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Section 215 Duty of offender to keep in touch with responsible officer etcF4I1C1C2C3C4

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

(1)

This section applies where a community order is in force.

F1(2)

In the case of any community order (whenever the offender was convicted), the offender—

(a)

must keep in touch with the responsible officer in accordance with any instructions the responsible officer may give the offender from time to time, and

(b)

must notify the responsible officer of—

(i)

any name which the offender uses but which is not mentioned in the community order, and

(ii)

each of the offender’s telephone numbers and email addresses (if any).

(2ZA)

The offender must comply with subsection (2)(b) in relation to a name, telephone number or email address as soon as reasonably practicable after the order is made or the person first uses that name or obtains that telephone number or email address.

(3)

F2An obligation under this section is enforceable as if it were a community order requirement of the community order.

F3(4)

The obligations under subsection (2) apply in relation to community orders made before (as well as those made after) section 192 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 comes into force.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 215(2)(2ZA) substituted for s. 215(2) (29.6.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 192(4)(b), 255(3)(g)

F2

Words in s. 215(3) substituted (29.6.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 192(4)(c), 255(3)(g)

F3

S. 215(4) inserted (29.6.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 192(4)(d), 255(3)(g)

F4

Word in s. 215 heading inserted (29.6.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 192(4)(a), 255(3)(g)

Modifications

C1

Ss. 213-216 applied (with modifications) by 2006 c. 52, s. 182(3)-(5) (as substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 7(5) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)

C2

Ss. 213-216 applied (with modifications) by 2006 c. 52, s. 178(2)-(4) (as substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 3(3) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)

C3

Ss. 213-216 applied (with modifications) by 2006 c. 52, s. 183 (as substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 8 (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)

C4

Ss. 212-216 applied (with modifications) by 2003 c. 44, s. 300(6), Sch. 31 (as amended (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 paras. 241(5), 249 (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)

Commencement

I1

S. 215 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2