{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-220",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-220.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "Sentencing Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020",
  "path": "section/220",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "220",
  "heading": "When a community order ceases to be in force",
  "text": "(1) A community order ceases to be in force—\n(a) at the end of the end date (see section 209), or\n(b) if later, when the offender has completed any unpaid work requirement imposed by the order.\n(2) But a community order ceases to be in force\n(a) when it is revoked , or\n(b) when it terminates under Part 3A of Schedule 10.\n(3) An unpaid work requirement is completed when the offender has worked under it for the number of hours specified in the order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 220(2) renumbered as s. 220(2)(a) (11.5.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), ss. 38(4)(a), 49(1) (with s. 38(6)); S.I. 2026/402, reg. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 220(2)(b) and word inserted (11.5.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), ss. 38(4)(b), 49(1) (with s. 38(6)); S.I. 2026/402, reg. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 220 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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 220 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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 220 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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 220 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amendment to earlier affecting provision 2003 c. 44, Sch. 19A para. 3",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/2",
      "affecting_title": "Sentencing Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/2",
      "affecting_title": "Sentencing Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/section/220",
    "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."
}