Legislation – Sentencing Act 2020
SCHEDULE 22Amendments of the Sentencing Code and related amendments of other legislation
PART 4Community sentences
Community orders: powers to imprison offender for wilful or persistent breach
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(1)
Schedule 10 (breach etc of community order) is amended as follows.
(2)
In paragraph 10 (powers of magistrates’ court on breach)—
(a)
“(d)
where—
(i)
the community order was made by a magistrates’ court,
(ii)
the offence in respect of which the order was made was not an offence punishable by imprisonment,
(iii)
the offender has wilfully and persistently failed to comply with the requirements of the order,
by dealing with the offender, in respect of that offence, by imposing a relevant custodial sentence for a term not exceeding 6 months.”
(b)
in sub-paragraph (9), after “custodial sentence” insert “(where the order was made in respect of an offence punishable with such a sentence)”;
(c)
(3)
In paragraph 11 (powers of Crown Court on breach)—
(a)
“(d)
where—
(i)
the offence in respect of which the order was made was not an offence punishable by imprisonment, and
(ii)
the offender has wilfully and persistently failed to comply with the requirements of the order,
by dealing with the offender, in respect of that offence, by imposing a relevant custodial sentence for a term not exceeding 6 months.”;
(b)
in sub-paragraph (6), after “custodial sentence” insert “(where the order was made in respect of an offence punishable with such a sentence)”;