SECOND GROUP OF PARTSProvisions applying to sentencing courts generally

PART 2Powers exercisable before passing sentence

CHAPTER 1Deferment of sentence

13Deferment orders: interpretation

(1)

In this Chapter—

“deferment requirement” has the meaning given by section 3(2);

“period of deferment”, in relation to a deferment order, means the period from the date on which the deferment order is made until the date specified in the order under section 3(1);

“restorative justice requirement” has the meaning given by section 7;

“supervisor”, in relation to a deferment order, means a person appointed under section 8(1).

(2)

In relation to a deferment order made by a magistrates' court, any reference in this Chapter to the court which made the order includes a reference to any magistrates' court acting in the same local justice area as that court.