SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 17Transfer of suspended sentence orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland

PART 5Breach of community requirement

Modifications of Part 2 of Schedule 16 etc

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(1)

Part 2 of Schedule 16 (breach of community requirement and effect of further conviction), apart from paragraphs 6 and 7, applies as if—

(a)

any reference to the responsible officer were to the relevant officer;

(b)

any reference to a magistrates' court acting in the offender's home local justice area were to a magistrates' court acting in the same local justice area as the original court;

(c)

any reference to a justice of the peace acting in the offender's home local justice area were to a justice of the peace acting in the same local justice area as the original court;

(d)

any reference to the appropriate court were to the original court;

(e)

for sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph 8(3)(b) there were substituted “ the same local justice area as the original court ”.

(2)

No court in England and Wales may exercise any power in relation to any breach by the offender of a community requirement of the order unless the offender has been required to appear before that court in accordance with paragraph 20(1)(b) or (3)(a).