SCHEDULE 3Breach, revocation and amendment of certain community orders
Part IV Amendment of order
F1Amendment of treatment requirements of community rehabilitation or community punishment and rehabilitation order on report of practitioner
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(1)
Where the medical practitioner or other person by whom or under whose direction an offender is, in pursuance of any requirement of a F2community rehabilitation or community punishment and rehabilitation order, 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 (2) below, or
(b)
is for any reason unwilling to continue to treat or direct the treatment of the offender,
he shall make a report in writing to that effect to the responsible officer and that officer shall apply under paragraph 19 above to a magistrates’ court F3acting in the local justice area concerned for the variation or cancellation of the requirement.
(2)
The opinion referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above 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.