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Crime and Courts Act 2013

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5After section 1 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (court’s power to defer passing of sentence) insert—

1ZAUndertakings to participate in restorative justice activities

(1)Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) of section 1(3), the requirements that may be imposed under that paragraph include restorative justice requirements.

(2)Any reference in this section to a restorative justice requirement is to a requirement to participate in an activity—

(a)where the participants consist of, or include, the offender and one or more of the victims,

(b)which aims to maximise the offender’s awareness of the impact of the offending concerned on the victims, and

(c)which gives an opportunity to a victim or victims to talk about, or by other means express experience of, the offending and its impact.

(3)Imposition under section 1(3)(b) of a restorative justice requirement requires, in addition to the offender’s consent and undertaking under section 1(3), the consent of every other person who would be a participant in the activity concerned.

(4)For the purposes of subsection (3), a supervisor appointed under section 1A(2) does not count as a proposed participant.

(5)Where a restorative justice requirement is imposed under section 1(3)(b), the duty under section 1(5) (to give copies of order) extends to every person who would be a participant in the activity concerned.

(6)In a case where there is such a restorative justice requirement, a person running the activity concerned must in doing that have regard to any guidance that is issued, with a view to encouraging good practice in connection with such an activity, by the Secretary of State.

(7)In this section “victim” means a victim of, or other person affected by, the offending concerned.

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