(1)A community order must specify a date (the “end date”) by which all the requirements in it must have been complied with.
(2)The end date must not be more than 3 years after the date of the order.
(3)If a community order imposes two or more different community order requirements—
(a)the order may also specify, for each of the requirements, a date by which the requirement must have been complied with;
(b)if it does so, the last of those dates must be the same as the end date.
(4)Section 220 sets out the effect of the end date.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 209 applied (with modifications) by 2006 c. 52, s. 178(2)-(4) (as substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 3(3) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)
C2S. 209 applied (with modifications) by 2006 c. 52, s. 183 (as substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 8 (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)
C3S. 209 applied (with modifications) by 2006 c. 52, s. 182(3)-(5) (as substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 7(5) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)
Commencement Information
I1S. 209 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2
(1)A community order must specify which local justice area is the offender's home local justice area.
(2)The area specified must be the local justice area in which the offender resides or will reside.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4S. 210 applied (with modifications) by 2003 c. 44, s. 300(6), Sch. 31 (as amended (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 paras. 241(5), 249 (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)
C5S. 210 applied (with modifications) by 2003 c. 44, Sch. 19A paras. 1-3 (as substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 248(2) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)
C6S. 210 applied (with modifications) by 2006 c. 52, s. 178(2)-(4) (as substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 3(3) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)
Commencement Information
I2S. 210 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2
[F1(1)] Where the Crown Court makes a community order, it may include a direction that the order is to be subject to magistrates' court supervision.
[F2(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to a community order that qualifies for special procedures for the purposes of section 217A.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 211 renumbered as s. 211(1) (28.6.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), s. 208(5)(r), Sch. 14 para. 3(2)
F2S. 211(2) inserted (28.6.2022) by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (c. 32), s. 208(5)(r), Sch. 14 para. 3(3)
Commencement Information
I3S. 211 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2
(1)This section applies when a court makes a community order.
(2)The court must forthwith provide copies of the order—
(a)to the offender,
(b)to the responsible officer,
(c)to an officer of a provider of probation services that is a public sector provider who is acting at the court, and
(d)if the court does not act in the offender's home local justice area, to a provider of probation services that is a public sector provider and is operating in that area.
(3)If the order imposes any requirement specified in column 1 of the following table, the court must also forthwith provide the person specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 with a copy of so much of the order as relates to the requirement.
| The requirement | The person to whom a copy must be provided |
|---|---|
| An exclusion requirement imposed for the purpose (or partly for the purpose) of protecting a person from being approached by the offender | The person intended to be protected |
| A residence requirement relating to residence in an institution | The person in charge of the institution |
| A mental health treatment requirement | The person specified under paragraph 16(3)(b)(iii) of Schedule 9 or the person in charge of the institution or place specified under paragraph 16(3)(b)(i) or (ii) of that Schedule |
| A drug rehabilitation requirement | The person in charge of the institution or place specified under paragraph 19(5)(b) or (c) of Schedule 9 |
| An alcohol treatment requirement | The person in charge of the institution or place specified under paragraph 23(5)(c) or (d) of Schedule 9 or, in the case of practitioner-based treatment, the person specified under paragraph 23(5)(a) of that Schedule |
| An electronic monitoring requirement | Any person who by virtue of paragraph 31(1) of Schedule 9 will be responsible for the electronic monitoring |
| Any person without whose consent the requirement could not be included in the order. |
(4)If the court does not act in the offender's home local justice area, it must provide the magistrates' court acting in that area with—
(a)a copy of the order, and
(b)such documents and information relating to the case as it considers likely to be of assistance to a court acting in that area in the exercise of its functions in relation to the order.
(5)In subsection (2) “public sector provider” means—
(a)a probation trust or other public body, or
(b)the Secretary of State.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C7Ss. 212-216 applied (with modifications) by 2003 c. 44, s. 300(6), Sch. 31 (as amended (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 paras. 241(5), 249 (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)
C8S. 212(1)-(3) (5) applied (with modifications) by 2006 c. 52, s. 182(3)-(5) (as substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 7(5) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2; S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)
C9S. 212(1)-(3) (5) applied (with modifications) by 2006 c. 52, s. 178(2)-(4) (as substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 3(3) (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2; S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)
C10S. 212(1)-(3) (5) applied (with modifications) by 2006 c. 52, s. 183 (as substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 25 para. 8 (with s. 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2; S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)
C11S. 212(2)(a)(b)(3) applied (with modifications) by 2003 c. 44, Sch. 19A paras. 1-3 (as substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 248(2) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)
Commencement Information
I4S. 212 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2