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Sentencing Act 2020, Paragraph 38 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

38(1)This paragraph applies where the home court exercises the power conferred by paragraph 35 to amend a relevant suspended sentence order which is an SSSO or NISSO.U.K.

(2)The relevant suspended sentence order as amended must specify the local justice area in which the offender resides or proposes to reside (“the new local justice area”).

(3)The home court must—

(a)provide copies of the amending order to—

(i)the offender,

(ii)the relevant officer, and

(iii)a provider of probation services operating in the new local justice area, and

(b)provide the magistrates' court acting in that area with—

(i)a copy of the amending order, and

(ii)such other documents and information relating to the case as the home court considers likely to be of assistance to a court acting in that area in the exercise of its functions in relation to the order.

This sub-paragraph applies in place of paragraph 28 of Schedule 16 (amendment of suspended sentence order: provision of copies).

(4)The relevant suspended sentence order ceases to be an SSSO or NISSO.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 17 para. 38 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

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