Section 217A Review of community order qualifying for special proceduresF1

(1)

A community order that—

(a)

imposes one or more community order requirements, and

(b)

qualifies for special procedures for the purposes of this section,

may make provision for the order to be reviewed periodically (“provision for review”).

(2)

Where a community order contains provision for review under this section, it must—

(a)

specify the intervals at which the order is to be reviewed,

(b)

provide for each review to be made, subject to section 217B, at a hearing held for the purpose by the responsible court (a “review hearing”),

(c)

require the offender to attend each review hearing, and

(d)

provide for a report by an officer of a provider of probation services on the offender’s progress in complying with the community order requirements of the order (a “progress report”) to be made to the responsible court before each review.

(3)

In this section “the responsible court”, in relation to a community order, means the court by which the order is made.

(4)

For more about community orders that qualify for special procedures, see section 395A.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Ss. 217A-217C inserted (28.6.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), s. 208(5)(r), Sch. 14 para. 5