Part 3Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders

CHAPTER 1Sentencing

Requirements under community orders and suspended sentence orders

73Mental health treatment requirement

1

Section 207 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (mental health treatment requirement) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (3)(a) (requirement for court to be satisfied as to offender's mental condition on evidence of registered medical practitioner)—

a

omit the words from “, on the evidence” to “1983,”, and

b

in sub-paragraph (ii), for “that Act” substitute “ the Mental Health Act 1983 ”.

3

Omit subsection (5) (application of section 54(2) and (3) of the Mental Health Act 1983 to proof of offender's mental condition).