THIRD GROUP OF PARTSDisposals
PART 10Custodial sentences
CHAPTER 5Suspended sentences
What a suspended sentence order is
286Suspended sentence order
1
A suspended sentence order is an order providing that a sentence of imprisonment or detention in a young offender institution in respect of an offence is not to take effect unless—
a
an activation event occurs, and
b
a court having power to do so subsequently orders under paragraph 13 of Schedule 16 that the sentence is to take effect.
2
A suspended sentence order may also specify one or more available community requirements with which the offender must comply during the supervision period.
3
An activation event occurs if the offender—
a
commits another offence in the United Kingdom during the operational period (whether or not punishable with imprisonment), or
b
during the supervision period, contravenes any community requirement imposed by the order.
4
The community requirements are listed in column 1 of the community requirements table (see section 287).
5
Provision about each requirement is made by the provisions of Schedule 9 mentioned in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table.
6
In this Code—
“suspended sentence order” has the meaning given by subsection (1);
“suspended sentence” means a sentence to which a suspended sentence order relates.
7
In this Code, references to a community requirement of, or imposed by, a suspended sentence order are to a requirement specified in the order under subsection (2).