13(1)Where at any time while a suspended sentence order is in force, it appears to the appropriate court on the application of the offender or the responsible officer that, having regard to the circumstances which have arisen since the order was made, it would be in the interests of justice to do so, the court may cancel the community requirements of the suspended sentence order.
(2)The circumstances in which the appropriate court may exercise its power under sub-paragraph (1) include the offender’s making good progress or his responding satisfactorily to supervision.
(3)In this paragraph “the appropriate court” means—
(a)in the case of a suspended sentence order which is subject to review, the court responsible for the order,
(b)in the case of a suspended sentence order which was made by the Crown Court and does not include any direction that any failure to comply with the community requirements of the order is to be dealt with by a magistrates' court, the Crown Court, and
(c)in any other case, a magistrates' court acting for the petty sessions area concerned.
14(1)This paragraph applies where, at any time while a suspended sentence order is in force, the appropriate court is satisfied that the offender proposes to change, or has changed, his residence from the petty sessions area concerned to another petty sessions area.
(2)Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), the appropriate court may, and on the application of the responsible officer must, amend the suspended sentence order by substituting the other petty sessions area for the area specified in the order.
(3)The court may not amend under this paragraph a suspended sentence order which contains requirements which, in the opinion of the court, cannot be complied with unless the offender resides in the petty sessions area concerned unless, in accordance with paragraph 15 it either—
(a)cancels those requirements, or
(b)substitutes for those requirements other requirements which can be complied with if the offender does not reside in that area.
(4)The court may not amend under this paragraph any suspended sentence order imposing a programme requirement unless it appears to the court that the accredited programme specified in the requirement is available in the other petty sessions area.
(5)In this paragraph “the appropriate court” has the same meaning as in paragraph 13.
15(1)At any time during the supervision period, the appropriate court may, on the application of the offender or the responsible officer, by order amend any community requirement of a suspended sentence order—
(a)by cancelling the requirement, or
(b)by replacing it with a requirement of the same kind, which the court could include if it were then making the order.
(2)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—
(a)a requirement falling within any paragraph of section 190(1) is of the same kind as any other requirement falling within that paragraph, and
(b)an electronic monitoring requirement is a requirement of the same kind as any requirement falling within section 190(1) to which it relates.
(3)The court may not under this paragraph amend a mental health treatment requirement, a drug rehabilitation requirement or an alcohol treatment requirement unless the offender expresses his willingness to comply with the requirement as amended.
(4)If the offender fails to express his willingness to comply with a mental health treatment requirement, drug rehabilitation requirement or alcohol treatment requirement as proposed to be amended by the court under this paragraph, the court may—
(a)revoke the suspended sentence order and the suspended sentence to which it relates, and
(b)deal with him, for the offence in respect of which the suspended sentence was imposed, in any way in which it could deal with him if he had just been convicted by or before the court of the offence.
(5)In dealing with the offender under sub-paragraph (4)(b), the court must take into account the extent to which the offender has complied with the requirements of the order.
(6)In this paragraph “the appropriate court” has the same meaning as in paragraph 13.
16(1)Where the medical practitioner or other person by whom or under whose direction an offender is, in pursuance of any requirement to which this sub-paragraph applies, being treated for his mental condition or his dependency on or propensity to misuse drugs or alcohol—
(a)is of the opinion mentioned in sub-paragraph (3), or
(b)is for any reason unwilling to continue to treat or direct the treatment of the offender,
he must make a report in writing to that effect to the responsible officer and that officer must apply under paragraph 15 to the appropriate court for the variation or cancellation of the requirement.
(2)The requirements to which sub-paragraph (1) applies are—
(a)a mental health treatment requirement,
(b)a drug rehabilitation requirement, and
(c)an alcohol treatment requirement.
(3)The opinion referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is—
(a)that the treatment of the offender should be continued beyond the period specified in that behalf in the order,
(b)that the offender needs different treatment,
(c)that the offender is not susceptible to treatment, or
(d)that the offender does not require further treatment.
(4)In this paragraph “the appropriate court” has the same meaning as in paragraph 13.
17Where the responsible officer is of the opinion that a suspended sentence order imposing a drug rehabilitation requirement which is subject to review should be so amended as to provide for each periodic review (required by section 211) to be made without a hearing instead of at a review hearing, or vice versa, he must apply under paragraph 15 to the court responsible for the order for the variation of the order.
18(1)Where—
(a)a suspended sentence order imposing an unpaid work requirement is in force in respect of the offender, and
(b)on the application of the offender or the responsible officer, it appears to the appropriate court that it would be in the interests of justice to do so having regard to circumstances which have arisen since the order was made,
the court may, in relation to the order, extend the period of twelve months specified in section 200(2).
(2)In this paragraph “the appropriate court” has the same meaning as in paragraph 13.
19(1)No application may be made under paragraph 13, 15 or 18, and no order may be made under paragraph 14, while an appeal against the suspended sentence is pending.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to an application under paragraph 15 which—
(a)relates to a mental health treatment requirement, a drug rehabilitation requirement or an alcohol treatment requirement, and
(b)is made by the responsible officer with the consent of the offender.
20(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2), where a court proposes to exercise its powers under paragraph 15, otherwise than on the application of the offender, the court—
(a)must summon him to appear before the court, and
(b)if he does not appear in answer to the summons, may issue a warrant for his arrest.
(2)This paragraph does not apply to an order cancelling any community requirement of a suspended sentence order.
21Paragraphs 8(2)(c) and 15(1)(b) have effect subject to the provisions mentioned in subsection (2) of section 190, and to subsections (3) and (5) of that section.
22(1)On the making under this Schedule of an order amending a suspended sentence order, the proper officer of the court must—
(a)provide copies of the 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.