SCHEDULES

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

PART 4Community sentences

23Change of residence: duty of responsible officer to apply to court for amendment of order

In Schedule 10 (breach, revocation and amendment of community order), in paragraph 16, at the end insert—

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If the permission is given by the responsible officer—

a

the officer must apply to the appropriate court to amend the order to specify the new local justice area, and

b

the court must make that amendment.