THIRD GROUP OF PARTSDisposals
PART 9Community sentences
CHAPTER 2Community orders
Review
217CF1Alteration of review arrangements
1
Subsections (2) and (3) apply where a court—
a
considers the progress report relating to a review under section 217A (the “current review”), and
b
forms the opinion that the offender’s progress in complying with the community order requirements of the community order is satisfactory.
2
If the court forms that opinion before a review hearing is held at the current review—
a
it may order that no review hearing is to be held at the current review, and
b
it may amend the community order so as to provide for each subsequent review to be held without a review hearing.
3
If a review hearing is held at the current review, the court may at the hearing amend the community order so as to provide for each subsequent review to be held without a review hearing.
4
If at a review held without a review hearing the court—
a
considers the progress report, and
b
forms the opinion that the offender’s progress under the order is no longer satisfactory,
it may require the offender to attend a hearing of the court at a specified time and place.
5
At a review hearing the court may amend the community order so as to vary the intervals specified under section 217A(2)(a).
6
The functions of a court under this section that are exercisable in relation to a review without a hearing are to be exercised—
a
where the court is the Crown Court, by a judge of the court, and
b
where the court is a magistrates’ court, by a justice of the peace.
7
In this section—
“review hearing”, and
“progress report”,
have the same meanings as in section 217A.