The Criminal Procedure Rules 2020 No. 759 (L. 19)

PART 32 E+W BREACH, REVOCATION AND AMENDMENT OF COMMUNITY AND OTHER ORDERS

Application by responsible officer or supervisor E+W

32.2.—(1) This rule applies where—

(a) the responsible officer or supervisor wants the court to—

(i) deal with a defendant for failure to comply with an order to which this Part applies, or

(ii) revoke or amend such an order; or

(b) the court considers exercising on its own initiative any power it has to—

(i) revoke or amend such an order, and

(ii) summon the defendant to attend for that purpose.

(2) Rules 7.2 to 7.4, which deal, among other things, with starting a prosecution in a magistrates’ court, apply—

(a) as if—

(i) a reference in those rules to an allegation of an offence included a reference to an allegation of failure to comply with an order to which this Part applies, and

(ii) a reference to the prosecutor included a reference to the responsible officer or supervisor; and

(b) with the necessary consequential modifications.

Commencement Information

I1 Rule 32.2 in force at 5.10.2020, see Preamble