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Sentencing Act 2020, Section 339 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 20 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. Help about Changes to Legislation

339Breach of orderE+W

(1)It is an offence for a person without reasonable excuse—

(a)to do anything he or she is prohibited from doing by a criminal behaviour order, or

(b)to fail to do anything he or she is required to do by a criminal behaviour order.

(2)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine, or both;

(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or a fine, or both.

(3)If a person is convicted of an offence under this section, an order for conditional discharge under section 80 is not available to the court by or before which the person is convicted.

(4)In proceedings for an offence under this section, a copy of the original criminal behaviour order, certified by the proper officer of the court which made it, is admissible as evidence of its having been made and of its contents to the same extent that oral evidence of those things is admissible in those proceedings.

(5)In relation to any proceedings for an offence under this section that are brought against a person under the age of 18—

(a)section 49 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (restrictions on reports of proceedings in which children and young persons are concerned) does not apply in respect of the person;

(b)section 45 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (power to restrict reporting of criminal proceedings involving persons under 18) does so apply.

(6)If, in relation to any proceedings mentioned in subsection (5), the court does exercise its power to give a direction under section 45 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, it must give its reasons for doing so.

Commencement Information

I1S. 339 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

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