Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17)

SCHEDULES

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

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 17 applied (with modifications) by 2006 c. 52, ss. 200, 204 (as amended (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 paras. 19, 22 (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)

PART 6 U.K. Amendment of SSSO or NISSO: offender remaining in Scotland or Northern Ireland

Cases in which offender is to be required to appear before home court U.K.

27 (1) This paragraph applies in place of sub-paragraphs (5) and (6) of paragraph 25 of Schedule 16 (amendment of community requirements of suspended sentence order) in relation to any exercise by the home court of the power conferred by sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph. U.K.

(2) Before exercising the power, the home court must issue—

(a) a citation, if it is Scotland, or

(b) a summons, if it is in Northern Ireland,

requiring the offender to appear before it.

(3) If the offender does not appear in answer to a citation or summons under sub-paragraph (2), the court may issue a warrant for the offender's arrest.

(4) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply where the home court exercises the power—

(a) on the application of the offender, or

(b) to cancel a community requirement of the suspended sentence order.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 17 para. 27 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2