205Amendment of order with community requirements
(1)In Part 3 of Schedule 12 to the 2003 Act (amendment of order) as it applies to a suspended sentence order with community requirements made by a relevant service court—
(a)“the appropriate court” means the Crown Court;
(b)the reference in paragraph 17 to the court responsible for the order is to be read as a reference to the Crown Court; and
(c)paragraphs 13(3), 14(5), 15(6), 16(4), 18(2) and 22(1)(b)(ii) and (d) and (2) shall be treated as omitted.
(2)Paragraph 15 of that Schedule has effect in its application to such an order as if—
(a)in sub-paragraph (4)(b) for the words “of the offence” there were substituted “of an offence punishable with imprisonment”; and
(b)after sub-paragraph (5) there were inserted—
“(5A)A term of imprisonment or fine imposed under sub-paragraph (4)(b)—
(a)must not exceed the maximum permitted for the offence in respect of which the order was made, and
(b)where the order was made by the Service Civilian Court, must not exceed—
(i)in the case of a term of imprisonment, 12 months;
(ii)in the case of a fine, the prescribed sum within the meaning of section 32 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43).”
(3)Paragraphs 2(b) and 3 of that Schedule shall be treated as omitted for the purposes of Part 3 of that Schedule as it applies to such an order.
(4)Where a sentence is passed under paragraph 15(4)(b) of Schedule 12 to the 2003 Act as modified by subsection (2) above, section 9 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19) (appeal against sentence) applies as if the offender had been convicted on indictment of the offence for which the sentence was passed.