Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 22 E+W Amendments of the Sentencing Code and related amendments of other legislation

Prospective

PART 4 E+W Community sentences

Exceptions to threshold for custodial sentence where offender fails to express willingness to comply with amended requirement E+W

22 (1) In Schedule 9 (community orders and suspended sentence orders: requirements), in paragraph 22(5)(b) (power to impose custodial sentence where offender on review of drug rehabilitation requirement where offender fails to express willingness to comply with amended requirement), after “custodial sentence” insert “ (where the order was made in respect of an offence punishable with such a sentence) ”. E+W

(2) In Schedule 10 (breach, revocation or amendment of community order), in paragraph 18(9)(b) (power of court to re-sentence offender where offender fails to express willingness to comply with treatment requirement as proposed to be amended), after “custodial sentence” insert “ (where the offence is punishable with such a sentence) ”.