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Sentencing Act 2020, Section 342D is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 08 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

[F1342DDuration of serious violence reduction ordersE+W

(1)A serious violence reduction order takes effect on the day it is made, subject to subsections (3) and (4).

(2)A serious violence reduction order must specify the period for which it has effect, which must be a fixed period of not less than 6 months and not more than 2 years.

(3)Subsection (4) applies in relation to a serious violence reduction order if—

(a)the offender has been remanded in or committed to custody by an order of a court, or

(b)a custodial sentence has been imposed on the offender or the offender is serving or otherwise subject to a such a sentence.

(4)The order may provide that it does not take effect until the offender is released from custody or ceases to be subject to a custodial sentence.

(5)Where a court makes a serious violence reduction order and the offender is already subject to such an order, the earlier order ceases to have effect.]

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