# Sentencing Act 2020, Paragraph 23


(1) Part 2 of Schedule 16 (breach of community requirement and effect of further conviction), apart from paragraphs 6 and 7, applies as if—
(a) any reference to the responsible officer were to the relevant officer;
(b) any reference to a magistrates' court acting in the offender's home local justice area were to a magistrates' court acting in the same local justice area as the original court;
(c) any reference to a justice of the peace acting in the offender's home local justice area were to a justice of the peace acting in the same local justice area as the original court;
(d) any reference to the appropriate court were to the original court;
(e) for sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph 8(3)(b) there were substituted “ the same local justice area as the original court ”.
(2) No court in England and Wales may exercise any power in relation to any breach by the offender of a community requirement of the order unless the offender has been required to appear before that court in accordance with paragraph 20(1)(b) or (3)(a).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/schedule/17/paragraph/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/schedule-17/paragraph-23
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