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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offender-rehabilitation-act-2014-commencement-no-2-order-2015/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/40",
  "legislation_title": "The Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offender-rehabilitation-act-2014-commencement-no-2-order-2015",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1st February 2015",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 come into force on 1st February 2015—\n(a) section 1 (reduction of cases in which prisoners released unconditionally);\n(b) section 2 (supervision after end of sentence);\n(c) section 3 (breach of supervision requirements);\n(d) section 4 (supervision of certain young offenders after release from detention);\n(e) section 5 (consecutive terms);\n(f) section 6 (supervision of certain young offenders after detention and training order);\n(g) section 7 (minor and consequential provision);\n(h) section 8 (extended sentences: length of extension period);\n(i) section 9 (recall and further release of offenders);\n(j) section 11 (drug testing);\n(k) section 12 (drug appointments);\n(l) section 13 (drug testing and appointments: transfer within the British Islands);\n(m) section 15 (rehabilitation activity requirement);\n(n) section 16 (programme requirement);\n(o) section 17 (attendance centre requirement);\n(p) section 18 (duty to obtain permission before changing residence), except in so far as—\n(i) subsection (5) inserts new paragraph 16(3) of Schedule 8 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003, and\n(ii) subsection (8) inserts new paragraph 14(3) of Schedule 12 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003;\n(q) section 19 (amendments of Armed Forces Act 2006), in so far as it is not already in force;\n(r) section 21(1) (transitional provision etc);\n(s) Schedule 1 (supervision requirements);\n(t) Schedule 2 (supervision default orders: new Schedule 19A to Criminal Justice Act 2003);\n(u) Schedule 3 (release and supervision: minor and consequential provision);\n(v) Schedule 5 (rehabilitation activity requirement: consequential provision);\n(w) Schedule 6 (offenders sentenced by service courts), in so far as it is not already in force, and\n(x) Schedule 7 (cases to which this Act applies).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 c. 44. Paragraph 16 of Schedule 8 was amended by S.I. 2005/886."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2003 c. 44. Paragraph 14 of Schedule 12 was amended by S.I. 2005/886."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/40/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:50:03.397352+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}