (residence requirement: hostel or institution not to be specified except on recommendation);

(ii)paragraph 31(2) (responsible person to be of prescribed description);

(iii)paragraphs 34 and 35 (electronic requirements not to be imposed unless Secretary of State has notified arrangements etc);

(c)in paragraph 16 (mental health treatment requirement), in sub-paragraph (2), for the definition of “in-patient treatment” there were substituted—

in-patient treatment” means treatment (whether as an in-patient or an out-patient) at such hospital as may be specified in the order, being a hospital within the meaning of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, approved by the Department of Health for the purposes of paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I. 24));;

(d)in Part 13 of that Schedule (attendance centre requirement), any reference to an attendance centre were to a day centre, as defined by paragraph 3(6) of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I. 24)).

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 11 para. 13 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2