Section 200 Suspended sentence orders

United Kingdom

(1)

F1In the following provisions of the Sentencing Code, “court” includes a relevant service court—

(a)

section 264 (suspended sentence order for offender under 21: availability);

(aa)

F2section 264A (presumption of suspended sentence order: offender under 21);

(b)

section 277 (suspended sentence order for person aged 21 or over: availability);

(ba)

F3section 277A (presumption of suspended sentence order: person aged 21 or over);

(c)

in Chapter 5 of Part 10 (suspended sentences)—

(i)

section 286 (suspended sentence order);

(ii)

section 292 (power to impose requirements);

(iii)

section 298 (provision of copies of order etc);

(iv)

section 302 (duty to obtain permission before changing residence);

(d)

Schedule 9 (community requirements), other than paragraphs 21 and 22 (review of drug rehabilitation requirement);

(e)

in Schedule 17 (transfer of suspended sentence orders to Scotland and Northern Ireland)—

(i)

paragraph 1 (restriction on making relevant suspended sentence order where offender resides in Scotland);

(ii)

paragraph 4 (restriction on making relevant suspended sentence order where offender resides in Northern Ireland);

(iii)

Part 3 (making of orders);

and the provisions of the Sentencing Code relating to suspended sentence orders apply accordingly to suspended sentence orders made by a relevant service court.

(2)

In their application to a suspended sentence order made by a relevant service court, the provisions of the Sentencing Code relating to suspended sentence orders are modified as set out in—

(a)

sections F4200ZA to 204, and

(b)

Schedule 7 (modifications of Schedule 16 to the Sentencing Code (breach or amendment of suspended sentence order and effect of further conviction)).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Ss. 200, 200A substituted (1.12.2020) for s. 200 by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 19 (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2
F2: S. 200(1)(aa) inserted (22.3.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), s. 49(4), Sch. 1 para. 3(2)(a)
F3: S. 200(1)(ba) inserted (22.3.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), s. 49(4), Sch. 1 para. 3(2)(b)
F4: Word in s. 200(2)(a) substituted (22.3.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), ss. 2(7), 49(4)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: Act expires on 15.12.2022 by virtue of s. 382 (as substituted (15.12.2021) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 1(1), 24(2)(a)) (subject to power to continue in s. 382(2)(3) as so substituted)