{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/schedule-6/paragraph-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/schedule-6/paragraph-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "Sentencing Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A court may not impose an unpaid work requirement in respect of an offender unless it is satisfied—\n(a) that the offender is a suitable person to perform work under an unpaid work requirement, and\n(b) that provision for the offender to work under such a requirement can be made under the arrangements for persons to perform work under such a requirement which exist in the local justice area in which the offender resides or is to reside.\n(2) In making a decision under sub-paragraph (1)(a) the court must (if it considers it necessary) hear—\n(a) a member of a youth offending team, or\n(b) an officer of a provider of probation services.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 11 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/schedule/6/paragraph/11",
    "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."
}