Sentencing Act 2020

Modifications of Part 3 of Schedule 16 U.K.

25 U.K. Part 3 of Schedule 16 (amendment of suspended sentence order) applies as if—

(a) any reference to the responsible officer were to the relevant officer;

(b) any reference a magistrates' court acting in the offender's home local justice area were to a magistrates' court acting in the same local justice area as the original court;

(c) any reference to a justice of the peace acting in the offender's home local justice area were to a justice of the peace acting in the same local justice area as the original court;

(d) any reference to the appropriate court were to the original court;

(e) in the case of an SSSO, in paragraphs 23 and 24 of that Schedule (amendment by reason of change of residence), any reference to the offender's home local justice area were to the local authority area specified in the order, and any other reference to a local justice area were to a local authority area;

(f) in the case of an NISSO, those paragraphs were omitted.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 17 para. 25 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2