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9Failure to comply with deferment requirementE+W

(1)This section applies where—

(a)a court has made a deferment order that imposes deferment requirements, and

(b)a supervisor has reported to the court that the offender has failed to comply with one or more of the deferment requirements.

(2)The court may issue—

(a)a summons requiring the offender to appear before it at the time and place specified in the summons, or

(b)a warrant for the offender's arrest which requires the offender to be brought before it at the time and place specified in the warrant.

(3)The court may deal with the offender for the offence in respect of which the order was made before the end of the period of deferment if—

(a)the offender appears or is brought before the court under subsection (2), and

(b)the court is satisfied that the offender has failed to comply with one or more of the deferment requirements.

For the powers of the court in dealing with the offender under this subsection, see section 11.

Commencement Information

I1S. 9 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

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