{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-291",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-291.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "Sentencing Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020",
  "path": "section/291",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "291",
  "heading": "Suspended sentence order: availability of particular requirements",
  "text": "Driving prohibition requirement\n(A1) A driving prohibition requirement is not an available requirement if the offence was committed before the day on which section 14(6)(a) of the Sentencing Act 2026 came into force.\nPublic event attendance prohibition requirement\n(B1) A public event attendance prohibition requirement is not an available requirement if the offence was committed before the day on which section 15(5) of the Sentencing Act 2026 came into force.\nDrinking establishment entry prohibition requirement\n(C1) A drinking establishment entry prohibition requirement is not an available requirement if the offence was committed before the day on which section 16(5) of the Sentencing Act 2026 came into force.\nAlcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement\n(1) An alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement is not an available requirement unless regulations are in force under paragraph 25(7)(c) of Schedule 9 (prescribed arrangements for monitoring).\n(2) An alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement imposing a requirement within paragraph 25(1)(a)(ii) of Schedule 9 (alcohol level to be kept below specified level) is not an available requirement unless regulations are in force under paragraph 25(7)(b) of that Schedule (prescribed alcohol level).\nAttendance centre requirement\n(3) An attendance centre requirement is not an available requirement unless —\n(a) the offender was convicted of the offence before the day on which section 152 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 came into force, and\n(b) the offender was aged under 25 when convicted of the offence.\nDrug testing requirement\n(3A) A drug testing requirement is not an available requirement if the offender was convicted of the offence before the day on which section 154 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 came into force.\nElectronic compliance monitoring requirement\n(4) An electronic compliance monitoring requirement is not an available requirement in relation to a suspended sentence order unless the suspended sentence order imposes at least one other available requirement, other than—\n(a) an alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement;\n(b) an electronic whereabouts monitoring requirement.\nDay on which offence committed\n(5) Where an offence is found to have been committed over a period of 2 or more days, or at some time during a period of 2 or more days, it must be taken for the purposes of this section to have been committed on the last of those days.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 291(A1) and heading inserted (1.10.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), ss. 14(6)(a), 49(1); S.I. 2026/772, reg. 3(d) (as amended by S.I. 2026/948, reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 291(B1) and heading inserted (1.10.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), ss. 15(5), 49(1); S.I. 2026/772, reg. 3(f) (as amended by S.I. 2026/948, reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 291(C1) and heading inserted (1.10.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), ss. 16(5), 49(1); S.I. 2026/772, reg. 3(g) (as amended by S.I. 2026/948, reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 291(3)(a)(b) and word substituted (28.6.2022) for words by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), ss. 152(3), 208(1); S.I. 2022/520, reg. 5(q)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 291(3A) and heading inserted (28.6.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), s. 208(5)(s), Sch. 15 para. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 291(5) and heading inserted (1.10.2026) by Sentencing Act 2026 (c. 2), ss. 14(6)(b), 49(1); S.I. 2026/772, reg. 3(d) (as amended by S.I. 2026/948, reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 291 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "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/291",
    "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."
}