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Paragraph 6 I1

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

This paragraph applies where the responsible officer is of the opinion that the offender has without reasonable excuse breached a community requirement of a suspended sentence order.

(2)

If the offender has been given a warning under this paragraph within the previous 12 months in relation to a breach of any community requirement of the order, the officer must refer the matter to an enforcement officer.

(3)

Otherwise the officer must either—

(a)

give the offender a warning under this paragraph, or

(b)

refer the matter to an enforcement officer.

(4)

A warning under this paragraph must—

(a)

describe the circumstances of the breach,

(b)

state that the breach is unacceptable, and

(c)

inform the offender that if the offender again breaches a requirement of the order within the next 12 months, the offender will be liable to be brought before a court.

(5)

As soon as practicable after giving a warning under this paragraph, the responsible officer must record that fact.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 16 para. 6 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

Notes on Schedule 16

Modifications

C1

Sch. 16 applied (with modifications) by 2006 c. 52, s. 200, Sch. 7 (as amended (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 paras. 19, 26 (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)