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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Amendment of relevant suspended sentence order to become an NISSO


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Sentencing Act 2020, Cross Heading: Amendment of relevant suspended sentence order to become an NISSO is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 21 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.

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Amendment of relevant suspended sentence order to become an NISSOU.K.
5(1)This paragraph applies where—U.K.
(a)a relevant suspended sentence order is in force,
(b)the appropriate court is satisfied that the offender—
(i)resides in Northern Ireland, or
(ii)proposes to reside there, and
(c)it appears to the court that suitable arrangements for the offender's supervision can be made by the Probation Board for Northern Ireland.
(2)The power of the appropriate court to amend the order under Part 3 of Schedule 16 (“the amendment power”) includes power to amend the order by requiring—
(a)the order to be complied with in Northern Ireland, and
(b)the offender to be supervised in accordance with the arrangements referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(c).
(3)But the appropriate court may exercise the amendment power in that way only if the order (as amended) will satisfy paragraphs 8 and 9.
6(1)A relevant suspended sentence order which is subject to review ceases to be subject to review if it is amended in accordance with paragraph 5.U.K.
(2)If the court amends a relevant suspended sentence order in accordance with paragraph 5, it may not provide for it to be subject to review.
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