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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9E+WChanges to powers to make suspended sentence orders: consequential and transitory provision

Part 1 E+WConsequential amendments

Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52)E+W

14E+WThe Armed Forces Act 2006 is amended as follows.

15(1)Section 200 (suspended sentence orders with or without community requirements) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)In the heading omit “with or without community requirements”.

(3)Omit subsections (1) to (4) (power of relevant service court to make suspended sentence order with or without community requirements, and meanings of those terms).

(4)In subsection (5) (modification of section 189(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 in its application to a relevant service court)—

(a)for “(b)(ii)” substitute “ (a) ”,

(b)for “the end of sub-paragraph (ii)” substitute “ “imprisonment),” ”, and

(c)in the words treated as substituted, for “(a)” substitute “(i)” and for “(b)” substitute “ (ii) ”.

(5)After subsection (6) insert—

(7)In this Chapter “a suspended sentence order with community requirements” means a suspended sentence order that imposes one or more community requirements within the meaning of section 189(7)(c) of the 2003 Act.

16E+WOmit section 201 (provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 that do not apply to suspended sentence orders without community requirements).

17E+WIn section 207 (definitions for purposes of Chapter 4 of Part 8)—

(a)in the definition of “suspended sentence order with community requirements” for “200(3)” substitute “ 200(7) ”, and

(b)omit the definition of “suspended sentence order without community requirements”.

18(1)Schedule 7 (suspended prison sentence: further conviction or breach of requirement) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)For the heading before paragraph 1 substitute “ Modifications of Part 2 of Schedule 12 to the 2003 Act ”.

(3)In paragraph 1 (modifications of Part 2 of Schedule 12 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 in case of suspended sentence orders with community requirements) omit “with community requirements”.

(4)Omit paragraph 2 (modifications of Part 2 of Schedule 12 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 in case of suspended sentence orders without community requirements) and the heading before that paragraph.

(5)After paragraph 6 insert—

6AParagraph 8(2)(ba) of that Schedule has effect as if at the beginning there were inserted “where the court dealing with the offender is the Crown Court,”.