Criminal Justice Act 2003

Part 6Supplementary

24(1)No order may be made under paragraph 16, and no application may be made under paragraph 13, 17 or 20, while an appeal against the community order is pending.

(2)Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to an application under paragraph 17 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.

25(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (2), where a court proposes to exercise its powers under Part 4 or 5 of this Schedule, 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 a requirement of a community order or reducing the period of any requirement, or substituting a new petty sessions area or a new place for the one specified in the order.

26Paragraphs 9(1)(a), 10(1)(a) and 17(1)(b) have effect subject to the provisions mentioned in subsection (2) of section 177, and to subsections (3) and (6) of that section.

27(1)On the making under this Schedule of an order revoking or amending a community order, the proper officer of the court must—

(a)provide copies of the revoking or 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.