Legislation – Sentencing Act 2026

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Part 1Sentencing

New community order requirements and community requirements

15Public event attendance prohibition requirement

(1)

The Sentencing Code is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 201 (community order requirements table), in the table, after the entry relating to the driving prohibition requirement (inserted by section 14(3)), insert—

“public event attendance prohibition requirement

Part 4B

section 207(B1)”.

(3)

In section 207 (availability of community order requirements), after subsection (A1) (inserted by section 14(4)(a)) insert—

“B1Public event attendance prohibition requirement

A public event attendance prohibition requirement is not an available requirement if the offence was committed before the day on which section 15(3) of the Sentencing Act 2026 came into force.”

(4)

In section 287 (community requirements table), in the table, after the entry relating to the driving prohibition requirement (inserted by section 14(5)), insert—

“public event attendance prohibition requirement

Part 4B

section 291(B1)”.

(5)

In section 291 (availability of community requirements), after subsection (A1) (inserted by section 14(6)(a)) insert—

“B1Public event attendance prohibition requirement

A public event attendance prohibition requirement is not an available requirement if the offence was committed before the day on which section 15(5) of the Sentencing Act 2026 came into force.”

(6)

In Schedule 9 (community orders and suspended sentence orders: requirements), after Part 4A (inserted by section 14(7)) insert—

“Part 4BPublic event attendance prohibition requirement

8B

(1)

In this Code “public event attendance prohibition requirement”, in relation to a relevant order, means a requirement prohibiting the offender from attending a public event.

(2)

A public event attendance prohibition requirement may prohibit the offender from attending a public event at any time in a particular period or at particular times in a particular period.

(3)

A public event attendance prohibition requirement may prohibit the offender from attending—

(a)

a particular public event,

(b)

a public event of a particular kind, or

(c)

any public event.

(4)

Where the court makes a relevant order imposing a public event attendance prohibition requirement, the following must be specified in the order—

(a)

the period for which the requirement has effect;

(b)

if the order prohibits the offender from attending a public event at particular times, those times;

(c)

if the order prohibits the offender from attending a particular event, that public event;

(d)

if the order prohibits the offender from attending a public event of a particular kind, that kind of public event.

(5)

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