SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Breach, revocation or amendment of community order

Part 6Supplementary

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1

On the making under this Schedule of an order revoking or amending a community order, the proper officer of the court must—

a

provide copies of the revoking or amending order to the offender and the responsible officer,

b

in the case of an amending order which substitutes a new petty sessions area, provide a copy of the amending order to—

i

the local probation board acting for that area, and

ii

the magistrates' court acting for that area, and

c

in the case of an amending order which imposes or amends a requirement specified in the first column of Schedule 14, provide a copy of so much of the amending order as relates to that requirement to the person specified in relation to that requirement in the second column of that Schedule.

2

Where under sub-paragraph (1)(b) the proper officer of the court provides a copy of an amending order to a magistrates' court acting for a different area, the officer must also provide to that court such documents and information relating to the case as it considers likely to be of assistance to a court acting for that area in the exercise of its functions in relation to the order.

3

In this paragraph “proper officer” means—

a

in relation to a magistrates' court, the justices' chief executive for the court; and

b

in relation to the Crown Court, the appropriate officer.