SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12Breach or amendment of suspended sentence order, and effect of further conviction

C1Part 2Breach of community requirement or conviction of further offence

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Sch. 12 Pt. 2 modified (28.3.2009 for certain purposes, otherwise 31.10.2009) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 206, 383, Sch. 7; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3 (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2009/1059); S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4

Court by which suspended sentence may be dealt with under paragraph 8(1)(b)

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1

An offender may be dealt with under paragraph 8(1)(b) in respect of a suspended sentence by the Crown Court or, where the sentence was passed by a magistrates' court, by any magistrates' court before which he appears or is brought.

2

Where an offender is convicted by a magistrates' court of any offence and the court is satisfied that the offence was committed during the operational period of a suspended sentence passed by the Crown Court—

a

the court may, if it thinks fit, commit him in custody or on bail to the Crown Court, and

b

if it does not, must give written notice of the conviction to the appropriate officer of the Crown Court.