SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 17Transfer of suspended sentence orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland

PART 8Amendment of order: return to England and Wales

Restrictions on exercise of power under this Part of this Schedule

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(1)

This paragraph applies where the SSSO or NISSO imposes a programme requirement.

(2)

The home court may not exercise the power conferred by paragraph 35 to amend the order unless it appears to the court that the accredited programme specified in the requirement is available in the local justice area in England and Wales in which the offender is residing or proposes to reside.