Sentencing Act 2020

2(1)This paragraph applies where—U.K.

(a)a relevant suspended sentence order is in force,

(b)the appropriate court is satisfied that the offender—

(i)resides in Scotland, or

(ii)proposes to reside there, and

(c)it appears to the court that suitable arrangements for the offender's supervision can be made by the local council in Scotland.

(2)The power of the appropriate court to amend the order under Part 3 of Schedule 16 (“the amendment power”) includes power to amend the order by requiring—

(a)the order to be complied with in Scotland, and

(b)the offender to be supervised in accordance with the arrangements referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(c).

(3)But the appropriate court may exercise the amendment power in that way only if the order (as amended) will satisfy paragraphs 8 and 9.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 17 para. 2 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2