Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014

Service community orders, overseas community orders and suspended sentence orders: officers responsible for implementing U.K.

4 (1) Section 183 (overseas community orders: modifications of Criminal Justice Act 2003) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (1), omit “section 197(1) and (2) (meaning of “the responsible officer”);”.

(3) After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) Section 198(1) (duties of responsible officer) has effect as if at the end there were inserted—

“(c) where appropriate, to take steps to enforce those requirements.””

(4) Omit subsections (2), (4) and (5).

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 6 para. 4 in force at 1.6.2014 by S.I. 2014/1287, art. 2(e)

5 (1) Part 1 of Schedule 5 (breach, revocation and amendment of service community orders) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In paragraph 1(2) (provisions of Schedule 8 to Criminal Justice Act 2003 disapplied), after “6(2),” insert “ 6A(2), ”.

(3) Omit paragraph 2.

(4) After that paragraph insert—

“2A Paragraph 6A(1) of that Schedule (role of enforcement officer) has effect in relation to a service community order under this Act as if the reference to a justice of the peace were to the Crown Court.”

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 6 para. 5 in force at 1.6.2014 by S.I. 2014/1287, art. 2(e)

6 (1) Part 2 of Schedule 5 (breach, revocation and amendment of overseas community orders) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In paragraph 10(2)(b) (provisions of Schedule 8 to Criminal Justice Act 2003 disapplied)—

(a) after “paragraphs” insert “ 1A, ”, and

(b) after “6(2),” insert “ 6A, ”.

(3) For paragraph 12 (breach of requirement of order: warning and laying of information) substitute—

“12A Paragraph 5(1) of that Schedule (duty to give warning) has effect as if for paragraph (b) there were substituted—

“(b) the officer applies to the court that made the order for the exercise of its powers in relation to the failure.”

12B Paragraph 6(1) of that Schedule (breach of order after warning) has effect as if for the words from “must refer” to the end there were substituted “ must apply to the court that made the order for the exercise of its powers in relation to the failure in question ”.”

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 6 para. 6 in force at 1.6.2014 by S.I. 2014/1287, art. 2(e)

7 (1) Schedule 7 (suspended prison sentence: further conviction or breach of requirement) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In paragraph 1(a) (provisions of Schedule 12 to Criminal Justice Act 2003 disapplied), after “5(2),” insert “ 5A(2), ”.

(3) Omit paragraph 4.

(4) After that paragraph insert—

“4A Paragraph 5A(1) of Schedule 12 to the 2003 Act (role of enforcement officer) has effect in relation to a suspended sentence order with community requirements made by a relevant service court as if the reference to a justice of the peace were to the Crown Court.”

Commencement Information

I4 Sch. 6 para. 7 in force at 1.6.2014 by S.I. 2014/1287, art. 2(e)