{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/schedule-25/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/schedule-25/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "Sentencing Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020",
  "path": "schedule/25/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 178 (service community orders) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1), in paragraph (a), for the words from “mentioned” to “Act)” substitute “ listed in column 1 of the community order requirements table in section 201 of the Sentencing Code ”.\n(3) For subsections (2) to (4) substitute—\n“(2) The following provisions of the Sentencing Code apply in relation to a service community order under this Act—\n(a) section 203 (restriction on making both community order and suspended sentence order);\n(b) sections 206 and 207 (community order: available requirements);\n(c) section 208(2) and Schedule 9 (requirements relating to community orders), other than paragraph 17(2)(c) of that Schedule (condition for mental health treatment requirement) (see also the modifications to Schedule 9 made by section 179 of this Act);\n(d) section 208(10) to (14) (further requirements);\n(e) section 209 (end date);\n(f) section 210 (specification of local justice area);\n(g) section 217 (power to provide for court review);\n(h) section 212(1) to (3) and (5) (provision of copies);\n(i) sections 213 to 216 (obligations of responsible officer and offender);\n(j) section 218 and Schedule 10 (breach, revocation or amendment of community order) (see also the modifications to Schedule 10 made by section 181 of this Act);\n(k) section 219 and Schedule 11 (transfer of community order to Scotland or Northern Ireland) (see also the modifications to Schedule 11 made by section 180 of this Act);\n(l) section 220 (when order ceases to be in force);\n(m) section 394 (rules relating to community orders);\n(n) section 395 (data from electronic monitoring code).\n(3) In the application of those provisions, other than Schedule 10, references to a community order include a service community order.\nSee section 181(1) of this Act as regards references to a community order in Schedule 10.\n(4) In the application of those provisions, other than in Schedules 10 and 11, references to a court include a relevant service court.\nSee section 180 of this Act as regards references to a court in Schedule 11.”\n(4) Omit subsection (5).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 25 para. 3 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2021/11",
      "affecting_title": "Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/schedule/25/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}