SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7 Minor and consequential amendments

Part II General

Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46)

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In section 244 (community service orders: general provisions relating to persons living in England and Wales or Northern Ireland)—

a

for subsection (3) there is substituted—

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Subject to the following provisions of this section—

a

a community service order made or amended in the circumstances specified in section 242 shall be treated as if it were a community punishment order made in England and Wales and the legislation relating to community punishment orders which has effect in England and Wales shall apply accordingly; and

b

a community service order made or amended in the circumstances specified in section 243 shall be treated as if it were a community service order made in Northern Ireland and the legislation relating to community service orders which has effect in Northern Ireland shall apply accordingly.

b

in subsections (4)(a) and (6), after “community service orders” there is inserted “ or, as the case may be, community punishment orders ”,

c

in subsection (5), after “a community service order” there is inserted “ or, as the case may be, a community punishment order ”.