Sentencing Act 2026

Prospective

27 Licence conditions E+W

(1) In section 64 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (drug testing requirement)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) at the end of paragraph (a) insert “, and”;

(ii) omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (b);

(iii) omit paragraph (c);

(b) omit subsection (1A);

(c) in subsection (2), for the words from “For the purpose” to “they” substitute “Those conditions”.

(2) The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended in accordance with subsections (3) to (7).

(3) In section 250 (licence conditions)—

(a) in subsection (4)(b)—

(i) before sub-paragraph (i) insert—

“(ai) a driving prohibition condition (see section 250A),”;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (ai) (inserted by sub-paragraph (i) above) insert—

“(bi) a public event attendance prohibition condition (see section 250B),”;

(iii) after sub-paragraph (bi) (inserted by sub-paragraph (ii) above) insert—

“(ci) a drinking establishment entry prohibition condition (see section 250C),”;

(iv) after sub-paragraph (ci) (inserted by sub-paragraph (iii) above) insert—

“(di) a restriction zone condition (see section 250D),”;

(b) after subsection (8) insert—

“(8A) An order under this section or a condition included in a licence under this section may confer a discretion on an officer of a provider of probation services.”

(4) After section 250 insert—

“250A Driving prohibition condition

(1) A driving prohibition condition is a condition prohibiting a person from driving a motor vehicle on a road or other public place.

(2) A driving prohibition condition may prohibit a person—

(a) from driving at any time or at times specified in the condition;

(b) from driving any motor vehicle or a motor vehicle of a description so specified;

(c) from driving on any road or other public place or on a road or other public place in an area so specified.

(3) In this section—

• “motor vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act 1988 except that for this purpose section 189(1) of that Act is to be read as if paragraph (c) (certain electrically assisted pedal cycles not to be treated as motor vehicles) were omitted;

• “road” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act 1988 (see section 192 of that Act).”

(5) After section 250A (inserted by subsection (4)) insert—

“250B Public event attendance prohibition condition

(1) A public event attendance prohibition condition is a condition prohibiting a person from attending a public event.

(2) A public event attendance prohibition condition may prohibit a person from attending a public event at any time or at times specified in the condition.

(3) A public event attendance prohibition condition may prohibit a person from attending—

(a) a public event specified in the condition,

(b) a public event of a description so specified, or

(c) any public event.

(4) In this section “public event” means any event to which the public or a section of the public has access, whether on payment or otherwise.”

(6) After section 250B (inserted by subsection (5)) insert—

“250C Drinking establishment entry prohibition condition

(1) A drinking establishment entry prohibition condition is a condition prohibiting a person from entering a drinking establishment.

(2) A drinking establishment entry prohibition condition may prohibit a person from entering a drinking establishment at any time or at times specified in the condition.

(3) A drinking establishment entry prohibition condition may prohibit a person from entering—

(a) a drinking establishment specified in the condition,

(b) a drinking establishment of a description so specified, or

(c) any drinking establishment.

(4) In this section “drinking establishment” means—

(a) any premises or part of premises used principally for the sale of alcohol to the public or a section of the public, for consumption on the premises or part of premises, where the sale is not made subject to a condition that a person reside at, or consume food on, the premises, or

(b) any premises—

(i) that are open to the public or a section of the public for the purposes of entertainment,

(ii) that are, for those purposes, open for any continuous period of time beginning at any time on a day and not ending at or before midnight on that day, and

(iii) on which the sale of alcohol to the public or a section of the public for consumption on the premises takes place.”

(7) After section 250C (inserted by subsection (6)) insert—

“250D Restriction zone condition

(1) A restriction zone condition is a condition requiring a person to remain in one or more areas specified in the condition.

(2) A restriction zone condition may require a person to remain in different areas at different times.

(3) Where a restriction zone condition specifies different areas which do not adjoin each other, it may include provision for the person to whom the condition applies to travel between any of those areas.”

(8) In consequence of the provision made by subsection (1), in section 11(2) of the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 omit paragraphs (b) to (d).

(9) The amendments made by this section, as well as applying to a person released on or after the day on which those amendments come into force, apply to a person released before that day.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 27 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 49(1)