{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/schedule-11/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/schedule-11/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "Sentencing Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020",
  "path": "schedule/11/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where—\n(a) a community order is available to a court dealing with an offender, and\n(b) the court is satisfied that the offender—\n(i) resides in Scotland, or\n(ii) if a community order is made, will reside there when the order comes into force.\n(2) The court may make a community order only if—\n(a) it appears to the court that suitable arrangements for the offender's supervision can be made by the local council in Scotland, and\n(b) the order will satisfy paragraphs 4 and 5.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 11 para. 1 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/2",
      "affecting_title": "Sentencing Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/schedule/11/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:00:57.370248+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."
}