THIRD GROUP OF PARTSDisposals

PART 10Custodial sentences

C1CHAPTER 5Suspended sentences

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Pt. 10 Ch. 5 applied (with modifications) by 2006 s. 52, ss. 200-207, Sch. 7 (as amended (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 paras. 19-26 (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)

What a suspended sentence order is

I1288Operational period and supervision period

1

A suspended sentence order must specify the operational period (see section 286(3)(a)).

2

The operational period must be a period, beginning with the day on which the order is made, of—

a

at least 6 months, and

b

not more than 2 years.

3

If a suspended sentence order imposes any community requirement or requirements, the order must specify the supervision period (see section 286(2)).

4

The supervision period specified must be a period, beginning with the day on which the order is made, of—

a

at least 6 months, and

b

not more than—

i

2 years, or

ii

if less, the operational period.

5

But if the suspended sentence order imposes an unpaid work requirement, the supervision period—

a

continues until the offender has worked under the order for the number of hours specified in the order under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 9, but

b

does not continue beyond the end of the operational period.