Search Legislation

Sentencing Act 2020

 Help about what version

What Version

  • Latest available (Revised)
  • Original (As enacted)
 Help about advanced features

Advanced Features

 Help about opening options

Opening OptionsExpand opening options

Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Power of home court to require offender to appear before court in England and Wales

 Help about opening options

Alternative versions:

Changes to legislation:

Sentencing Act 2020, Cross Heading: Power of home court to require offender to appear before court in England and Wales is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 29 January 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

Power of home court to require offender to appear before court in England and WalesU.K.

22(1)Where the home court is of the opinion that—U.K.

(a)the offender has breached any of the requirements of the order, or

(b)it would be in the interests of justice for a power conferred by Part 3 of Schedule 10 (revocation of order with or without re-sentencing) to be exercised,

the home court may require the offender to appear before the court which made the order or which last amended the order in England and Wales.

(2)The court may form an opinion within sub-paragraph (1)(a) for the purposes of this paragraph only—

(a)on information from the local authority officer concerned, if the home court is in Scotland, or

(b)upon a complaint being made to a lay magistrate, if the home court is in Northern Ireland.

(3)The court may form an opinion within sub-paragraph (1)(b) for the purposes of this paragraph only on the application—

(a)of the offender, or

(b)of—

(i)the local authority officer concerned, if the home court is in Scotland;

(ii)the probation officer concerned, if the home court is in Northern Ireland.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 11 para. 22 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

Back to top

Options/Help

You have chosen to open The Whole Act

The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open The Whole Act as a PDF

The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open the Whole Act

The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open the Whole Act without Schedules

The Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open Schedules only

The Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?