{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/17",
  "legislation_title": "Sentencing Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Deferment order",
  "text": "(1) In this Code “deferment order” means an order deferring passing sentence on an offender in respect of one or more offences until the date specified in the order, to enable a court, in dealing with the offender, to have regard to—\n(a) the offender's conduct after conviction (including, where appropriate, the offender's making reparation for the offence), or\n(b) any change in the offender's circumstances.\n(2) A deferment order may impose requirements (“deferment requirements”) as to the offender's conduct during the period of deferment.\n(3) Deferment requirements may include—\n(a) requirements as to the residence of the offender during all or part of the period of deferment;\n(b) restorative justice requirements.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 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/section/3",
    "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."
}