Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 16 U.K. Breach or amendment of suspended sentence order, and effect of further conviction

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 16 applied (with modifications) by 2006 c. 52, s. 200, 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)

PART 1 E+W Preliminary

Interpretation: general E+W

1 (1) In this Schedule, in relation to a suspended sentence order— E+W

• “activation order” has the meaning given by paragraph 14(1);

• “the appropriate court” means—

  (a)

  in the case of a suspended sentence order which is subject to review, the court responsible for the order,

  (b)

  in the case of a Crown Court order, the Crown Court, and

  (c)

  in any other case, a magistrates' court acting in the local justice area for the time being specified in the order.

(2) In this Schedule, in relation to a community order, any reference (however expressed) to breach of a requirement of the order is a reference to any failure of the offender to comply with a requirement imposed by the order.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 16 para. 1 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2