http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/section/11Sentencing Act 2020An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to sentencing.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-10-05Expert Participation2026-10-05 SECOND GROUP OF PARTSProvisions applying to sentencing courts generally PART 2 Powers exercisable before passing sentenceCHAPTER 1Deferment of sentencePowers of court dealing with offender following deferment order111Subsection (2) applies where an offender who is subject to a deferment order is being dealt with for any offence in respect of which the order was made—aby the court which made the order (“the original court”)—iat the end of the period of deferment, in accordance with the deferment order,iiunder section 9(3) (failure to comply with deferment requirement), oriiiunder section 10(2) (original court dealing with offender following conviction during period of deferment), orbby any court under section 10(5) (conviction during period of deferment: convicting court dealing with offender).2The court may deal with the offender for the offence in any way in which the original court could have dealt with the offender for the offence if it had not made a deferment order.3Where a magistrates' court is dealing with the offender, its power under that subsection includes, in particular, the power in section 14 to commit the offender to the Crown Court for sentence.4Where a magistrates' court deals with the offender by committing the offender to the Crown Court under section 14, the power of the Crown Court to deal with the offender includes the same power to make a deferment order as if the offender had just been convicted of the offence on indictment before it.S. 11 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2