125U.K.In section 244 (community service orders: general provisions relating to persons living in England and Wales or Northern Ireland)—
(a)for subsection (3) there is substituted—
“(3)Subject to the following provisions of this section—
(a)a community service order made or amended in the circumstances specified in section 242 shall be treated as if it were a community punishment order made in England and Wales and the legislation relating to community punishment orders which has effect in England and Wales shall apply accordingly; and
(b)a community service order made or amended in the circumstances specified in section 243 shall be treated as if it were a community service order made in Northern Ireland and the legislation relating to community service orders which has effect in Northern Ireland shall apply accordingly.”
(b)in subsections (4)(a) and (6), after “community service orders” there is inserted “ or, as the case may be, community punishment orders ”,
(c)in subsection (5), after “a community service order” there is inserted “ or, as the case may be, a community punishment order ”.