Sentencing Act 2020

112 Requirements to make reparation to be specified in order

(1) This section applies where a court makes a reparation order in respect of an offence.

(2) The reparation order must—

(a) specify the requirements with which the offender must comply, and

(b) if those requirements require reparation to be made to a particular person or particular persons, specify that person or those persons.

(3) The requirements must be such as in the opinion of the court are commensurate with the seriousness of—

(a) the offence, or

(b) the combination of the offence and one or more associated offences.

This is subject to subsections (5) and (6).

(4) Any person specified under subsection (2)(b) must be a person identified by the court as—

(a) a victim of the offence, or

(b) a person otherwise affected by it.

(5) The reparation order may not impose a requirement to make reparation to a particular person without the consent of that person.

(6) The requirements must be requirements to make reparation which—

(a) may require the offender to perform work, but

(b) if they do, must not require the offender to work for more than 24 hours in aggregate.

(7) The requirements must, so far as practicable, be such as to avoid—

(a) any interference with the times, if any, at which the offender normally works or attends school or any other educational establishment,

(b) any conflict with the offender’s religious beliefs, and

(c) any conflict with the requirements of any other court order to which the offender may be subject.