Sentencing Act 2020

394 Rules relating to community orders and suspended sentence orders etc

(1) The Secretary of State may make rules for regulating—

(a) the supervision of persons who are subject to community orders or suspended sentence orders,

(b) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), the functions of responsible officers within the meaning of section 213 or 299 in relation to offenders subject to community orders or suspended sentence orders,

(c) the arrangements to be made by providers of probation services for—

(i) persons subject to unpaid work requirements of such orders to perform work, and

(ii) the performance of such work,

(d) the provision and carrying on of attendance centres,

(e) the attendance of persons subject to—

(i) rehabilitation activity requirements,

(ii) attendance centre requirements, or

(iii) attendance centre requirements imposed by youth rehabilitation orders,

at the places at which they are required to attend, including hours of attendance, reckoning days of attendance and the keeping of attendance records,

(f) electronic monitoring in pursuance of an electronic monitoring requirement of a community order or a suspended sentence order, and

(g) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (f), the functions of persons made responsible for securing electronic monitoring in pursuance of such a requirement.

(2) Rules under subsection (1)(c) may, in particular, make provision—

(a) limiting the number of hours of work to be done by a person on any one day,

(b) as to the reckoning of hours worked and the keeping of work records, and

(c) for the payment of travelling and other expenses in connection with the performance of work.

(3) Rules under this section are subject to the negative resolution procedure.