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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offender-rehabilitation-act-2014-commencement-no-2-order-2015/note",
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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",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order is the second commencement order made under the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (c. 11) (“the Act”). This Order brings into force on 1st February 2015 those provisions of the Act which are not already in force, except in relation to section 18 of the Act to the extent that it inserts new paragraph 16(3) into Schedule 8, and new paragraph 14(3) into Schedule 12, to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44).\nArticle 2(a) to (i) and (s) to (u) commences sections 1 to 9 of and Schedules 1 to 3 to the Act, relating to the release and supervision of offenders. These provisions introduce a licence period for offenders with a sentence of more than 1 day but less than 12 months; and create a new period of supervision for offenders with a sentence of more than 1 day but less than 2 years. Provision is made about the requirements which may be imposed during the supervision period, and breach of those requirements. Provision for certain young offenders and various consequential provision is also made.\nArticle 2(j) to (l) commences sections 11 to 13 of the Act, which amend the drug testing requirements which may be imposed when an offender is released on licence, and introduce a new requirement which may be imposed that the offender attend drug appointments.\nArticle 2(m) to (o) and (v) commences sections 15 to 17 of and Schedule 5 to the Act, which relate to requirements which may be imposed on an offender as part of a community order or suspended sentence order. These provisions introduce a new ‘rehabilitation activity requirement’ and amend the ‘programme requirement’ and ‘attendance centre requirement’. Various consequential provision is also made.\nArticle 2(p) partially commences section 18 of the Act, relating to the duty on offenders subject to a community order or suspended sentence order to obtain permission before changing residence. The provisions not commenced are those which would impose a duty on responsible officers to apply to the appropriate court for an amended order once permission has been given to the offender to change residence.\nArticle 2(q) and (w) commences the remaining provisions of section 19 of and Schedule 6 to the Act, which make consequential amendments to the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52) relating to offenders sentenced by service courts. Section 19 and Schedule 6 were partially commenced by the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1287).\nArticle 2(r) commences section 21(1) of and Schedule 7 to the Act, which make transitional provision about the cases to which the amendments made by the Act apply.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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