Criminal Justice

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CHAPTER 44

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Criminal Justice Act 2003

CHAPTER 44

CONTENTS

PART 1

AMENDMENTS OF POLICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ACT 1984

1Extension of powers to stop and search

2 Warrants to enter and search

3 Arrestable offences

4 Bail elsewhere than at police station

5 Drug testing for under-eighteens

6 Use of telephones for review of police detention

7 Limits on period of detention without charge

8 Property of detained persons

9 Taking fingerprints without consent

10 Taking non-intimate samples without consent

11 Codes of practice

12 Amendments related to Part 1

PART 2

BAIL

13 Grant and conditions of bail

14 Offences committed on bail

15 Absconding by persons released on bail

16 Appeal to Crown Court

17 Appeals to High Court

18 Appeal by prosecution

19 Drug users: restriction on bail

20 Supplementary amendments to the Bail Act 1976

21Interpretation of Part 2
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PART 3

CONDITIONAL CAUTIONS

22 Conditional cautions

23 The five requirements

24 Failure to comply with conditions

25 Code of practice

26 Assistance of National Probation Service

27 Interpretation of Part 3

PART 4

CHARGING ETC

28 Charging or release of persons in police detention

29 New method of instituting proceedings

30 Further provision about new method

31Removal of requirement to substantiate information on oath

PART 5

DISCLOSURE

32 Initial duty of disclosure by prosecutor

33 Defence disclosure

34 Notification of intention to call defence witnesses

35 Notification of names of experts instructed by defendant

36 Further provisions about defence disclosure

37 Continuing duty of disclosure by prosecutor

38 Application by defence for disclosure

39 Faults in defence disclosure

40 Code of practice for police interviews of witnesses notified by accused

PART 6

ALLOCATION AND SENDING OF OFFENCES

41Allocation of offences triable either way, and sending cases to Crown Court

42 Mode of trial for certain firearms offences: transitory arrangements

PART 7

TRIALS ON INDICTMENT WITHOUT A JURY

43 Applications by prosecution for certain fraud cases to be conducted without

a jury

44 Application by prosecution for trial to be conducted without jury where

danger of jury tampering

45 Procedure for applications under sections 43 and 44

46 Discharge of jury because of jury tampering

47 Appeals

48 Further provision about trials without a jury

49 Rules of court
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50 Application of Part 7 to Northern Ireland

PART 8

LIVE LINKS

51Live links in criminal proceedings

52 Effect of, and rescission of, direction

53 Magistrates’ courts permitted to sit at other locations

54 Warning to jury

55 Rules of court

56 Interpretation of Part 8

PART 9

PROSECUTION APPEALS

Introduction

57 Introduction

General right of appeal in respect of rulings

58 General right of appeal in respect of rulings

59 Expedited and non-expedited appeals

60 Continuation of proceedings for offences not affected by ruling

61Determination of appeal by Court of Appeal

Right of appeal in respect of evidentiary rulings

62 Right of appeal in respect of evidentiary rulings

63 Condition that evidentiary ruling significantly weakens prosecution case

64 Expedited and non-expedited appeals

65 Continuation of proceedings for offences not affected by ruling

66 Determination of appeal by Court of Appeal

67 Reversal of rulings

Miscellaneous and supplemental

68 Appeals to the House of Lords

69 Costs

70 Effect on time limits in relation to preliminary stages

71Restrictions on reporting

72 Offences in connection with reporting

73 Rules of court

74 Interpretation of Part 9

PART 10

RETRIAL FOR SERIOUS OFFENCES

Cases that may be retried

75 Cases that may be retried
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Application for retrial

76 Application to Court of Appeal

77 Determination by Court of Appeal

78 New and compelling evidence

79 Interests of justice

80 Procedure and evidence

81Appeals

82 Restrictions on publication in the interests of justice

83 Offences in connection with publication restrictions

Retrial

84 Retrial

Investigations

85 Authorisation of investigations

86 Urgent investigative steps

Arrest, custody and bail

87 Arrest and charge

88 Bail and custody before application

89 Bail and custody before hearing

90 Bail and custody during and after hearing

91Revocation of bail

Part 10: supplementary

92 Functions of the DPP

93 Rules of court

94 Armed Forces: Part 10

95 Interpretation of Part 10

96 Application of Part 10 to Northern Ireland

97 Application of Criminal Appeal Acts to proceedings under Part 10

PART 11

EVIDENCE

CHAPTER 1

EVIDENCE OF BAD CHARACTER

Introductory

98 “Bad character”

99 Abolition of common law rules

Persons other than defendants

100 Non-defendant’s bad character
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Defendants

101 Defendant’s bad character

102 “Important explanatory evidence”

103 “Matter in issue between the defendant and the prosecution”

104 “Matter in issue between the defendant and a co-defendant”

105 “Evidence to correct a false impression”

106 “Attack on another person’s character”

107 Stopping the case where evidence contaminated

108 Offences committed by defendant when a child

General

109 Assumption of truth in assessment of relevance or probative value

110 Court’s duty to give reasons for rulings

111 Rules of court

112 Interpretation of Chapter 1

113 Armed forces

CHAPTER 2

HEARSAY EVIDENCE

Hearsay: main provisions

114 Admissibility of hearsay evidence

115 Statements and matters stated

Principal categories of admissibility

116 Cases where a witness is unavailable

117 Business and other documents

118 Preservation of certain common law categories of admissibility

119 Inconsistent statements

120 Other previous statements of witnesses

Supplementary

121 Additional requirement for admissibility of multiple hearsay

122 Documents produced as exhibits

123 Capability to make statement

124 Credibility

125 Stopping the case where evidence is unconvincing

126 Court’s general discretion to exclude evidence

Miscellaneous

127 Expert evidence: preparatory work

128 Confessions

129 Representations other than by a person

130 Depositions

131 Evidence at retrial
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General

132 Rules of court

133 Proof of statements in documents

134 Interpretation of Chapter 2

135 Armed forces

136 Repeals etc

CHAPTER 3

MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

137 Evidence by video recording

138 Video evidence: further provisions

139 Use of documents to refresh memory

140 Interpretation of Chapter 3

141 Saving

PART 12

SENTENCING

CHAPTER 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS ABOUT SENTENCING

Matters to be taken into account in sentencing

142 Purposes of sentencing

143 Determining the seriousness of an offence

144 Reduction in sentences for guilty pleas

145 Increase in sentences for racial or religious aggravation

146 Increase in sentences for aggravation related to disability or sexual

orientation

General restrictions on community sentences

147 Meaning of “community sentence” etc.

148 Restrictions on imposing community sentences

149 Passing of community sentence on offender remanded in custody

150 Community sentence not available where sentence fixed by law etc.

151 Community order for persistent offender previously fined

General restrictions on discretionary custodial sentences

152 General restrictions on imposing discretionary custodial sentences

153 Length of discretionary custodial sentences: general provision

General limit on magistrates’ court’s power to impose imprisonment

154 General limit on magistrates’ court’s power to impose imprisonment

155 Consecutive terms of imprisonment
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Procedural requirements for imposing community sentences and discretionary custodial 

sentences

156 Pre-sentence reports and other requirements

157 Additional requirements in case of mentally disordered offender

158 Meaning of “pre-sentence report”

Disclosure of pre-sentence reports etc

159 Disclosure of pre-sentence reports

160 Other reports of local probation boards and members of youth offending

teams

Pre-sentence drug testing

161 Pre-sentence drug testing

Fines

162 Powers to order statement as to offender’s financial circumstances

163 General power of Crown Court to fine offender convicted on indictment

164 Fixing of fines

165 Remission of fines

Savings for power to mitigate etc

166 Savings for powers to mitigate sentences and deal appropriately with

mentally disordered offenders

Sentencing and allocation guidelines

167 The Sentencing Guidelines Council

168 Sentencing Guidelines Council: supplementary provisions

169 The Sentencing Advisory Panel

170 Guidelines relating to sentencing and allocation

171 Functions of Sentencing Advisory Panel in relation to guidelines

172 Duty of court to have regard to sentencing guidelines

173 Annual report by Council

Duty of court to explain sentence

174 Duty to give reasons for, and explain effect of, sentence

Publication of information by Secretary of State

175 Duty to publish information about sentencing

Interpretation of Chapter

176 Interpretation of Chapter 1
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CHAPTER 2

COMMUNITY ORDERS: OFFENDERS AGED 16 OR OVER

177 Community orders

178 Power to provide for court review of community orders

179 Breach, revocation or amendment of community order

180 Transfer of community orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland

CHAPTER 3

PRISON SENTENCES OF LESS THAN 12 MONTHS

Prison sentences of less than twelve months

181 Prison sentences of less than 12 months

182 Licence conditions

Intermittent custody

183 Intermittent custody

184 Restrictions on power to make intermittent custody order

185 Intermittent custody: licence conditions

186 Further provisions relating to intermittent custody

Further provision about custody plus orders and intermittent custody orders

187 Revocation or amendment of order

188 Transfer of custody plus orders and intermittent custody orders to Scotland

or Northern Ireland

Suspended sentences

189 Suspended sentences of imprisonment

190 Imposition of requirements by suspended sentence order

191 Power to provide for review of suspended sentence order

192 Periodic reviews of suspended sentence order

193 Breach, revocation or amendment of suspended sentence order, and effect of

further conviction

194 Transfer of suspended sentence orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland

Interpretation of Chapter

195 Interpretation of Chapter 3

CHAPTER 4

FURTHER PROVISIONS ABOUT ORDERS UNDER CHAPTERS 2 AND 3

Introductory

196 Meaning of “relevant order”

197 Meaning of “the responsible officer”

198 Duties of responsible officer
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Requirements available in case of all offenders

199 Unpaid work requirement

200 Obligations of person subject to unpaid work requirement

201Activity requirement

202 Programme requirement

203 Prohibited activity requirement

204 Curfew requirement

205 Exclusion requirement

206 Residence requirement

207 Mental health treatment requirement

208 Mental health treatment at place other than that specified in order

209 Drug rehabilitation requirement

210 Drug rehabilitation requirement: provision for review by court

211 Periodic review of drug rehabilitation requirement

212 Alcohol treatment requirement

213 Supervision requirement

Requirements available only in case of offenders aged under 25

214 Attendance centre requirement

Electronic monitoring

215 Electronic monitoring requirement

Provisions applying to relevant orders generally

216 Petty sessions area to be specified in relevant order

217 Requirement to avoid conflict with religious beliefs, etc

218 Availability of arrangements in local area

219 Provision of copies of relevant orders

220 Duty of offender to keep in touch with responsible officer

Powers of Secretary of State

221Provision of attendance centres

222 Rules

223 Power to amend limits

CHAPTER 5

DANGEROUS OFFENDERS

224 Meaning of “specified offence” etc.

225 Life sentence or imprisonment for public protection for serious offences

226 Detention for life or detention for public protection for serious offences

committed by those under 18

227 Extended sentence for certain violent or sexual offences: persons 18 or over

228 Extended sentence for certain violent or sexual offences: persons under 18

229 The assessment of dangerousness

230 Imprisonment or detention for public protection: release on licence

231Appeals where previous convictions set aside

232 Certificates of convictions for purposes of section 229

233 Offences under service law
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234 Determination of day when offence committed

235 Detention under sections 226 and 228

236 Conversion of sentences of detention into sentences of imprisonment

CHAPTER 6

RELEASE ON LICENCE

Preliminary

237 Meaning of “fixed-term prisoner”

Power of court to recommend licence conditions

238 Power of court to recommend licence conditions for certain prisoners

239 The Parole Board

Effect of remand in custody

240 Crediting of periods of remand in custody: terms of imprisonment and

detention

241Effect of direction under section 240 on release on licence

242 Interpretation of sections 240 and 241

243 Persons extradited to the United Kingdom

Release on licence

244 Duty to release prisoners

245 Restrictions on operation of section 244(1) in relation to intermittent custody

prisoners

246 Power to release prisoners on licence before required to do so

247 Release on licence of prisoner serving extended sentence under section 227 or

228

248 Power to release prisoners on compassionate grounds

249 Duration of licence

250 Licence conditions

251Licence conditions on re-release of prisoner serving sentence of less than 12

months

252 Duty to comply with licence conditions

253 Curfew condition to be included in licence under section 246

Recall after release

254 Recall of prisoners while on licence

255 Recall of prisoners released early under section 246

256 Further release after recall

Additional days

257 Additional days for disciplinary offences

Fine defaulters and contemnors

258 Early release of fine defaulters and contemnors
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Persons liable to removal from the United Kingdom

259 Persons liable to removal from the United Kingdom

260 Early removal of prisoners liable to removal from United Kingdom

261Re-entry into United Kingdom of offender removed from prison early

262 Prisoners liable to removal from United Kingdom: modifications of Criminal

Justice Act 1991

Consecutive or concurrent terms

263 Concurrent terms

264 Consecutive terms

Restriction on consecutive sentences for released prisoners

265 Restriction on consecutive sentences for released prisoners

Drug testing requirements

266 Release on licence etc: drug testing requirements

Supplemental

267 Alteration by order of relevant proportion of sentence

268 Interpretation of Chapter 6

CHAPTER 7

EFFECT OF LIFE SENTENCE

269 Determination of minimum term in relation to mandatory life sentence

270 Duty to give reasons

271Appeals

272 Review of minimum term on a reference by Attorney General

273 Life prisoners transferred to England and Wales

274 Further provisions about references relating to transferred life prisoners

275 Duty to release certain life prisoners

276 Mandatory life sentences: transitional cases

277 Interpretation of Chapter 7

CHAPTER 8

OTHER PROVISIONS ABOUT SENTENCING

Deferment of sentence

278 Deferment of sentence

Power to include drug treatment and testing requirement in certain orders in respect of young 

offenders

279 Drug treatment and testing requirement in action plan order or supervision

order
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Alteration of penalties for offences

280 Alteration of penalties for specified summary offences

281Alteration of penalties for other summary offences

282 Increase in maximum term that may be imposed on summary conviction of

offence triable either way

283 Enabling powers: power to alter maximum penalties

284 Increase in penalties for drug-related offences

285 Increase in penalties for certain driving-related offences

286 Increase in penalties for offences under section 174 of Road Traffic Act 1988

Firearms offences

287 Minimum sentence for certain firearms offences

288 Certain firearms offences to be triable only on indictment

289 Power to sentence young offender to detention in respect of certain firearms

offences: England and Wales

290 Power to sentence young offender to detention in respect of certain firearms

offences: Scotland

291Power by order to exclude application of minimum sentence to those under

18

292 Sentencing for firearms offences in Northern Ireland

293 Increase in penalty for offences relating to importation or exportation of

certain firearms

Offenders transferred to mental hospital

294 Duration of directions under Mental Health Act 1983 in relation to offenders

295 Access to Parole Board for certain patients serving prison sentences

296 Duration of directions under Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 in

relation to offenders

297 Access to Sentence Review Commissioners and Life Sentence Review

Commissioners for certain Northern Ireland patients

Term of detention and training order

298 Term of detention and training order

Disqualification from working with children

299 Disqualification from working with children

Fine defaulters

300 Power to impose unpaid work requirement or curfew requirement on fine

defaulter

301Fine defaulters: driving disqualification

CHAPTER 9

SUPPLEMENTARY

302 Execution of process between England and Wales and Scotland

303 Sentencing: repeals

304 Amendments relating to sentencing
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305 Interpretation of Part 12

PART 13

MISCELLANEOUS

Detention of suspected terrorists

306 Limit on period of detention without charge of suspected terrorists

Enforcement of legislation on endangered species

307 Enforcement of regulations implementing Community legislation on

endangered species

Miscellaneous provisions about criminal proceedings

308 Non-appearance of defendant: plea of guilty

309 Preparatory hearings for serious offences not involving fraud

310 Preparatory hearings to deal with severance and joinder of charges

311 Reporting restrictions for preparatory hearings

312 Awards of costs

313 Extension of investigations by Criminal Cases Review Commission in

England and Wales

314 Extension of investigations by Criminal Cases Review Commission in

Northern Ireland

315 Appeals following reference by Criminal Cases Review Commission

316 Power to substitute conviction of alternative offence on appeal in England

and Wales

317 Power to substitute conviction of alternative offence on appeal in Northern

Ireland

318 Substitution of conviction on different charge on appeal from court-martial

319 Appeals against sentences in England and Wales

Outraging public decency

320 Offence of outraging public decency triable either way

Jury service

321Jury service

Individual support orders

322 Individual support orders

323 Individual support orders: consequential amendments

Parenting orders and referral orders

324 Parenting orders and referral orders

Assessing etc. risks posed by sexual or violent offenders

325 Arrangements for assessing etc risks posed by certain offenders
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326 Review of arrangements

327 Section 325: interpretation

Criminal record certificates

328 Criminal record certificates: amendments of Part 5 of Police Act 1997

Civil proceedings brought by offenders

329 Civil proceedings for trespass to the person brought by offender

PART 14

GENERAL

330 Orders and rules

331Further minor and consequential amendments

332 Repeals

333 Supplementary and consequential provision, etc.

334 Provision for Northern Ireland

335 Expenses

336 Commencement

337 Extent

338 Channel Islands and Isle of Man

339 Short title

Schedule 1— Amendments related to Part 1

Schedule 2 — Charging or release of persons in police detention

Schedule 3 — Allocation of cases triable either way, and sending cases to the

Crown Court etc

Part 1— Principal amendments

Part 2 — minor and consequential amendments

Schedule 4 — Qualifying offences for purposes of section 62

Part 1— List of offences

Part 2 — Supplementary

Schedule 5 — Qualifying offences for purposes of Part 10

Part 1— List of offences for England and Wales

Part 2 — List of offences for Northern Ireland

Part 3 — Supplementary

Schedule 6 — Evidence of bad character: armed forces

Schedule 7 — Hearsay evidence: armed forces

Schedule 8 — Breach, revocation or amendment of community order

Part 1— Preliminary

Part 2 — Breach of requirement of order

Part 3 — Revocation of order

Part 4 — Amendment of order

Part 5 — Powers of court in relation to order following subsequent

conviction

Part 6 — Supplementary

Schedule 9 — Transfer of community orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland

Part 1— Scotland
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Part 2 — Northern Ireland

Part 3 — General provisions

Schedule 10 — Revocation or amendment of custody plus orders and

amendment of intermittent custody orders

Schedule 11 — Transfer of custody plus orders and intermittent custody

orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland

Part 1— Introductory

Part 2 — Scotland

Part 3 — Northern Ireland

Part 4 — General provisions

Part 5 — Supplementary

Schedule 12 — Breach or amendment of suspended sentence order, and effect

of further conviction

Part 1— Preliminary

Part 2 — Breach of community requirement or conviction of further

offence

Part 3 — Amendment of suspended sentence order

Schedule 13 — Transfer of suspended sentence orders to Scotland or

Northern Ireland

Part 1— Scotland

Part 2 — Northern Ireland

Part 3 — General provisions: breach or amendment

Part 4 — Supplementary

Schedule 14 — Persons to whom copies of requirements to be provided in

particular cases

Schedule 15 — Specified offences for purposes of Chapter 5 of Part 12

Part 1— Specified violent offences

Part 2 — Specified sexual offences

Schedule 16 — Scottish offences specified for the purposes of section 229(4)

Schedule 17 — Northern Ireland offences specified for the purposes of section

229(4)

Part 1— Violent offences

Part 2 — Sexual offences

Schedule 18 — Release of prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment or

detention for public protection

Schedule 19 — The Parole Board: supplementary provisions

Schedule 20 — Prisoners liable to removal from United Kingdom:

modifications of Criminal Justice Act 1991

Schedule 21— Determination of minimum term in relation to mandatory life

sentence

Schedule 22 — Mandatory life sentences: transitional cases

Schedule 23 — Deferment of sentence

Schedule 24 — Drug treatment and testing requirement in action plan order

or supervision order

Schedule 25 — Summary offences no longer punishable with imprisonment

Schedule 26 — Increase in maximum term for certain summary offences

Schedule 27 — Enabling powers: alteration of maximum penalties etc.

Schedule 28 — Increase in penalties for drug-related offences

Schedule 29 — Sentencing for firearms offences in Northern Ireland

Schedule 30 — Disqualification from working with children

Schedule 31— Default orders: modification of provisions relating to

community orders

Schedule 32 — Amendments relating to sentencing

Part 1— General
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Part 2 — Offences: abolition of imprisonment and conversion to

summary offence

Schedule 33 — Jury service

Schedule 34 — Parenting orders and referral orders

Schedule 35 — Criminal record certificates: amendments of Part 5 of Police

Act 1997

Schedule 36 — Further minor and consequential amendments

Part 1— Bail

Part 2 — Charging etc

Part 3 — Disclosure

Part 4 — Trials on indictment without a jury

Part 5 — Evidence

Part 6 — Miscellaneous

Schedule 37 — Repeals

Part 1— Repeals relating to amendments of Police and Criminal

Evidence Act 1984

Part 2 — Bail

Part 3 — Disclosure

Part 4 — Allocation and sending of offences

Part 5 — Evidence of bad character

Part 6 — Hearsay evidence

Part 7 — Sentencing: general

Part 8 — Life sentences

Part 9 — Alteration of penalties for summary offences

Part 10 — Jury service

Part 11 — Repeals relating to amendments of Part 5 of Police Act 1997

Part 12 — Miscellaneous

Schedule 38 — Transitory, transitional and saving provisions
ELIZABETH II c. 44

Criminal Justice Act 2003

2003 CHAPTER 44

An Act to make provision about criminal justice (including the powers and

duties of the police) and about dealing with offenders; to amend the law

relating to jury service; to amend Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Crime and

Disorder Act 1998 and Part 5 of the Police Act 1997; to make provision about

civil proceedings brought by offenders; and for connected purposes.

[20th November 2003]

E IT ENACTED by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and

consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— 

PART 1

AMENDMENTS OF POLICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ACT 1984

1 Extension of powers to stop and search

(1) In this Part, “the 1984 Act” means the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

(c. 60).

(2) In section 1(8) of the 1984 Act (offences for purpose of definition of prohibited

article), at the end of paragraph (d) there is inserted “; and

(e) offences under section 1 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971

(destroying or damaging property).”

2 Warrants to enter and search

In section 16 of the 1984 Act (execution of warrants), after subsection (2) there

is inserted—

“(2A) A person so authorised has the same powers as the constable whom he

accompanies in respect of—

(a) the execution of the warrant, and

B
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(b) the seizure of anything to which the warrant relates.

(2B) But he may exercise those powers only in the company, and under the

supervision, of a constable.”

3 Arrestable offences

(1) Schedule 1A to the 1984 Act (specific offences which are arrestable offences) is

amended as follows.

(2) After paragraph 2 there is inserted—

“Criminal Justice Act 1925

2ZA An offence under section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 (untrue

statement for procuring a passport).”

(3) After paragraph 6 there is inserted—

“Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

6A An offence under section 5(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

(having possession of a controlled drug) in respect of cannabis or

cannabis resin (within the meaning of that Act).”

(4) After paragraph 17 there is inserted—

“17A An offence under section 174 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (false

statements and withholding material information).”

4 Bail elsewhere than at police station

(1) Section 30 of the 1984 Act (arrest elsewhere than at police station) is amended

as follows.

(2) For subsection (1) there is substituted—

“(1) Subsection (1A) applies where a person is, at any place other than a

police station—

(a) arrested by a constable for an offence, or

(b) taken into custody by a constable after being arrested for an

offence by a person other than a constable.

(1A) The person must be taken by a constable to a police station as soon as

practicable after the arrest.

(1B) Subsection (1A) has effect subject to section 30A (release on bail) and

subsection (7) (release without bail).”

(3) In subsection (2) for “subsection (1)” there is substituted “subsection (1A)”.

(4) For subsection (7) there is substituted—

“(7) A person arrested by a constable at any place other than a police station

must be released without bail if the condition in subsection (7A) is

satisfied.
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(7A) The condition is that, at any time before the person arrested reaches a

police station, a constable is satisfied that there are no grounds for

keeping him under arrest or releasing him on bail under section 30A.”

(5) For subsections (10) and (11) there is substituted—

“(10) Nothing in subsection (1A) or in section 30A prevents a constable

delaying taking a person to a police station or releasing him on bail if

the condition in subsection (10A) is satisfied.

(10A) The condition is that the presence of the person at a place (other than a

police station) is necessary in order to carry out such investigations as

it is reasonable to carry out immediately.

(11) Where there is any such delay the reasons for the delay must be

recorded when the person first arrives at the police station or (as the

case may be) is released on bail.”

(6) In subsection (12) for “subsection (1)” there is substituted “subsection (1A) or

section 30A”.

(7) After section 30 there is inserted—

“30A Bail elsewhere than at police station

(1) A constable may release on bail a person who is arrested or taken into

custody in the circumstances mentioned in section 30(1).

(2) A person may be released on bail under subsection (1) at any time

before he arrives at a police station.

(3) A person released on bail under subsection (1) must be required to

attend a police station.

(4) No other requirement may be imposed on the person as a condition of

bail.

(5) The police station which the person is required to attend may be any

police station.

30B Bail under section 30A: notices

(1) Where a constable grants bail to a person under section 30A, he must

give that person a notice in writing before he is released.

(2) The notice must state—

(a) the offence for which he was arrested, and

(b) the ground on which he was arrested.

(3) The notice must inform him that he is required to attend a police

station.

(4) It may also specify the police station which he is required to attend and

the time when he is required to attend.

(5) If the notice does not include the information mentioned in subsection

(4), the person must subsequently be given a further notice in writing

which contains that information.
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(6) The person may be required to attend a different police station from

that specified in the notice under subsection (1) or (5) or to attend at a

different time.

(7) He must be given notice in writing of any such change as is mentioned

in subsection (6) but more than one such notice may be given to him.

30C Bail under section 30A: supplemental

(1) A person who has been required to attend a police station is not

required to do so if he is given notice in writing that his attendance is

no longer required.

(2) If a person is required to attend a police station which is not a

designated police station he must be—

(a) released, or

(b) taken to a designated police station,

not more than six hours after his arrival.

(3) Nothing in the Bail Act 1976 applies in relation to bail under section

30A.

(4) Nothing in section 30A or 30B or in this section prevents the re-arrest

without a warrant of a person released on bail under section 30A if new

evidence justifying a further arrest has come to light since his release.

30D Failure to answer to bail under section 30A

(1) A constable may arrest without a warrant a person who—

(a) has been released on bail under section 30A subject to a

requirement to attend a specified police station, but

(b) fails to attend the police station at the specified time.

(2) A person arrested under subsection (1) must be taken to a police station

(which may be the specified police station or any other police station)

as soon as practicable after the arrest.

(3) In subsection (1), “specified” means specified in a notice under

subsection (1) or (5) of section 30B or, if notice of change has been given

under subsection (7) of that section, in that notice.

(4) For the purposes of—

(a) section 30 (subject to the obligation in subsection (2)), and

(b) section 31,

an arrest under this section is to be treated as an arrest for an offence.”

5 Drug testing for under-eighteens

(1) The 1984 Act is amended as follows.

(2) In section 38 (duties of custody officer after charge)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) for sub-paragraph (iiia) of paragraph (a) there is substituted—

“(iiia) except in a case where (by virtue of

subsection (9) of section 63B below) that
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section does not apply, the custody

officer has reasonable grounds for

believing that the detention of the person

is necessary to enable a sample to be

taken from him under that section;”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b), after “satisfied” there is

inserted “(but, in the case of paragraph (a)(iiia) above, only if

the arrested juvenile has attained the minimum age)”,

(b) in subsection (6A), after the definition of “local authority

accommodation” there is inserted—

““minimum age” means the age specified in section 63B(3)

below;”.

(3) In section 63B (testing for presence of Class A drugs)—

(a) in subsection (3), for “18” there is substituted “14”,

(b) after subsection (5) there is inserted—

“(5A) In the case of a person who has not attained the age of 17—

(a) the making of the request under subsection (4) above;

(b) the giving of the warning and (where applicable) the

information under subsection (5) above; and

(c) the taking of the sample,

may not take place except in the presence of an appropriate

adult.”,

(c) after subsection (6) there is inserted—

“(6A) The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory

instrument amend subsection (3) above by substituting for the

age for the time being specified a different age specified in the

order.

(6B) A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection

(6A) above shall not be made unless a draft of the instrument

has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each

House of Parliament.”,

(d) after subsection (8) there is inserted—

“(9) In relation to a person who has not attained the age of 18, this

section applies only where—

(a) the relevant chief officer has been notified by the

Secretary of State that arrangements for the taking of

samples under this section from persons who have not

attained the age of 18 have been made for the police area

as a whole, or for the particular police station, in which

the person is in police detention; and

(b) the notice has not been withdrawn.

(10) In this section—

“appropriate adult”, in relation to a person who has not

attained the age of 17, means—

(a) his parent or guardian or, if he is in the care of a

local authority or voluntary organisation, a

person representing that authority or

organisation; or
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(b) a social worker of a local authority social services

department; or

(c) if no person falling within paragraph (a) or (b) is

available, any responsible person aged 18 or

over who is not a police officer or a person

employed by the police;

“relevant chief officer” means—

(a) in relation to a police area, the chief officer of

police of the police force for that police area; or 

(b) in relation to a police station, the chief officer of

police of the police force for the police area in

which the police station is situated.”

6 Use of telephones for review of police detention

For section 40A(1) and (2) of the 1984 Act (use of telephone for review under

s.40) there is substituted—

“(1) A review under section 40(1)(b) may be carried out by means of a

discussion, conducted by telephone, with one or more persons at the

police station where the arrested person is held.

(2) But subsection (1) does not apply if—

(a) the review is of a kind authorised by regulations under section

45A to be carried out using video-conferencing facilities; and

(b) it is reasonably practicable to carry it out in accordance with

those regulations.”

7 Limits on period of detention without charge

In section 42(1) of the 1984 Act (conditions to be satisfied before detention

without charge may be extended from 24 to 36 hours), for paragraph (b) there

is substituted—

“(b) an offence for which he is under arrest is an arrestable offence;

and”.

8 Property of detained persons

(1) In subsection (1) of section 54 of the 1984 Act (which requires the custody

officer at a police station to ascertain and record everything which a detained

person has with him), there is omitted “and record or cause to be recorded”.

(2) For subsection (2) of that section (record of arrested person to be made as part

of custody record) there is substituted—

“(2) The custody officer may record or cause to be recorded all or any of the

things which he ascertains under subsection (1).

(2A) In the case of an arrested person, any such record may be made as part

of his custody record.”

9 Taking fingerprints without consent

(1) Section 61 of the 1984 Act (fingerprinting) is amended as follows.
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(2) For subsections (3) and (4) (taking of fingerprints without appropriate consent)

there is substituted— 

“(3) The fingerprints of a person detained at a police station may be taken

without the appropriate consent if—

(a) he is detained in consequence of his arrest for a recordable

offence; and

(b) he has not had his fingerprints taken in the course of the

investigation of the offence by the police.

(4) The fingerprints of a person detained at a police station may be taken

without the appropriate consent if—

(a) he has been charged with a recordable offence or informed that

he will be reported for such an offence; and

(b) he has not had his fingerprints taken in the course of the

investigation of the offence by the police.”

(3) In subsection (3A) (disregard of incomplete or unsatisfactory fingerprints) for

the words from the beginning to “subsection (3) above” there is substituted

“Where a person mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) or (4) has

already had his fingerprints taken in the course of the investigation of the

offence by the police”. 

(4) In subsection (5) (authorisation to be given or confirmed in writing) for

“subsection (3)(a) or (4A)” there is substituted “subsection (4A)”.

(5) In subsection (7) (reasons for taking of fingerprints without consent) for

“subsection (3) or (6)” there is substituted “subsection (3), (4) or (6)”.

10 Taking non-intimate samples without consent

(1) Section 63 of the 1984 Act (other samples) is amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (2) (consent to be given in writing) there is inserted—

“(2A) A non-intimate sample may be taken from a person without the

appropriate consent if two conditions are satisfied.

(2B) The first is that the person is in police detention in consequence of his

arrest for a recordable offence.

(2C) The second is that—

(a) he has not had a non-intimate sample of the same type and from

the same part of the body taken in the course of the

investigation of the offence by the police, or

(b) he has had such a sample taken but it proved insufficient.”

(3) In subsection (3)(a) (taking of samples without appropriate consent) the words

“is in police detention or” are omitted.

(4) In subsection (3A) (taking of samples without appropriate consent after

charge) for “(whether or not he falls within subsection (3)(a) above)” there is

substituted “(whether or not he is in police detention or held in custody by the

police on the authority of a court)”.

(5) In subsection (8A) (reasons for taking of samples without consent) for

“subsection (3A)” there is substituted “subsection (2A), (3A)”.
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11 Codes of practice

(1) In section 67 of the 1984 Act (supplementary provisions about codes), for

subsections (1) to (7C) there is substituted—

“(1) In this section, “code” means a code of practice under section 60, 60A or

66.

(2) The Secretary of State may at any time revise the whole or any part of a

code.

(3) A code may be made, or revised, so as to—

(a) apply only in relation to one or more specified areas,

(b) have effect only for a specified period, 

(c) apply only in relation to specified offences or descriptions of

offender.

(4) Before issuing a code, or any revision of a code, the Secretary of State

must consult—

(a) persons whom he considers to represent the interests of police

authorities,

(b) persons whom he considers to represent the interests of chief

officers of police, 

(c) the General Council of the Bar,

(d) the Law Society of England and Wales,

(e) the Institute of Legal Executives, and

(f) such other persons as he thinks fit.

(5) A code, or a revision of a code, does not come into operation until the

Secretary of State by order so provides.

(6) The power conferred by subsection (5) is exercisable by statutory

instrument.

(7) An order bringing a code into operation may not be made unless a draft

of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a

resolution of each House.

(7A) An order bringing a revision of a code into operation must be laid

before Parliament if the order has been made without a draft having

been so laid and approved by a resolution of each House.

(7B) When an order or draft of an order is laid, the code or revision of a code

to which it relates must also be laid.

(7C) No order or draft of an order may be laid until the consultation

required by subsection (4) has taken place.

(7D) An order bringing a code, or a revision of a code, into operation may

include transitional or saving provisions.”

(2) Section 113 of the 1984 Act (application of Act to armed forces) is amended as

follows.

(3) After subsection (3) there is inserted—

“(3A) In subsections (4) to (10), “code” means a code of practice under

subsection (3).”
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(4) For subsections (5) to (7) there is substituted—

“(5) The Secretary of State may at any time revise the whole or any part of a

code.

(6) A code may be made, or revised, so as to—

(a) apply only in relation to one or more specified areas,

(b) have effect only for a specified period, 

(c) apply only in relation to specified offences or descriptions of

offender.

(7) The Secretary of State must lay a code, or any revision of a code, before

Parliament.”

12 Amendments related to Part 1

Schedule 1 (which makes amendments related to the provisions of this Part)

has effect.

PART 2

BAIL

13 Grant and conditions of bail

(1) In section 3(6) of the 1976 Act (which sets out cases where bail conditions may

be imposed)—

(a) the words “to secure that” are omitted,

(b) the words “to secure that” are inserted at the beginning of each of

paragraphs (a) to (e),

(c) after paragraph (c) there is inserted—

“(ca) for his own protection or, if he is a child or young

person, for his own welfare or in his own interests,”,

(d) for “or (c)” there is substituted “, (c) or (ca)”.

(2) In section 3A(5) of the 1976 Act (no conditions may be imposed under section

3(4), (5), (6) or (7) unless necessary for certain purposes)—

(a) the words “for the purpose of preventing that person from” are

omitted,

(b) the words “for the purpose of preventing that person from” are inserted

at the beginning of each of paragraphs (a) to (c),

(c) after paragraph (c) there is inserted “or

(d) for that person’s own protection or, if he is a child or

young person, for his own welfare or in his own

interests.”

(3) In paragraph 8(1) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1976 Act (no conditions may be

imposed under section 3(4) to (7) unless necessary to do so for certain

purposes) for the words from “that it is necessary to do so” onwards there is

substituted “that it is necessary to do so—

(a) for the purpose of preventing the occurrence of any of the

events mentioned in paragraph 2(1) of this Part of this Schedule,

or
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(b) for the defendant’s own protection or, if he is a child or young

person, for his own welfare or in his own interests.”

(4) For paragraph 5 of Part 2 of that Schedule (defendant need not be granted bail

if having been released on bail he has been arrested in pursuance of section 7)

there is substituted—

“5 The defendant need not be granted bail if—

(a) having been released on bail in or in connection with the

proceedings for the offence, he has been arrested in

pursuance of section 7 of this Act; and

(b) the court is satisfied that there are substantial grounds for

believing that the defendant, if released on bail (whether

subject to conditions or not) would fail to surrender to

custody, commit an offence on bail or interfere with

witnesses or otherwise obstruct the course of justice (whether

in relation to himself or any other person).”

14 Offences committed on bail

(1) For paragraph 2A of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1976 Act (defendant need not

be granted bail where he was on bail on date of offence) there is substituted—

“2A (1) If the defendant falls within this paragraph he may not be granted

bail unless the court is satisfied that there is no significant risk of his

committing an offence while on bail (whether subject to conditions

or not).

(2) The defendant falls within this paragraph if—

(a) he is aged 18 or over, and

(b) it appears to the court that he was on bail in criminal

proceedings on the date of the offence.”

(2) After paragraph 9 of that Part there is inserted—

“9AA(1) This paragraph applies if—

(a) the defendant is under the age of 18, and

(b) it appears to the court that he was on bail in criminal

proceedings on the date of the offence.

(2) In deciding for the purposes of paragraph 2(1) of this Part of this

Schedule whether it is satisfied that there are substantial grounds for

believing that the defendant, if released on bail (whether subject to

conditions or not), would commit an offence while on bail, the court

shall give particular weight to the fact that the defendant was on bail

in criminal proceedings on the date of the offence.”

15 Absconding by persons released on bail

(1) For paragraph 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1976 Act (defendant need not be

granted bail if having been released on bail he has been arrested in pursuance

of section 7) there is substituted—

“6 (1) If the defendant falls within this paragraph, he may not be granted

bail unless the court is satisfied that there is no significant risk that,

if released on bail (whether subject to conditions or not), he would

fail to surrender to custody.
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(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the defendant falls within this

paragraph if—

(a) he is aged 18 or over, and

(b) it appears to the court that, having been released on bail in

or in connection with the proceedings for the offence, he

failed to surrender to custody.

(3) Where it appears to the court that the defendant had reasonable

cause for his failure to surrender to custody, he does not fall within

this paragraph unless it also appears to the court that he failed to

surrender to custody at the appointed place as soon as reasonably

practicable after the appointed time.

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) above, a failure to give to the

defendant a copy of the record of the decision to grant him bail shall

not constitute a reasonable cause for his failure to surrender to

custody.”

(2) After paragraph 9AA of that Part (inserted by section 14(2)) there is inserted—

“9AB (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, this paragraph applies if—

(a) the defendant is under the age of 18, and

(b) it appears to the court that, having been released on bail in or

in connection with the proceedings for the offence, he failed

to surrender to custody.

(2) Where it appears to the court that the defendant had reasonable

cause for his failure to surrender to custody, this paragraph does not

apply unless it also appears to the court that he failed to surrender to

custody at the appointed place as soon as reasonably practicable

after the appointed time.

(3) In deciding for the purposes of paragraph 2(1) of this Part of this

Schedule whether it is satisfied that there are substantial grounds for

believing that the defendant, if released on bail (whether subject to

conditions or not), would fail to surrender to custody, the court shall

give particular weight to—

(a) where the defendant did not have reasonable cause for his

failure to surrender to custody, the fact that he failed to

surrender to custody, or

(b) where he did have reasonable cause for his failure to

surrender to custody, the fact that he failed to surrender to

custody at the appointed place as soon as reasonably

practicable after the appointed time.

(4) For the purposes of this paragraph, a failure to give to the defendant

a copy of the record of the decision to grant him bail shall not

constitute a reasonable cause for his failure to surrender to custody.”

(3) In section 6 of the 1976 Act (offence of absconding by person released on bail)

after subsection (9) there is inserted—

“(10) Section 127 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 shall not apply in

relation to an offence under subsection (1) or (2) above.

(11) Where a person has been released on bail in criminal proceedings and

that bail was granted by a constable, a magistrates’ court shall not try

that person for an offence under subsection (1) or (2) above in relation
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to that bail (the “relevant offence”) unless either or both of subsections

(12) and (13) below applies.

(12) This subsection applies if an information is laid for the relevant offence

within 6 months from the time of the commission of the relevant

offence.

(13) This subsection applies if an information is laid for the relevant offence

no later than 3 months from the time of the occurrence of the first of the

events mentioned in subsection (14) below to occur after the

commission of the relevant offence.

(14) Those events are—

(a) the person surrenders to custody at the appointed place;

(b) the person is arrested, or attends at a police station, in

connection with the relevant offence or the offence for which he

was granted bail;

(c) the person appears or is brought before a court in connection

with the relevant offence or the offence for which he was

granted bail.”

16 Appeal to Crown Court 

(1) This section applies where a magistrates’ court grants bail to a person (“the

person concerned”) on adjourning a case under—

(a) section 10 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) (adjournment of

trial),

(b) section 17C of that Act (intention as to plea: adjournment),

(c) section 18 of that Act (initial procedure on information against adult for

offence triable either way),

(d) section 24C of that Act (intention as to plea by child or young person:

adjournment),

(e) section 52(5) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (adjournment

of proceedings under section 51 etc), or

(f) section 11 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)

(remand for medical examination).

(2) Subject to the following provisions of this section, the person concerned may

appeal to the Crown Court against any condition of bail falling within

subsection (3).

(3) A condition of bail falls within this subsection if it is a requirement—

(a) that the person concerned resides away from a particular place or area, 

(b) that the person concerned resides at a particular place other than a bail

hostel,

(c) for the provision of a surety or sureties or the giving of a security,

(d) that the person concerned remains indoors between certain hours,

(e) imposed under section 3(6ZAA) of the 1976 Act (requirements with

respect to electronic monitoring), or

(f) that the person concerned makes no contact with another person.

(4) An appeal under this section may not be brought unless subsection (5) or (6)

applies.
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(5) This subsection applies if an application to the magistrates’ court under section

3(8)(a) of the 1976 Act (application by or on behalf of person granted bail) was

made and determined before the appeal was brought.

(6) This subsection applies if an application to the magistrates’ court—

(a) under section 3(8)(b) of the 1976 Act (application by constable or

prosecutor), or

(b) under section 5B(1) of that Act (application by prosecutor),

was made and determined before the appeal was brought.

(7) On an appeal under this section the Crown Court may vary the conditions of

bail.

(8) Where the Crown Court determines an appeal under this section, the person

concerned may not bring any further appeal under this section in respect of the

conditions of bail unless an application or a further application to the

magistrates’ court under section 3(8)(a) of the 1976 Act is made and

determined after the appeal.

17 Appeals to High Court

(1) In section 22(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80) (extension of power of

High Court to grant, or vary conditions of, bail)—

(a) after “Where” there is inserted “(a)”, and

(b) after “proceedings,”, in the second place where it occurs, there is

inserted “and 

(b) it does so where an application to the court to state a case

for the opinion of the High Court is made,”.

(2) The inherent power of the High Court to entertain an application in relation to

bail where a magistrates’ court—

(a) has granted or withheld bail, or

(b) has varied the conditions of bail,

is abolished.

(3) The inherent power of the High Court to entertain an application in relation to

bail where the Crown Court has determined—

(a) an application under section 3(8) of the 1976 Act, or

(b) an application under section 81(1)(a), (b), (c) or (g) of the Supreme

Court Act 1981 (c. 54),

is abolished.

(4) The High Court is to have no power to entertain an application in relation to

bail where the Crown Court has determined an appeal under section 16 of this

Act.

(5) The High Court is to have no power to entertain an application in relation to

bail where the Crown Court has granted or withheld bail under section 88 or

89 of this Act.

(6) Nothing in this section affects—

(a) any other power of the High Court to grant or withhold bail or to vary

the conditions of bail, or

(b) any right of a person to apply for a writ of habeas corpus or any other

prerogative remedy.
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(7) Any reference in this section to an application in relation to bail is to be read as

including—

(a) an application for bail to be granted,

(b) an application for bail to be withheld,

(c) an application for the conditions of bail to be varied.

(8) Any reference in this section to the withholding of bail is to be read as

including a reference to the revocation of bail.

18 Appeal by prosecution

(1) Section 1 of the Bail (Amendment) Act 1993 (c. 26) (prosecution right of appeal)

is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (1) (prosecution may appeal to Crown Court judge against bail

in case of offence punishable by imprisonment for five years or more etc) there

is substituted—

“(1) Where a magistrates’ court grants bail to a person who is charged with,

or convicted of, an offence punishable by imprisonment, the

prosecution may appeal to a judge of the Crown Court against the

granting of bail.”

(3) In subsection (10)(a) for “punishable by a term of imprisonment” there is

substituted “punishable by imprisonment”.

19 Drug users: restriction on bail

(1) The 1976 Act is amended as follows.

(2) In section 3 (general provisions), after subsection (6B) there is inserted—

“(6C) Subsection (6D) below applies where—

(a) the court has been notified by the Secretary of State that

arrangements for conducting a relevant assessment or, as the

case may be, providing relevant follow-up have been made for

the petty sessions area in which it appears to the court that the

person referred to in subsection (6D) would reside if granted

bail; and

(b) the notice has not been withdrawn.

(6D) In the case of a person (“P”)—

(a) in relation to whom paragraphs (a) to (c) of paragraph 6B(1) of

Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act apply;

(b) who, after analysis of the sample referred to in paragraph (b) of

that paragraph, has been offered a relevant assessment or, if a

relevant assessment has been carried out, has had relevant

follow-up proposed to him; and

(c) who has agreed to undergo the relevant assessment or, as the

case may be, to participate in the relevant follow-up,

the court, if it grants bail, shall impose as a condition of bail that P both

undergo the relevant assessment and participate in any relevant

follow-up proposed to him or, if a relevant assessment has been carried

out, that P participate in the relevant follow-up.

(6E) In subsections (6C) and (6D) above—
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(a) “relevant assessment” means an assessment conducted by a

suitably qualified person of whether P is dependent upon or has

a propensity to misuse any specified Class A drugs;

(b) “relevant follow-up” means, in a case where the person who

conducted the relevant assessment believes P to have such a

dependency or propensity, such further assessment, and such

assistance or treatment (or both) in connection with the

dependency or propensity, as the person who conducted the

relevant assessment (or conducts any later assessment)

considers to be appropriate in P’s case, 

and in paragraph (a) above “Class A drug” and “misuse” have the same

meaning as in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, and “specified” (in relation

to a Class A drug) has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Criminal

Justice and Court Services Act 2000.

(6F) In subsection (6E)(a) above, “suitably qualified person” means a person

who has such qualifications or experience as are from time to time

specified by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this subsection.”

(3) In section 3A(3) (conditions of bail in case of police bail), for “, (6A) and (6B)”

there is substituted “and (6A) to (6F)”.

(4) In Schedule 1 (which contains supplementary provisions about bail), in Part 1

(imprisonable offences)—

(a) after paragraph 6 there is inserted—

“Exception applicable to drug users in certain areas

6A Subject to paragraph 6C below, a defendant who falls within

paragraph 6B below may not be granted bail unless the court

is satisfied that there is no significant risk of his committing

an offence while on bail (whether subject to conditions or

not).

6B (1) A defendant falls within this paragraph if—

(a) he is aged 18 or over;

(b) a sample taken—

(i) under section 63B of the Police and Criminal

Evidence Act 1984 (testing for presence of

Class A drugs) in connection with the offence;

or

(ii) under section 161 of the Criminal Justice Act

2003 (drug testing after conviction of an

offence but before sentence),

has revealed the presence in his body of a specified

Class A drug;

(c) either the offence is one under section 5(2) or (3) of the

Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and relates to a specified

Class A drug, or the court is satisfied that there are

substantial grounds for believing—

(i) that misuse by him of any specified Class A

drug caused or contributed to the offence; or

(ii) (even if it did not) that the offence was

motivated wholly or partly by his intended

misuse of such a drug; and
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(d) the condition set out in sub-paragraph (2) below is

satisfied or (if the court is considering on a second or

subsequent occasion whether or not to grant bail) has

been, and continues to be, satisfied.

(2) The condition referred to is that after the taking and analysis

of the sample—

(a) a relevant assessment has been offered to the

defendant but he does not agree to undergo it; or

(b) he has undergone a relevant assessment, and relevant

follow-up has been proposed to him, but he does not

agree to participate in it.

(3) In this paragraph and paragraph 6C below—

(a) “Class A drug” and “misuse” have the same meaning

as in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971;

(b) “relevant assessment” and “relevant follow-up” have

the meaning given by section 3(6E) of this Act;

(c) “specified” (in relation to a Class A drug) has the

same meaning as in Part 3 of the Criminal Justice and

Court Services Act 2000.

6C Paragraph 6A above does not apply unless—

(a) the court has been notified by the Secretary of State

that arrangements for conducting a relevant

assessment or, as the case may be, providing relevant

follow-up have been made for the petty sessions area

in which it appears to the court that the defendant

would reside if granted bail; and

(b) the notice has not been withdrawn.”,

(b) in paragraph 8(1), for “(4) to (7)” there is substituted “(4) to (6B) or (7)”.

20 Supplementary amendments to the Bail Act 1976

(1) In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1976 Act (supplementary provisions relating to

bail of defendant accused or convicted of imprisonable offence) the existing

text of paragraph 2 is to be sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph, and after that

sub-paragraph (as so re-numbered) there is inserted—

“(2) Where the defendant falls within one or more of paragraphs 2A, 6

and 6B of this Part of this Schedule, this paragraph shall not apply

unless—

(a) where the defendant falls within paragraph 2A, the court

is satisfied as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1 ) of that

paragraph;

(b) where the defendant falls within paragraph 6, the court is

satisfied as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) of that

paragraph;

(c) where the defendant falls within paragraph 6B, the court is

satisfied as mentioned in paragraph 6A of this Part of this

Schedule or paragraph 6A does not apply by virtue of

paragraph 6C of this Part of this Schedule.”

(2) In paragraph 9 of that Part (matters to be taken into account in making

decisions under paragraph 2 or 2A of that Part) for “2 or 2A” there is
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substituted “2(1), or in deciding whether it is satisfied as mentioned in

paragraph 2A(1), 6(1) or 6A,”.

21 Interpretation of Part 2

In this Part—

“bail” means bail in criminal proceedings (within the meaning of the 1976

Act),

“bail hostel” has the meaning given by section 2(2) of the 1976 Act,

“the 1976 Act” means the Bail Act 1976 (c. 63),

“vary” has the same meaning as in the 1976 Act.

PART 3

CONDITIONAL CAUTIONS

22 Conditional cautions

(1) An authorised person may give a conditional caution to a person aged 18 or

over (“the offender”) if each of the five requirements in section 23 is satisfied.

(2) In this Part “conditional caution” means a caution which is given in respect of

an offence committed by the offender and which has conditions attached to it

with which the offender must comply.

(3) The conditions which may be attached to such a caution are those which have

either or both of the following objects—

(a) facilitating the rehabilitation of the offender,

(b) ensuring that he makes reparation for the offence.

(4) In this Part “authorised person” means—

(a) a constable,

(b) an investigating officer, or

(c) a person authorised by a relevant prosecutor for the purposes of this

section.

23 The five requirements

(1) The first requirement is that the authorised person has evidence that the

offender has committed an offence.

(2) The second requirement is that a relevant prosecutor decides—

(a) that there is sufficient evidence to charge the offender with the offence,

and

(b) that a conditional caution should be given to the offender in respect of

the offence.

(3) The third requirement is that the offender admits to the authorised person that

he committed the offence.

(4) The fourth requirement is that the authorised person explains the effect of the

conditional caution to the offender and warns him that failure to comply with

any of the conditions attached to the caution may result in his being prosecuted

for the offence.
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(5) The fifth requirement is that the offender signs a document which contains—

(a) details of the offence,

(b) an admission by him that he committed the offence,

(c) his consent to being given the conditional caution, and

(d) the conditions attached to the caution.

24 Failure to comply with conditions

(1) If the offender fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any of the

conditions attached to the conditional caution, criminal proceedings may be

instituted against the person for the offence in question.

(2) The document mentioned in section 23(5) is to be admissible in such

proceedings.

(3) Where such proceedings are instituted, the conditional caution is to cease to

have effect.

25 Code of practice

(1) The Secretary of State must prepare a code of practice in relation to conditional

cautions.

(2) The code may, in particular, include provision as to—

(a) the circumstances in which conditional cautions may be given,

(b) the procedure to be followed in connection with the giving of such

cautions,

(c) the conditions which may be attached to such cautions and the time for

which they may have effect,

(d) the category of constable or investigating officer by whom such

cautions may be given,

(e) the persons who may be authorised by a relevant prosecutor for the

purposes of section 22,

(f) the form which such cautions are to take and the manner in which they

are to be given and recorded,

(g) the places where such cautions may be given, and

(h) the monitoring of compliance with conditions attached to such

cautions.

(3) After preparing a draft of the code the Secretary of State— 

(a) must publish the draft,

(b) must consider any representations made to him about the draft, and

(c) may amend the draft accordingly,

but he may not publish or amend the draft without the consent of the Attorney

General.

(4) After the Secretary of State has proceeded under subsection (3) he must lay the

code before each House of Parliament.

(5) When he has done so he may bring the code into force by order.

(6) The Secretary of State may from time to time revise a code of practice brought

into force under this section.
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(7) Subsections (3) to (6) are to apply (with appropriate modifications) to a revised

code as they apply to an original code.

26 Assistance of National Probation Service

(1) Section 1 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43) (purposes

of Chapter 1) is amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (1) there is inserted—

“(1A) This Chapter also has effect for the purposes of providing for—

(a) authorised persons to be given assistance in determining

whether conditional cautions should be given and which

conditions to attach to conditional cautions, and

(b) the supervision and rehabilitation of persons to whom

conditional cautions are given.”

(3) After subsection (3) there is inserted—

“(4) In this section “authorised person” and “conditional caution” have the

same meaning as in Part 3 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.”

27 Interpretation of Part 3

In this Part—

“authorised person” has the meaning given by section 22(4),

“conditional caution” has the meaning given by section 22(2),

“investigating officer” means a person designated as an investigating

officer under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30),

“the offender” has the meaning given by section 22(1),

“relevant prosecutor” means—

(a) the Attorney General,

(b) the Director of the Serious Fraud Office,

(c) the Director of Public Prosecutions,

(d) a Secretary of State,

(e) the Commissioners of Inland Revenue,

(f) the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, or

(g) a person who is specified in an order made by the Secretary of

State as being a relevant prosecutor for the purposes of this Part.

PART 4

CHARGING ETC

28 Charging or release of persons in police detention

Schedule 2 (which makes provision in relation to the charging or release of

persons in police detention) shall have effect.
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29 New method of instituting proceedings

(1) A public prosecutor may institute criminal proceedings against a person by

issuing a document (a “written charge”) which charges the person with an

offence.

(2) Where a public prosecutor issues a written charge, it must at the same time

issue a document (a “requisition”) which requires the person to appear before

a magistrates’ court to answer the written charge.

(3) The written charge and requisition must be served on the person concerned,

and a copy of both must be served on the court named in the requisition.

(4) In consequence of subsections (1) to (3), a public prosecutor is not to have the

power to lay an information for the purpose of obtaining the issue of a

summons under section 1 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43).

(5) In this section “public prosecutor” means—

(a) a police force or a person authorised by a police force to institute

criminal proceedings,

(b) the Director of the Serious Fraud Office or a person authorised by him

to institute criminal proceedings,

(c) the Director of Public Prosecutions or a person authorised by him to

institute criminal proceedings,

(d) the Attorney General or a person authorised by him to institute

criminal proceedings,

(e) a Secretary of State or a person authorised by a Secretary of State to

institute criminal proceedings,

(f) the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or a person authorised by them

to institute criminal proceedings,

(g) the Commissioners of Customs and Excise or a person authorised by

them to institute criminal proceedings, or

(h) a person specified in an order made by the Secretary of State for the

purposes of this section or a person authorised by such a person to

institute criminal proceedings.

(6) In subsection (5) “police force” has the meaning given by section 3(3) of the

Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23).

30 Further provision about new method

(1) Rules under section 144 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 may make—

(a) provision as to the form, content, recording, authentication and service

of written charges or requisitions, and

(b) such other provision in relation to written charges or requisitions as

appears to the Lord Chancellor to be necessary or expedient.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the provision which may be made by virtue of

that subsection includes provision—

(a) which applies (with or without modifications), or which disapplies, the

provision of any enactment relating to the service of documents,

(b) for or in connection with the issue of further requisitions.

(3) Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) is to be taken as affecting the generality of

section 144(1) of that Act.
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(4) Nothing in section 29 affects—

(a) the power of a public prosecutor to lay an information for the purpose

of obtaining the issue of a warrant under section 1 of the Magistrates’

Courts Act 1980 (c. 43),

(b) the power of a person who is not a public prosecutor to lay an

information for the purpose of obtaining the issue of a summons or

warrant under section 1 of that Act, or

(c) any power to charge a person with an offence whilst he is in custody.

(5) Except where the context otherwise requires, in any enactment contained in an

Act passed before this Act—

(a) any reference (however expressed) which is or includes a reference to

an information within the meaning of section 1 of the Magistrates'

Courts Act 1980 (c.43) (or to the laying of such an information) is to be

read as including a reference to a written charge (or to the issue of a

written charge),

(b) any reference (however expressed) which is or includes a reference to a

summons under section 1 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (or to a

justice of the peace issuing such a summons) is to be read as including

a reference to a requisition (or to a public prosecutor issuing a

requisition).

(6) Subsection (5) does not apply to section 1 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.

(7) The reference in subsection (5) to an enactment contained in an Act passed

before this Act includes a reference to an enactment contained in that Act as a

result of an amendment to that Act made by this Act or by any other Act passed

in the same Session as this Act.

(8) In this section “public prosecutor”, “requisition” and “written charge” have the

same meaning as in section 29.

31 Removal of requirement to substantiate information on oath

(1) In section 1(3) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (warrant may not be issued

unless information substantiated on oath) the words “and substantiated on

oath” are omitted.

(2) In section 13 of that Act (non-appearance of defendant: issue of warrant) in

subsection (3)(a) the words “the information has been substantiated on oath

and” are omitted.

(3) For subsection (3A)(a) of that section there is substituted—

“(a) the offence to which the warrant relates is punishable, in the

case of a person who has attained the age of 18, with

imprisonment, or”.

PART 5

DISCLOSURE

32 Initial duty of disclosure by prosecutor

In the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25) (in this Part

referred to as “the 1996 Act”), in subsection (1)(a) of section 3 (primary

disclosure by prosecutor)—
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(a) for “in the prosecutor’s opinion might undermine” there is substituted

“might reasonably be considered capable of undermining”;

(b) after “against the accused” there is inserted “or of assisting the case for

the accused”.

33 Defence disclosure

(1) In section 5 of the 1996 Act (compulsory disclosure by accused), after

subsection (5) there is inserted—

“(5A) Where there are other accused in the proceedings and the court so

orders, the accused must also give a defence statement to each other

accused specified by the court.

(5B) The court may make an order under subsection (5A) either of its own

motion or on the application of any party.

(5C) A defence statement that has to be given to the court and the prosecutor

(under subsection (5)) must be given during the period which, by virtue

of section 12, is the relevant period for this section.

(5D) A defence statement that has to be given to a co-accused (under

subsection (5A)) must be given within such period as the court may

specify.”

(2) After section 6 of that Act there is inserted—

“6A Contents of defence statement

(1) For the purposes of this Part a defence statement is a written

statement—

(a) setting out the nature of the accused’s defence, including any

particular defences on which he intends to rely,

(b) indicating the matters of fact on which he takes issue with the

prosecution,

(c) setting out, in the case of each such matter, why he takes issue

with the prosecution, and

(d) indicating any point of law (including any point as to the

admissibility of evidence or an abuse of process) which he

wishes to take, and any authority on which he intends to rely for

that purpose.

(2) A defence statement that discloses an alibi must give particulars of it,

including—

(a) the name, address and date of birth of any witness the accused

believes is able to give evidence in support of the alibi, or as

many of those details as are known to the accused when the

statement is given;

(b) any information in the accused’s possession which might be of

material assistance in identifying or finding any such witness in

whose case any of the details mentioned in paragraph (a) are

not known to the accused when the statement is given.

(3) For the purposes of this section evidence in support of an alibi is

evidence tending to show that by reason of the presence of the accused

at a particular place or in a particular area at a particular time he was
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not, or was unlikely to have been, at the place where the offence is

alleged to have been committed at the time of its alleged commission.

(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as to the

details of the matters that, by virtue of subsection (1), are to be included

in defence statements.”

(3) After section 6A of that Act (inserted by subsection (2) above) there is

inserted—

“6B Updated disclosure by accused

(1) Where the accused has, before the beginning of the relevant period for

this section, given a defence statement under section 5 or 6, he must

during that period give to the court and the prosecutor either—

(a) a defence statement under this section (an “updated defence

statement”), or

(b) a statement of the kind mentioned in subsection (4).

(2) The relevant period for this section is determined under section 12.

(3) An updated defence statement must comply with the requirements

imposed by or under section 6A by reference to the state of affairs at the

time when the statement is given.

(4) Instead of an updated defence statement, the accused may give a

written statement stating that he has no changes to make to the defence

statement which was given under section 5 or 6.

(5) Where there are other accused in the proceedings and the court so

orders, the accused must also give either an updated defence statement

or a statement of the kind mentioned in subsection (4), within such

period as may be specified by the court, to each other accused so

specified.

(6) The court may make an order under subsection (5) either of its own

motion or on the application of any party.”

34 Notification of intention to call defence witnesses

After section 6B of the 1996 Act (inserted by section 33 above) there is

inserted—

“6C Notification of intention to call defence witnesses

(1) The accused must give to the court and the prosecutor a notice

indicating whether he intends to call any persons (other than himself)

as witnesses at his trial and, if so—

(a) giving the name, address and date of birth of each such

proposed witness, or as many of those details as are known to

the accused when the notice is given;

(b) providing any information in the accused’s possession which

might be of material assistance in identifying or finding any

such proposed witness in whose case any of the details

mentioned in paragraph (a) are not known to the accused when

the notice is given.
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(2) Details do not have to be given under this section to the extent that they

have already been given under section 6A(2).

(3) The accused must give a notice under this section during the period

which, by virtue of section 12, is the relevant period for this section.

(4) If, following the giving of a notice under this section, the accused—

(a) decides to call a person (other than himself) who is not included

in the notice as a proposed witness, or decides not to call a

person who is so included, or

(b) discovers any information which, under subsection (1), he

would have had to include in the notice if he had been aware of

it when giving the notice,

he must give an appropriately amended notice to the court and the

prosecutor.”

35 Notification of names of experts instructed by defendant

After section 6C of the 1996 Act (inserted by section 34 above) there is

inserted—

“6D Notification of names of experts instructed by accused

(1) If the accused instructs a person with a view to his providing any expert

opinion for possible use as evidence at the trial of the accused, he must

give to the court and the prosecutor a notice specifying the person’s

name and address.

(2) A notice does not have to be given under this section specifying the

name and address of a person whose name and address have already

been given under section 6C.

(3) A notice under this section must be given during the period which, by

virtue of section 12, is the relevant period for this section.”

36 Further provisions about defence disclosure

After section 6D of the 1996 Act (inserted by section 35 above) there is

inserted—

“6E Disclosure by accused: further provisions

(1) Where an accused’s solicitor purports to give on behalf of the

accused—

(a) a defence statement under section 5, 6 or 6B, or

(b) a statement of the kind mentioned in section 6B(4),

the statement shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be

given with the authority of the accused.

(2) If it appears to the judge at a pre-trial hearing that an accused has failed

to comply fully with section 5, 6B or 6C, so that there is a possibility of

comment being made or inferences drawn under section 11(5), he shall

warn the accused accordingly.
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(3) In subsection (2) “pre-trial hearing” has the same meaning as in Part 4

(see section 39).

(4) The judge in a trial before a judge and jury—

(a) may direct that the jury be given a copy of any defence

statement, and

(b) if he does so, may direct that it be edited so as not to include

references to matters evidence of which would be inadmissible.

(5) A direction under subsection (4)—

(a) may be made either of the judge’s own motion or on the

application of any party;

(b) may be made only if the judge is of the opinion that seeing a

copy of the defence statement would help the jury to

understand the case or to resolve any issue in the case.

(6) The reference in subsection (4) to a defence statement is a reference— 

(a) where the accused has given only an initial defence statement

(that is, a defence statement given under section 5 or 6), to that

statement;

(b) where he has given both an initial defence statement and an

updated defence statement (that is, a defence statement given

under section 6B), to the updated defence statement;

(c) where he has given both an initial defence statement and a

statement of the kind mentioned in section 6B(4), to the initial

defence statement.”

37 Continuing duty of disclosure by prosecutor

Before section 8 of the 1996 Act there is inserted—

“7A Continuing duty of prosecutor to disclose

(1) This section applies at all times—

(a) after the prosecutor has complied with section 3 or purported to

comply with it, and

(b) before the accused is acquitted or convicted or the prosecutor

decides not to proceed with the case concerned.

(2) The prosecutor must keep under review the question whether at any

given time (and, in particular, following the giving of a defence

statement) there is prosecution material which—

(a) might reasonably be considered capable of undermining the

case for the prosecution against the accused or of assisting the

case for the accused, and

(b) has not been disclosed to the accused.

(3) If at any time there is any such material as is mentioned in subsection

(2) the prosecutor must disclose it to the accused as soon as is

reasonably practicable (or within the period mentioned in subsection

(5)(a), where that applies).

(4) In applying subsection (2) by reference to any given time the state of

affairs at that time (including the case for the prosecution as it stands at

that time) must be taken into account.
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(5) Where the accused gives a defence statement under section 5, 6 or 6B—

(a) if as a result of that statement the prosecutor is required by this

section to make any disclosure, or further disclosure, he must

do so during the period which, by virtue of section 12, is the

relevant period for this section;

(b) if the prosecutor considers that he is not so required, he must

during that period give to the accused a written statement to

that effect.

(6) For the purposes of this section prosecution material is material—

(a) which is in the prosecutor’s possession and came into his

possession in connection with the case for the prosecution

against the accused, or

(b) which, in pursuance of a code operative under Part 2, he has

inspected in connection with the case for the prosecution

against the accused.

(7) Subsections (3) to (5) of section 3 (method by which prosecutor

discloses) apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the

purposes of that.

(8) Material must not be disclosed under this section to the extent that the

court, on an application by the prosecutor, concludes it is not in the

public interest to disclose it and orders accordingly.

(9) Material must not be disclosed under this section to the extent that it is

material the disclosure of which is prohibited by section 17 of the

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23).”

38 Application by defence for disclosure

In section 8 of the 1996 Act (application by accused for disclosure), for

subsections (1) and (2) there is substituted—

“(1) This section applies where the accused has given a defence statement

under section 5, 6 or 6B and the prosecutor has complied with section

7A(5) or has purported to comply with it or has failed to comply with it.

(2) If the accused has at any time reasonable cause to believe that there is

prosecution material which is required by section 7A to be disclosed to

him and has not been, he may apply to the court for an order requiring

the prosecutor to disclose it to him.”

39 Faults in defence disclosure

For section 11 of the 1996 Act there is substituted—

“11 Faults in disclosure by accused

(1) This section applies in the three cases set out in subsections (2), (3) and

(4).

(2) The first case is where section 5 applies and the accused—

(a) fails to give an initial defence statement,
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(b) gives an initial defence statement but does so after the end of the

period which, by virtue of section 12, is the relevant period for

section 5,

(c) is required by section 6B to give either an updated defence

statement or a statement of the kind mentioned in subsection (4)

of that section but fails to do so,

(d) gives an updated defence statement or a statement of the kind

mentioned in section 6B(4) but does so after the end of the

period which, by virtue of section 12, is the relevant period for

section 6B,

(e) sets out inconsistent defences in his defence statement, or

(f) at his trial—

(i) puts forward a defence which was not mentioned in his

defence statement or is different from any defence set

out in that statement,

(ii) relies on a matter which, in breach of the requirements

imposed by or under section 6A, was not mentioned in

his defence statement,

(iii) adduces evidence in support of an alibi without having

given particulars of the alibi in his defence statement, or

(iv) calls a witness to give evidence in support of an alibi

without having complied with section 6A(2)(a) or (b) as

regards the witness in his defence statement.

(3) The second case is where section 6 applies, the accused gives an initial

defence statement, and the accused—

(a) gives the initial defence statement after the end of the period

which, by virtue of section 12, is the relevant period for section

6, or

(b) does any of the things mentioned in paragraphs (c) to (f) of

subsection (2).

(4) The third case is where the accused—

(a) gives a witness notice but does so after the end of the period

which, by virtue of section 12, is the relevant period for section

6C, or

(b) at his trial calls a witness (other than himself) not included, or

not adequately identified, in a witness notice.

(5) Where this section applies—

(a) the court or any other party may make such comment as

appears appropriate;

(b) the court or jury may draw such inferences as appear proper in

deciding whether the accused is guilty of the offence concerned.

(6) Where—

(a) this section applies by virtue of subsection (2)(f)(ii) (including

that provision as it applies by virtue of subsection (3)(b)), and

(b) the matter which was not mentioned is a point of law (including

any point as to the admissibility of evidence or an abuse of

process) or an authority,

comment by another party under subsection (5)(a) may be made only

with the leave of the court.
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(7) Where this section applies by virtue of subsection (4), comment by

another party under subsection (5)(a) may be made only with the leave

of the court.

(8) Where the accused puts forward a defence which is different from any

defence set out in his defence statement, in doing anything under

subsection (5) or in deciding whether to do anything under it the court

shall have regard—

(a) to the extent of the differences in the defences, and

(b) to whether there is any justification for it.

(9) Where the accused calls a witness whom he has failed to include, or to

identify adequately, in a witness notice, in doing anything under

subsection (5) or in deciding whether to do anything under it the court

shall have regard to whether there is any justification for the failure.

(10) A person shall not be convicted of an offence solely on an inference

drawn under subsection (5).

(11) Where the accused has given a statement of the kind mentioned in

section 6B(4), then, for the purposes of subsections (2)(f)(ii) and (iv), the

question as to whether there has been a breach of the requirements

imposed by or under section 6A or a failure to comply with section

6A(2)(a) or (b) shall be determined—

(a) by reference to the state of affairs at the time when that

statement was given, and

(b) as if the defence statement was given at the same time as that

statement.

(12) In this section—

(a) “initial defence statement” means a defence statement given

under section 5 or 6;

(b) “updated defence statement” means a defence statement given

under section 6B;

(c) a reference simply to an accused’s “defence statement” is a

reference— 

(i) where he has given only an initial defence statement, to

that statement;

(ii) where he has given both an initial and an updated

defence statement, to the updated defence statement;

(iii) where he has given both an initial defence statement

and a statement of the kind mentioned in section 6B(4),

to the initial defence statement;

(d) a reference to evidence in support of an alibi shall be construed

in accordance with section 6A(3);

(e) “witness notice” means a notice given under section 6C.”

40 Code of practice for police interviews of witnesses notified by accused

In Part 1 of the 1996 Act after section 21 there is inserted—
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“21A Code of practice for police interviews of witnesses notified by accused

(1) The Secretary of State shall prepare a code of practice which gives

guidance to police officers, and other persons charged with the duty of

investigating offences, in relation to the arranging and conducting of

interviews of persons—

(a) particulars of whom are given in a defence statement in

accordance with section 6A(2), or

(b) who are included as proposed witnesses in a notice given under

section 6C.

(2) The code must include (in particular) guidance in relation to—

(a) information that should be provided to the interviewee and the

accused in relation to such an interview;

(b) the notification of the accused’s solicitor of such an interview;

(c) the attendance of the interviewee’s solicitor at such an

interview;

(d) the attendance of the accused’s solicitor at such an interview;

(e) the attendance of any other appropriate person at such an

interview taking into account the interviewee’s age or any

disability of the interviewee.

(3) Any police officer or other person charged with the duty of

investigating offences who arranges or conducts such an interview

shall have regard to the code.

(4) In preparing the code, the Secretary of State shall consult—

(a) to the extent the code applies to England and Wales—

(i) any person who he considers to represent the interests

of chief officers of police;

(ii) the General Council of the Bar;

(iii) the Law Society of England and Wales;

(iv) the Institute of Legal Executives;

(b) to the extent the code applies to Northern Ireland—

(i) the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern

Ireland;

(ii) the General Council of the Bar of Northern Ireland;

(iii) the Law Society of Northern Ireland;

(c) such other persons as he thinks fit.

(5) The code shall not come into operation until the Secretary of State by

order so provides.

(6) The Secretary of State may from time to time revise the code and

subsections (4) and (5) shall apply to a revised code as they apply to the

code as first prepared.

(7) An order bringing the code into operation may not be made unless a

draft of the order has been laid before each House of Parliament and

approved by a resolution of each House.

(8) An order bringing a revised code into operation shall be laid before

each House of Parliament if the order has been made without a draft

having been so laid and approved by a resolution of each House.
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(9) When an order or a draft of an order is laid in accordance with

subsection (7) or (8), the code to which it relates shall also be laid.

(10) No order or draft of an order may be laid until the consultation

required by subsection (4) has taken place.

(11) A failure by a person mentioned in subsection (3) to have regard to any

provision of a code for the time being in operation by virtue of an order

under this section shall not in itself render him liable to any criminal or

civil proceedings.

(12) In all criminal and civil proceedings a code in operation at any time by

virtue of an order under this section shall be admissible in evidence.

(13) If it appears to a court or tribunal conducting criminal or civil

proceedings that—

(a) any provision of a code in operation at any time by virtue of an

order under this section, or

(b) any failure mentioned in subsection (11),

is relevant to any question arising in the proceedings, the provision or

failure shall be taken into account in deciding the question.”

PART 6

ALLOCATION AND SENDING OF OFFENCES

41 Allocation of offences triable either way, and sending cases to Crown Court

Schedule 3 (which makes provision in relation to the allocation and other

treatment of offences triable either way, and the sending of cases to the Crown

Court) shall have effect.

42 Mode of trial for certain firearms offences: transitory arrangements

(1) The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 24 (summary trial of information against child or young person for

indictable offence)—

(a) in subsection (1), for “homicide” there is substituted “one falling within

subsection (1B) below”,

(b) in subsection (1A)(a), for “of homicide” there is substituted “falling

within subsection (1B) below”,

(c) after subsection (1A), there is inserted—

“(1B) An offence falls within this subsection if—

(a) it is an offence of homicide; or

(b) each of the requirements of section 51A(1) of the

Firearms Act 1968 would be satisfied with respect to—

(i) the offence; and

(ii) the person charged with it,

if he were convicted of the offence.”

(3) In section 25 (power to change from summary trial to committal proceedings

and vice versa), in subsection (5), for “homicide” there is substituted “one

falling within section 24(1B) above”.
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PART 7

TRIALS ON INDICTMENT WITHOUT A JURY

43 Applications by prosecution for certain fraud cases to be conducted without a 

jury

(1) This section applies where—

(a) one or more defendants are to be tried on indictment for one or more

offences, and

(b) notice has been given under section 51B of the Crime and Disorder Act

1998 (c. 37) (notices in serious or complex fraud cases) in respect of that

offence or those offences.

(2) The prosecution may apply to a judge of the Crown Court for the trial to be

conducted without a jury.

(3) If an application under subsection (2) is made and the judge is satisfied that the

condition in subsection (5) is fulfilled, he may make an order that the trial is to

be conducted without a jury; but if he is not so satisfied he must refuse the

application.

(4) The judge may not make such an order without the approval of the Lord Chief

Justice or a judge nominated by him.

(5) The condition is that the complexity of the trial or the length of the trial (or

both) is likely to make the trial so burdensome to the members of a jury hearing

the trial that the interests of justice require that serious consideration should be

given to the question of whether the trial should be conducted without a jury.

(6) In deciding whether or not he is satisfied that that condition is fulfilled, the

judge must have regard to any steps which might reasonably be taken to

reduce the complexity or length of the trial.

(7) But a step is not to be regarded as reasonable if it would significantly

disadvantage the prosecution.

44 Application by prosecution for trial to be conducted without a jury where 

danger of jury tampering

(1) This section applies where one or more defendants are to be tried on

indictment for one or more offences.

(2) The prosecution may apply to a judge of the Crown Court for the trial to be

conducted without a jury.

(3) If an application under subsection (2) is made and the judge is satisfied that

both of the following two conditions are fulfilled, he must make an order that

the trial is to be conducted without a jury; but if he is not so satisfied he must

refuse the application.

(4) The first condition is that there is evidence of a real and present danger that

jury tampering would take place.

(5) The second condition is that, notwithstanding any steps (including the

provision of police protection) which might reasonably be taken to prevent

jury tampering, the likelihood that it would take place would be so substantial
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as to make it necessary in the interests of justice for the trial to be conducted

without a jury.

(6) The following are examples of cases where there may be evidence of a real and

present danger that jury tampering would take place—

(a) a case where the trial is a retrial and the jury in the previous trial was

discharged because jury tampering had taken place,

(b) a case where jury tampering has taken place in previous criminal

proceedings involving the defendant or any of the defendants,

(c) a case where there has been intimidation, or attempted intimidation, of

any person who is likely to be a witness in the trial.

45 Procedure for applications under sections 43 and 44

(1) This section applies—

(a) to an application under section 43, and

(b) to an application under section 44.

(2) An application to which this section applies must be determined at a

preparatory hearing (within the meaning of the 1987 Act or Part 3 of the 1996

Act).

(3) The parties to a preparatory hearing at which an application to which this

section applies is to be determined must be given an opportunity to make

representations with respect to the application.

(4) In section 7(1) of the 1987 Act (which sets out the purposes of preparatory

hearings) for paragraphs (a) to (c) there is substituted—

“(a) identifying issues which are likely to be material to the

determinations and findings which are likely to be required

during the trial,

(b) if there is to be a jury, assisting their comprehension of those

issues and expediting the proceedings before them,

(c) determining an application to which section 45 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003 applies,”.

(5) In section 9(11) of that Act (appeal to Court of Appeal) after “above,” there is

inserted “from the refusal by a judge of an application to which section 45 of

the Criminal Justice Act 2003 applies or from an order of a judge under section

43 or 44 of that Act which is made on the determination of such an

application,”.

(6) In section 29 of the 1996 Act (power to order preparatory hearing) after

subsection (1) there is inserted—

“(1A) A judge of the Crown Court may also order that a preparatory hearing

shall be held if an application to which section 45 of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003 applies (application for trial without jury) is made.”

(7) In subsection (2) of that section (which sets out the purposes of preparatory

hearings) for paragraphs (a) to (c) there is substituted—

“(a) identifying issues which are likely to be material to the

determinations and findings which are likely to be required

during the trial,

(b) if there is to be a jury, assisting their comprehension of those

issues and expediting the proceedings before them,
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(c) determining an application to which section 45 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003 applies,”.

(8) In subsections (3) and (4) of that section for “subsection (1)” there is substituted

“this section”.

(9) In section 35(1) of that Act (appeal to Court of Appeal) after “31(3),” there is

inserted “from the refusal by a judge of an application to which section 45 of

the Criminal Justice Act 2003 applies or from an order of a judge under section

43 or 44 of that Act which is made on the determination of such an

application,”.

(10) In this section—

“the 1987 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c. 38),

“the 1996 Act” means the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996

(c. 25).

46 Discharge of jury because of jury tampering

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a judge is minded during a trial on indictment to discharge the jury,

and

(b) he is so minded because jury tampering appears to have taken place.

(2) Before taking any steps to discharge the jury, the judge must—

(a) inform the parties that he is minded to discharge the jury,

(b) inform the parties of the grounds on which he is so minded, and

(c) allow the parties an opportunity to make representations.

(3) Where the judge, after considering any such representations, discharges the

jury, he may make an order that the trial is to continue without a jury if, but

only if, he is satisfied—

(a) that jury tampering has taken place, and

(b) that to continue the trial without a jury would be fair to the defendant

or defendants;

but this is subject to subsection (4).

(4) If the judge considers that it is necessary in the interests of justice for the trial

to be terminated, he must terminate the trial.

(5) Where the judge terminates the trial under subsection (4), he may make an

order that any new trial which is to take place must be conducted without a

jury if he is satisfied in respect of the new trial that both of the conditions set

out in section 44 are likely to be fulfilled.

(6) Subsection (5) is without prejudice to any other power that the judge may have

on terminating the trial.

(7) Subject to subsection (5), nothing in this section affects the application of

section 43 or 44 in relation to any new trial which takes place following the

termination of the trial.

47 Appeals

(1) An appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal from an order under section 46(3) or

(5).
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(2) Such an appeal may be brought only with the leave of the judge or the Court

of Appeal.

(3) An order from which an appeal under this section lies is not to take effect—

(a) before the expiration of the period for bringing an appeal under this

section, or

(b) if such an appeal is brought, before the appeal is finally disposed of or

abandoned.

(4) On the termination of the hearing of an appeal under this section, the Court of

Appeal may confirm or revoke the order.

(5) Subject to rules of court made under section 53(1) of the Supreme Court Act

1981 (c. 54) (power by rules to distribute business of Court of Appeal between

its civil and criminal divisions)—

(a) the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal under this section is to be

exercised by the criminal division of that court, and

(b) references in this section to the Court of Appeal are to be construed as

references to that division.

(6) In section 33(1) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19) (right of appeal to

House of Lords) after “1996” there is inserted “or section 47 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003”.

(7) In section 36 of that Act (bail on appeal by defendant) after “hearings)” there is

inserted “or section 47 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

(8) The Secretary of State may make an order containing provision, in relation to

proceedings before the Court of Appeal under this section, which corresponds

to any provision, in relation to appeals or other proceedings before that court,

which is contained in the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (subject to any specified

modifications).

48 Further provision about trials without a jury

(1) The effect of an order under section 43, 44 or 46(5) is that the trial to which the

order relates is to be conducted without a jury.

(2) The effect of an order under section 46(3) is that the trial to which the order

relates is to be continued without a jury.

(3) Where a trial is conducted or continued without a jury, the court is to have all

the powers, authorities and jurisdiction which the court would have had if the

trial had been conducted or continued with a jury (including power to

determine any question and to make any finding which would be required to

be determined or made by a jury).

(4) Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in an enactment to

a jury, the verdict of a jury or the finding of a jury is to be read, in relation to a

trial conducted or continued without a jury, as a reference to the court, the

verdict of the court or the finding of the court.

(5) Where a trial is conducted or continued without a jury and the court convicts

a defendant—

(a) the court must give a judgment which states the reasons for the

conviction at, or as soon as reasonably practicable after, the time of the

conviction, and
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(b) the reference in section 18(2) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19)

(notice of appeal or of application for leave to appeal to be given within

28 days from date of conviction etc) to the date of the conviction is to be

read as a reference to the date of the judgment mentioned in paragraph

(a).

(6) Nothing in this Part affects—

(a) the requirement under section 4 of the Criminal Procedure (Insanity)

Act 1964 (c. 84) that a question of fitness to be tried be determined by a

jury, or

(b) the requirement under section 4A of that Act that any question, finding

or verdict mentioned in that section be determined, made or returned

by a jury.

49 Rules of court

(1) Rules of court may make such provision as appears to the authority making

them to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Part.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), rules of court may in particular make

provision for time limits within which applications under this Part must be

made or within which other things in connection with this Part must be done.

(3) Nothing in this section is to be taken as affecting the generality of any

enactment conferring powers to make rules of court.

50 Application of Part 7 to Northern Ireland

(1) In its application to Northern Ireland this Part is to have effect—

(a) subject to subsection (2), and

(b) subject to the modifications in subsections (3) to (16).

(2) This Part does not apply in relation to a trial to which section 75 of the

Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) (trial without jury for certain offences) applies.

(3) For section 45 substitute—

“45 Procedure for applications under sections 43 and 44

(1) This section applies—

(a) to an application under section 43, and

(b) to an application under section 44.

(2) An application to which this section applies must be determined—

(a) at a preparatory hearing (within the meaning of the 1988

Order), or

(b) at a hearing specified in, or for which provision is made by,

Crown Court rules.

(3) The parties to a hearing mentioned in subsection (2) at which an

application to which this section applies is to be determined must be

given an opportunity to make representations with respect to the

application.
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(4) In Article 6(1) of the 1988 Order (which sets out the purposes of

preparatory hearings) for sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) there is

substituted—

“(a) identifying issues which are likely to be material to the

determinations and findings which are likely to be required

during the trial;

(b) if there is to be a jury, assisting their comprehension of those

issues and expediting the proceedings before them;

(c) determining an application to which section 45 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003 applies; or”.

(5) In Article 8(11) of the 1988 Order (appeal to Court of Appeal) after “(3),”

there is inserted “from the refusal by a judge of an application to which

section 45 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 applies or from an order of a

judge under section 43 or 44 of that Act which is made on the

determination of such an application,”.

(6) In this section “the 1988 Order” means the Criminal Justice (Serious

Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988.”

(4) For section 47(1) substitute—

“(1) An appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal—

(a) from the refusal by a judge at a hearing mentioned in section

45(2)(b) of an application to which section 45 applies or from an

order of a judge at such a hearing under section 43 or 44 which

is made on the determination of such an application,

(b) from an order under section 46(3) or (5).”

(5) In section 47(3) after “order” insert “or a refusal of an application”.

(6) In section 47(4) for “confirm or revoke the order” substitute—

“(a) where the appeal is from an order, confirm or revoke the order,

or

(b) where the appeal is from a refusal of an application, confirm the

refusal or make the order which is the subject of the

application”.

(7) Omit section 47(5).

(8) For section 47(6) substitute—

“(6) In section 31(1) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980

(right of appeal to House of Lords) after “1988” there is inserted “or

section 47 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.”

(9) For section 47(7) substitute—

“(7) In section 35 of that Act (bail) after “hearings)” there is inserted “or

section 47 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.”

(10) In section 47(8) for “Criminal Appeal Act 1968” substitute “Criminal Appeal

(Northern Ireland) Act 1980”.

(11) In section 48(4) after “enactment” insert “(including any provision of Northern

Ireland legislation)”.

(12) For section 48(5)(b) substitute—
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“(b) the reference in section 16(1) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern

Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47) (notice of appeal or application for

leave) to the date of the conviction is to be read as a reference to

the date of the judgment mentioned in paragraph (a).”

(13) In section 48(6)—

(a) for “section 4 of the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 (c. 84)”

substitute “Article 49 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order

1986”,

(b) for “section 4A of that Act” substitute “Article 49A of that Order”, and

(c) for “that section” substitute “that Article”.

(14) After section 48 insert—

“48A Reporting restrictions

(1) Sections 41 and 42 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act

1996 (c. 25) are to apply in relation to—

(a) a hearing of the kind mentioned in section 45(2)(b), and

(b) any appeal or application for leave to appeal relating to such a

hearing,

as they apply in relation to a ruling under section 40 of that Act, but

subject to the following modifications.

(2) Section 41(2) of that Act is to have effect as if for paragraphs (a) to (d)

there were substituted—

“(a) a hearing of the kind mentioned in section 45(2)(b) of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003;

(b) any appeal or application for leave to appeal relating to such a

hearing.”

(3) Section 41(3) of that Act is to have effect as if—

(a) for “(2)” there were substituted “(2)(a) or an application to that

judge for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal”, and

(b) after “matter” in the second place where it occurs there were

inserted “or application”.

(4) Section 41 of that Act is to have effect as if after subsection (3) there

were inserted—

“(3A) The Court of Appeal may order that subsection (1) shall not

apply, or shall not apply to a specified extent, to a report of—

(a) an appeal to that Court, or

(b) an application to that Court for leave to appeal.

(3B) The House of Lords may order that subsection (1) shall not

apply, or shall not apply to a specified extent, to a report of—

(a) an appeal to that House, or

(b) an application to that House for leave to appeal.”

(5) Section 41(4) of that Act is to have effect as if for “(3) the judge” there

were substituted “(3), (3A) or (3B), the judge, the Court of Appeal or the

House of Lords”.
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(6) Section 41(5) of that Act is to have effect as if for “(3) the judge” there

were substituted “(3), (3A) or (3B), the judge, the Court of Appeal or the

House of Lords”.”

(15) For section 49(2) substitute—

“(2) Without limiting subsection (1), rules of court may in particular make

provision—

(a) for time limits within which applications under this Part must

be made or within which other things in connection with this

Part must be done;

(b) in relation to hearings of the kind mentioned in section 45(2)(b)

and appeals under section 47.”

(16) In section 49(3)—

(a) after “section” insert “or section 45(2)(b)”, and

(b) after “enactment” insert “(including any provision of Northern Ireland

legislation)”.

PART 8

LIVE LINKS

51 Live links in criminal proceedings

(1) A witness (other than the defendant) may, if the court so directs, give evidence

through a live link in the following criminal proceedings.

(2) They are—

(a) a summary trial,

(b) an appeal to the Crown Court arising out of such a trial, 

(c) a trial on indictment,

(d) an appeal to the criminal division of the Court of Appeal,

(e) the hearing of a reference under section 9 or 11 of the Criminal Appeal

Act 1995 (c. 35),

(f) a hearing before a magistrates’ court or the Crown Court which is held

after the defendant has entered a plea of guilty, and

(g) a hearing before the Court of Appeal under section 80 of this Act.

(3) A direction may be given under this section—

(a) on an application by a party to the proceedings, or

(b) of the court’s own motion.

(4) But a direction may not be given under this section unless—

(a) the court is satisfied that it is in the interests of the efficient or effective

administration of justice for the person concerned to give evidence in

the proceedings through a live link,

(b) it has been notified by the Secretary of State that suitable facilities for

receiving evidence through a live link are available in the area in which

it appears to the court that the proceedings will take place, and

(c) that notification has not been withdrawn.

(5) The withdrawal of such a notification is not to affect a direction given under

this section before that withdrawal.
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(6) In deciding whether to give a direction under this section the court must

consider all the circumstances of the case.

(7) Those circumstances include in particular—

(a) the availability of the witness,

(b) the need for the witness to attend in person,

(c) the importance of the witness’s evidence to the proceedings,

(d) the views of the witness,

(e) the suitability of the facilities at the place where the witness would give

evidence through a live link,

(f) whether a direction might tend to inhibit any party to the proceedings

from effectively testing the witness’s evidence.

(8) The court must state in open court its reasons for refusing an application for a

direction under this section and, if it is a magistrates’ court, must cause them

to be entered in the register of its proceedings.

52 Effect of, and rescission of, direction

(1) Subsection (2) applies where the court gives a direction under section 51 for a

person to give evidence through a live link in particular proceedings.

(2) The person concerned may not give evidence in those proceedings after the

direction is given otherwise than through a live link (but this is subject to the

following provisions of this section).

(3) The court may rescind a direction under section 51 if it appears to the court to

be in the interests of justice to do so.

(4) Where it does so, the person concerned shall cease to be able to give evidence

in the proceedings through a live link, but this does not prevent the court from

giving a further direction under section 51 in relation to him.

(5) A direction under section 51 may be rescinded under subsection (3)—

(a) on an application by a party to the proceedings, or

(b) of the court’s own motion.

(6) But an application may not be made under subsection (5)(a) unless there has

been a material change of circumstances since the direction was given.

(7) The court must state in open court its reasons—

(a) for rescinding a direction under section 51, or

(b) for refusing an application to rescind such a direction,

and, if it is a magistrates’ court, must cause them to be entered in the register

of its proceedings.

53 Magistrates’ courts permitted to sit at other locations

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a magistrates’ court is minded to give a direction under section 51 for

evidence to be given through a live link in proceedings before the court,

and

(b) suitable facilities for receiving such evidence are not available at any

petty-sessional court-house in which the court can (apart from

subsection (2)) lawfully sit.
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(2) The court may sit for the purposes of the whole or any part of the proceedings

at any place at which such facilities are available and which has been appointed

for the purposes of this section by the justices acting for the petty sessions area

for which the court acts.

(3) A place appointed under subsection (2) may be outside the petty sessions area

for which it is appointed; but (if so) it shall be deemed to be in that area for the

purpose of the jurisdiction of the justices acting for that area.

54 Warning to jury

(1) This section applies where, as a result of a direction under section 51, evidence

has been given through a live link in proceedings before the Crown Court.

(2) The judge may give the jury (if there is one) such direction as he thinks

necessary to ensure that the jury gives the same weight to the evidence as if it

had been given by the witness in the courtroom or other place where the

proceedings are held.

55 Rules of court

(1) Rules of court may make such provision as appears to the authority making

them to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Part.

(2) Rules of court may in particular make provision—

(a) as to the procedure to be followed in connection with applications

under section 51 or 52, and

(b) as to the arrangements or safeguards to be put in place in connection

with the operation of live links.

(3) The provision which may be made by virtue of subsection (2)(a) includes

provision—

(a) for uncontested applications to be determined by the court without a

hearing,

(b) for preventing the renewal of an unsuccessful application under section

51 unless there has been a material change of circumstances,

(c) for the manner in which confidential or sensitive information is to be

treated in connection with an application under section 51 or 52 and in

particular as to its being disclosed to, or withheld from, a party to the

proceedings.

(4) Nothing in this section is to be taken as affecting the generality of any

enactment conferring power to make rules of court.

56 Interpretation of Part 8

(1) In this Part—

“legal representative” means an authorised advocate or authorised

litigator (as defined by section 119(1) of the Courts and Legal Services

Act 1990 (c. 41)),

“petty-sessional court-house” has the same meaning as in the Magistrates’

Courts Act 1980 (c. 43),

“petty sessions area” has the same meaning as in the Justices of the Peace

Act 1997 (c. 25),
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“rules of court” means Magistrates’ Courts Rules, Crown Court Rules or

Criminal Appeal Rules,

“witness”, in relation to any criminal proceedings, means a person called,

or proposed to be called, to give evidence in the proceedings.

(2) In this Part “live link” means a live television link or other arrangement by

which a witness, while at a place in the United Kingdom which is outside the

building where the proceedings are being held, is able to see and hear a person

at the place where the proceedings are being held and to be seen and heard by

the following persons.

(3) They are—

(a) the defendant or defendants,

(b) the judge or justices (or both) and the jury (if there is one),

(c) legal representatives acting in the proceedings, and

(d) any interpreter or other person appointed by the court to assist the

witness.

(4) The extent (if any) to which a person is unable to see or hear by reason of any

impairment of eyesight or hearing is to be disregarded for the purposes of

subsection (2).

(5) Nothing in this Part is to be regarded as affecting any power of a court—

(a) to make an order, give directions or give leave of any description in

relation to any witness (including the defendant or defendants), or

(b) to exclude evidence at its discretion (whether by preventing questions

being put or otherwise).

PART 9

PROSECUTION APPEALS

Introduction

57 Introduction

(1) In relation to a trial on indictment, the prosecution is to have the rights of

appeal for which provision is made by this Part.

(2) But the prosecution is to have no right of appeal under this Part in respect of—

(a) a ruling that a jury be discharged, or

(b) a ruling from which an appeal lies to the Court of Appeal by virtue of

any other enactment.

(3) An appeal under this Part is to lie to the Court of Appeal.

(4) Such an appeal may be brought only with the leave of the judge or the Court

of Appeal.
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General right of appeal in respect of rulings

58 General right of appeal in respect of rulings

(1) This section applies where a judge makes a ruling in relation to a trial on

indictment at an applicable time and the ruling relates to one or more offences

included in the indictment.

(2) The prosecution may appeal in respect of the ruling in accordance with this

section.

(3) The ruling is to have no effect whilst the prosecution is able to take any steps

under subsection (4).

(4) The prosecution may not appeal in respect of the ruling unless—

(a) following the making of the ruling, it—

(i) informs the court that it intends to appeal, or

(ii) requests an adjournment to consider whether to appeal, and

(b) if such an adjournment is granted, it informs the court following the

adjournment that it intends to appeal.

(5) If the prosecution requests an adjournment under subsection (4)(a)(ii), the

judge may grant such an adjournment.

(6) Where the ruling relates to two or more offences—

(a) any one or more of those offences may be the subject of the appeal, and

(b) if the prosecution informs the court in accordance with subsection (4)

that it intends to appeal, it must at the same time inform the court of the

offence or offences which are the subject of the appeal.

(7) Where—

(a) the ruling is a ruling that there is no case to answer, and

(b) the prosecution, at the same time that it informs the court in accordance

with subsection (4) that it intends to appeal, nominates one or more

other rulings which have been made by a judge in relation to the trial

on indictment at an applicable time and which relate to the offence or

offences which are the subject of the appeal,

that other ruling, or those other rulings, are also to be treated as the subject of

the appeal.

(8) The prosecution may not inform the court in accordance with subsection (4)

that it intends to appeal, unless, at or before that time, it informs the court that

it agrees that, in respect of the offence or each offence which is the subject of the

appeal, the defendant in relation to that offence should be acquitted of that

offence if either of the conditions mentioned in subsection (9) is fulfilled.

(9) Those conditions are—

(a) that leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal is not obtained, and

(b) that the appeal is abandoned before it is determined by the Court of

Appeal.

(10) If the prosecution informs the court in accordance with subsection (4) that it

intends to appeal, the ruling mentioned in subsection (1) is to continue to have

no effect in relation to the offence or offences which are the subject of the

appeal whilst the appeal is pursued.
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(11) If and to the extent that a ruling has no effect in accordance with this section—

(a) any consequences of the ruling are also to have no effect,

(b) the judge may not take any steps in consequence of the ruling, and

(c) if he does so, any such steps are also to have no effect.

(12) Where the prosecution has informed the court of its agreement under

subsection (8) and either of the conditions mentioned in subsection (9) is

fulfilled, the judge or the Court of Appeal must order that the defendant in

relation to the offence or each offence concerned be acquitted of that offence.

(13) In this section “applicable time”, in relation to a trial on indictment, means any

time (whether before or after the commencement of the trial) before the start of

the judge’s summing-up to the jury.

59 Expedited and non-expedited appeals

(1) Where the prosecution informs the court in accordance with section 58(4) that

it intends to appeal, the judge must decide whether or not the appeal should be

expedited.

(2) If the judge decides that the appeal should be expedited, he may order an

adjournment.

(3) If the judge decides that the appeal should not be expedited, he may—

(a) order an adjournment, or

(b) discharge the jury (if one has been sworn).

(4) If he decides that the appeal should be expedited, he or the Court of Appeal

may subsequently reverse that decision and, if it is reversed, the judge may act

as mentioned in subsection (3)(a) or (b).

60 Continuation of proceedings for offences not affected by ruling

(1) This section applies where the prosecution informs the court in accordance

with section 58(4) that it intends to appeal.

(2) Proceedings may be continued in respect of any offence which is not the subject

of the appeal.

61 Determination of appeal by Court of Appeal

(1) On an appeal under section 58, the Court of Appeal may confirm, reverse or

vary any ruling to which the appeal relates.

(2) Subsections (3) to (5) apply where the appeal relates to a single ruling.

(3) Where the Court of Appeal confirms the ruling, it must, in respect of the

offence or each offence which is the subject of the appeal, order that the

defendant in relation to that offence be acquitted of that offence.

(4) Where the Court of Appeal reverses or varies the ruling, it must, in respect of

the offence or each offence which is the subject of the appeal, do any of the

following—

(a) order that proceedings for that offence may be resumed in the Crown

Court,
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(b) order that a fresh trial may take place in the Crown Court for that

offence,

(c) order that the defendant in relation to that offence be acquitted of that

offence.

(5) But the Court of Appeal may not make an order under subsection (4)(a) or (b)

in respect of an offence unless it considers it necessary in the interests of justice

to do so.

(6) Subsections (7) and (8) apply where the appeal relates to a ruling that there is

no case to answer and one or more other rulings.

(7) Where the Court of Appeal confirms the ruling that there is no case to answer,

it must, in respect of the offence or each offence which is the subject of the

appeal, order that the defendant in relation to that offence be acquitted of that

offence.

(8) Where the Court of Appeal reverses or varies the ruling that there is no case to

answer, it must in respect of the offence or each offence which is the subject of

the appeal, make any of the orders mentioned in subsection (4)(a) to (c) (but

subject to subsection (5)).

Right of appeal in respect of evidentiary rulings

62 Right of appeal in respect of evidentiary rulings

(1) The prosecution may, in accordance with this section and section 63, appeal in

respect of—

(a) a single qualifying evidentiary ruling, or

(b) two or more qualifying evidentiary rulings.

(2) A “qualifying evidentiary ruling” is an evidentiary ruling of a judge in relation

to a trial on indictment which is made at any time (whether before or after the

commencement of the trial) before the opening of the case for the defence.

(3) The prosecution may not appeal in respect of a single qualifying evidentiary

ruling unless the ruling relates to one or more qualifying offences (whether or

not it relates to any other offence).

(4) The prosecution may not appeal in respect of two or more qualifying

evidentiary rulings unless each ruling relates to one or more qualifying

offences (whether or not it relates to any other offence).

(5) If the prosecution intends to appeal under this section, it must before the

opening of the case for the defence inform the court—

(a) of its intention to do so, and

(b) of the ruling or rulings to which the appeal relates.

(6) In respect of the ruling, or each ruling, to which the appeal relates—

(a) the qualifying offence, or at least one of the qualifying offences, to

which the ruling relates must be the subject of the appeal, and

(b) any other offence to which the ruling relates may, but need not, be the

subject of the appeal.

(7) The prosecution must, at the same time that it informs the court in accordance

with subsection (5), inform the court of the offence or offences which are the

subject of the appeal.
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(8) For the purposes of this section, the case for the defence opens when, after the

conclusion of the prosecution evidence, the earliest of the following events

occurs—

(a) evidence begins to be adduced by or on behalf of a defendant,

(b) it is indicated to the court that no evidence will be adduced by or on

behalf of a defendant,

(c) a defendant’s case is opened, as permitted by section 2 of the Criminal

Procedure Act 1865 (c. 18).

(9) In this section—

“evidentiary ruling” means a ruling which relates to the admissibility or

exclusion of any prosecution evidence,

“qualifying offence” means an offence described in Part 1 of Schedule 4.

(10) The Secretary of State may by order amend that Part by doing any one or more

of the following—

(a) adding a description of offence,

(b) removing a description of offence for the time being included,

(c) modifying a description of offence for the time being included.

(11) Nothing in this section affects the right of the prosecution to appeal in respect

of an evidentiary ruling under section 58.

63 Condition that evidentiary ruling significantly weakens prosecution case

(1) Leave to appeal may not be given in relation to an appeal under section 62

unless the judge or, as the case may be, the Court of Appeal is satisfied that the

relevant condition is fulfilled.

(2) In relation to an appeal in respect of a single qualifying evidentiary ruling, the

relevant condition is that the ruling significantly weakens the prosecution’s

case in relation to the offence or offences which are the subject of the appeal.

(3) In relation to an appeal in respect of two or more qualifying evidentiary

rulings, the relevant condition is that the rulings taken together significantly

weaken the prosecution’s case in relation to the offence or offences which are

the subject of the appeal.

64 Expedited and non-expedited appeals

(1) Where the prosecution informs the court in accordance with section 62(5), the

judge must decide whether or not the appeal should be expedited.

(2) If the judge decides that the appeal should be expedited, he may order an

adjournment.

(3) If the judge decides that the appeal should not be expedited, he may—

(a) order an adjournment, or

(b) discharge the jury (if one has been sworn).

(4) If he decides that the appeal should be expedited, he or the Court of Appeal

may subsequently reverse that decision and, if it is reversed, the judge may act

as mentioned in subsection (3)(a) or (b).
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65 Continuation of proceedings for offences not affected by ruling

(1) This section applies where the prosecution informs the court in accordance

with section 62(5).

(2) Proceedings may be continued in respect of any offence which is not the subject

of the appeal.

66 Determination of appeal by Court of Appeal

(1) On an appeal under section 62, the Court of Appeal may confirm, reverse or

vary any ruling to which the appeal relates.

(2) In addition, the Court of Appeal must, in respect of the offence or each offence

which is the subject of the appeal, do any of the following—

(a) order that proceedings for that offence be resumed in the Crown Court, 

(b) order that a fresh trial may take place in the Crown Court for that

offence,

(c) order that the defendant in relation to that offence be acquitted of that

offence.

(3) But no order may be made under subsection (2)(c) in respect of an offence

unless the prosecution has indicated that it does not intend to continue with the

prosecution of that offence.

67 Reversal of rulings

The Court of Appeal may not reverse a ruling on an appeal under this Part

unless it is satisfied—

(a) that the ruling was wrong in law,

(b) that the ruling involved an error of law or principle, or

(c) that the ruling was a ruling that it was not reasonable for the judge to

have made.

Miscellaneous and supplemental

68 Appeals to the House of Lords

(1) In section 33(1) of the 1968 Act (right of appeal to House of Lords) after “this

Act” there is inserted “or Part 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

(2) In section 36 of the 1968 Act (bail on appeal by defendant) after “under” there

is inserted “Part 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 or”.

(3) In this Part “the 1968 Act” means the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19).

69 Costs

(1) The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 16(4A) (defence costs on an appeal under section 9(11) of Criminal

Justice Act 1987 may be met out of central funds) after “hearings)” there is

inserted “or under Part 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

(3) In section 18 (award of costs against accused) after subsection (2) there is

inserted—
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“(2A) Where the Court of Appeal reverses or varies a ruling on an appeal

under Part 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, it may make such order

as to the costs to be paid by the accused, to such person as may be

named in the order, as it considers just and reasonable.”

(4) In subsection (6) after “subsection (2)” there is inserted “or (2A)”.

70 Effect on time limits in relation to preliminary stages

(1) Section 22 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23) (power of Secretary of

State to set time limits in relation to preliminary stages of criminal

proceedings) is amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (6A) there is inserted—

“(6B) Any period during which proceedings for an offence are adjourned

pending the determination of an appeal under Part 9 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003 shall be disregarded, so far as the offence is concerned,

for the purposes of the overall time limit and the custody time limit

which applies to the stage which the proceedings have reached when

they are adjourned.”

71 Restrictions on reporting

(1) Except as provided by this section no publication shall include a report of—

(a) anything done under section 58, 59, 62, 63 or 64,

(b) an appeal under this Part,

(c) an appeal under Part 2 of the 1968 Act in relation to an appeal under

this Part, or

(d) an application for leave to appeal in relation to an appeal mentioned in

paragraph (b) or (c).

(2) The judge may order that subsection (1) is not to apply, or is not to apply to a

specified extent, to a report of—

(a) anything done under section 58, 59, 62, 63 or 64, or

(b) an application to the judge for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal

under this Part.

(3) The Court of Appeal may order that subsection (1) is not to apply, or is not to

apply to a specified extent, to a report of—

(a) an appeal to the Court of Appeal under this Part,

(b) an application to that Court for leave to appeal to it under this Part, or

(c) an application to that Court for leave to appeal to the House of Lords

under Part 2 of the 1968 Act.

(4) The House of Lords may order that subsection (1) is not to apply, or is not to

apply to a specified extent, to a report of—

(a) an appeal to that House under Part 2 of the 1968 Act, or

(b) an application to that House for leave to appeal to it under Part 2 of that

Act.

(5) Where there is only one defendant and he objects to the making of an order

under subsection (2), (3) or (4)—
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(a) the judge, the Court of Appeal or the House of Lords are to make the

order if (and only if) satisfied, after hearing the representations of the

defendant, that it is in the interests of justice to do so, and

(b) the order (if made) is not to apply to the extent that a report deals with

any such objection or representations.

(6) Where there are two or more defendants and one or more of them object to the

making of an order under subsection (2), (3) or (4)—

(a) the judge, the Court of Appeal or the House of Lords are to make the

order if (and only if) satisfied, after hearing the representations of each

of the defendants, that it is in the interests of justice to do so, and

(b) the order (if made) is not to apply to the extent that a report deals with

any such objection or representations.

(7) Subsection (1) does not apply to the inclusion in a publication of a report of—

(a) anything done under section 58, 59, 62, 63 or 64,

(b) an appeal under this Part,

(c) an appeal under Part 2 of the 1968 Act in relation to an appeal under

this Part, or

(d) an application for leave to appeal in relation to an appeal mentioned in

paragraph (b) or (c),

at the conclusion of the trial of the defendant or the last of the defendants to be

tried.

(8) Subsection (1) does not apply to a report which contains only one or more of

the following matters—

(a) the identity of the court and the name of the judge,

(b) the names, ages, home addresses and occupations of the defendant or

defendants and witnesses,

(c) the offence or offences, or a summary of them, with which the

defendant or defendants are charged,

(d) the names of counsel and solicitors in the proceedings,

(e) where the proceedings are adjourned, the date and place to which they

are adjourned,

(f) any arrangements as to bail,

(g) whether a right to representation funded by the Legal Services

Commission as part of the Criminal Defence Service was granted to the

defendant or any of the defendants.

(9) The addresses that may be included in a report by virtue of subsection (8) are

addresses—

(a) at any relevant time, and

(b) at the time of their inclusion in the publication.

(10) Nothing in this section affects any prohibition or restriction by virtue of any

other enactment on the inclusion of any matter in a publication.

(11) In this section—

“programme service” has the same meaning as in the Broadcasting Act

1990 (c. 42),

“publication” includes any speech, writing, relevant programme or other

communication in whatever form, which is addressed to the public at

large or any section of the public (and for this purpose every relevant

programme is to be taken to be so addressed), but does not include an
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indictment or other document prepared for use in particular legal

proceedings,

“relevant time” means a time when events giving rise to the charges to

which the proceedings relate are alleged to have occurred,

“relevant programme” means a programme included in a programme

service.

72 Offences in connection with reporting

(1) This section applies if a publication includes a report in contravention of

section 71.

(2) Where the publication is a newspaper or periodical, any proprietor, editor or

publisher of the newspaper or periodical is guilty of an offence.

(3) Where the publication is a relevant programme—

(a) any body corporate or Scottish partnership engaged in providing the

programme service in which the programme is included, and

(b) any person having functions in relation to the programme

corresponding to those of an editor of a newspaper,

is guilty of an offence.

(4) In the case of any other publication, any person publishing it is guilty of an

offence.

(5) If an offence under this section committed by a body corporate is proved—

(a) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or

(b) to be attributable to any neglect on the part of,

an officer, the officer as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence and

liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(6) In subsection (5), “officer” means a director, manager, secretary or other similar

officer of the body, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity.

(7) If the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, “director” in

subsection (6) means a member of that body.

(8) Where an offence under this section is committed by a Scottish partnership and

is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a partner,

he as well as the partnership shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to

be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(9) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary

conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(10) Proceedings for an offence under this section may not be instituted—

(a) in England and Wales otherwise than by or with the consent of the

Attorney General, or

(b) in Northern Ireland otherwise than by or with the consent of— 

(i) before the relevant date, the Attorney General for Northern

Ireland, or

(ii) on or after the relevant date, the Director of Public Prosecutions

for Northern Ireland.

(11) In subsection (10) “the relevant date” means the date on which section 22(1) of

the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26) comes into force.
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73 Rules of court

(1) Rules of court may make such provision as appears to the authority making

them to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Part.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), rules of court may in particular make

provision—

(a) for time limits which are to apply in connection with any provisions of

this Part,

(b) as to procedures to be applied in connection with this Part,

(c) enabling a single judge of the Court of Appeal to give leave to appeal

under this Part or to exercise the power of the Court of Appeal under

section 58(12).

(3) Nothing in this section is to be taken as affecting the generality of any

enactment conferring powers to make rules of court.

74 Interpretation of Part 9

(1) In this Part—

“programme service” has the meaning given by section 71(11),

“publication” has the meaning given by section 71(11),

“qualifying evidentiary ruling” is to be construed in accordance with

section 62(2),

“the relevant condition” is to be construed in accordance with section

63(2) and (3),

“relevant programme” has the meaning given by section 71(11),

“ruling” includes a decision, determination, direction, finding, notice,

order, refusal, rejection or requirement,

“the 1968 Act” means the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19).

(2) Any reference in this Part (other than section 73(2)(c)) to a judge is a reference

to a judge of the Crown Court.

(3) There is to be no right of appeal under this Part in respect of a ruling in relation

to which the prosecution has previously informed the court of its intention to

appeal under either section 58(4) or 62(5).

(4) Where a ruling relates to two or more offences but not all of those offences are

the subject of an appeal under this Part, nothing in this Part is to be regarded

as affecting the ruling so far as it relates to any offence which is not the subject

of the appeal.

(5) Where two or more defendants are charged jointly with the same offence, the

provisions of this Part are to apply as if the offence, so far as relating to each

defendant, were a separate offence (so that, for example, any reference in this

Part to a ruling which relates to one or more offences includes a ruling which

relates to one or more of those separate offences).

(6) Subject to rules of court made under section 53(1) of the Supreme Court Act

1981 (c. 54) (power by rules to distribute business of Court of Appeal between

its civil and criminal divisions)—

(a) the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal under this Part is to be exercised

by the criminal division of that court, and

(b) references in this Part to the Court of Appeal are to be construed as

references to that division.
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PART 10

RETRIAL FOR SERIOUS OFFENCES

Cases that may be retried

75 Cases that may be retried

(1) This Part applies where a person has been acquitted of a qualifying offence in

proceedings—

(a) on indictment in England and Wales,

(b) on appeal against a conviction, verdict or finding in proceedings on

indictment in England and Wales, or

(c) on appeal from a decision on such an appeal.

(2) A person acquitted of an offence in proceedings mentioned in subsection (1) is

treated for the purposes of that subsection as also acquitted of any qualifying

offence of which he could have been convicted in the proceedings because of

the first-mentioned offence being charged in the indictment, except an

offence—

(a) of which he has been convicted,

(b) of which he has been found not guilty by reason of insanity, or

(c) in respect of which, in proceedings where he has been found to be

under a disability (as defined by section 4 of the Criminal Procedure

(Insanity) Act 1964 (c. 84)), a finding has been made that he did the act

or made the omission charged against him.

(3) References in subsections (1) and (2) to a qualifying offence do not include

references to an offence which, at the time of the acquittal, was the subject of

an order under section 77(1) or (3).

(4) This Part also applies where a person has been acquitted, in proceedings

elsewhere than in the United Kingdom, of an offence under the law of the place

where the proceedings were held, if the commission of the offence as alleged

would have amounted to or included the commission (in the United Kingdom

or elsewhere) of a qualifying offence.

(5) Conduct punishable under the law in force elsewhere than in the United

Kingdom is an offence under that law for the purposes of subsection (4),

however it is described in that law.

(6) This Part applies whether the acquittal was before or after the passing of this

Act.

(7) References in this Part to acquittal are to acquittal in circumstances within

subsection (1) or (4).

(8) In this Part “qualifying offence” means an offence listed in Part 1 of Schedule 5.

Application for retrial

76 Application to Court of Appeal

(1) A prosecutor may apply to the Court of Appeal for an order—

(a) quashing a person’s acquittal in proceedings within section 75(1), and
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(b) ordering him to be retried for the qualifying offence.

(2) A prosecutor may apply to the Court of Appeal, in the case of a person

acquitted elsewhere than in the United Kingdom, for—

(a) a determination whether the acquittal is a bar to the person being tried

in England and Wales for the qualifying offence, and

(b) if it is, an order that the acquittal is not to be a bar.

(3) A prosecutor may make an application under subsection (1) or (2) only with the

written consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

(4) The Director of Public Prosecutions may give his consent only if satisfied

that—

(a) there is evidence as respects which the requirements of section 78

appear to be met,

(b) it is in the public interest for the application to proceed, and

(c) any trial pursuant to an order on the application would not be

inconsistent with obligations of the United Kingdom under Article 31

or 34 of the Treaty on European Union relating to the principle of ne bis

in idem.

(5) Not more than one application may be made under subsection (1) or (2) in

relation to an acquittal.

77 Determination by Court of Appeal

(1) On an application under section 76(1), the Court of Appeal—

(a) if satisfied that the requirements of sections 78 and 79 are met, must

make the order applied for;

(b) otherwise, must dismiss the application.

(2) Subsections (3) and (4) apply to an application under section 76(2).

(3) Where the Court of Appeal determines that the acquittal is a bar to the person

being tried for the qualifying offence, the court—

(a) if satisfied that the requirements of sections 78 and 79 are met, must

make the order applied for;

(b) otherwise, must make a declaration to the effect that the acquittal is a

bar to the person being tried for the offence.

(4) Where the Court of Appeal determines that the acquittal is not a bar to the

person being tried for the qualifying offence, it must make a declaration to that

effect.

78 New and compelling evidence

(1) The requirements of this section are met if there is new and compelling

evidence against the acquitted person in relation to the qualifying offence.

(2) Evidence is new if it was not adduced in the proceedings in which the person

was acquitted (nor, if those were appeal proceedings, in earlier proceedings to

which the appeal related).

(3) Evidence is compelling if—

(a) it is reliable,

(b) it is substantial, and
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(c) in the context of the outstanding issues, it appears highly probative of

the case against the acquitted person.

(4) The outstanding issues are the issues in dispute in the proceedings in which the

person was acquitted and, if those were appeal proceedings, any other issues

remaining in dispute from earlier proceedings to which the appeal related.

(5) For the purposes of this section, it is irrelevant whether any evidence would

have been admissible in earlier proceedings against the acquitted person.

79 Interests of justice

(1) The requirements of this section are met if in all the circumstances it is in the

interests of justice for the court to make the order under section 77.

(2) That question is to be determined having regard in particular to—

(a) whether existing circumstances make a fair trial unlikely;

(b) for the purposes of that question and otherwise, the length of time since

the qualifying offence was allegedly committed;

(c) whether it is likely that the new evidence would have been adduced in

the earlier proceedings against the acquitted person but for a failure by

an officer or by a prosecutor to act with due diligence or expedition;

(d) whether, since those proceedings or, if later, since the commencement

of this Part, any officer or prosecutor has failed to act with due diligence

or expedition.

(3) In subsection (2) references to an officer or prosecutor include references to a

person charged with corresponding duties under the law in force elsewhere

than in England and Wales.

(4) Where the earlier prosecution was conducted by a person other than a

prosecutor, subsection (2)(c) applies in relation to that person as well as in

relation to a prosecutor.

80 Procedure and evidence

(1) A prosecutor who wishes to make an application under section 76(1) or (2)

must give notice of the application to the Court of Appeal.

(2) Within two days beginning with the day on which any such notice is given,

notice of the application must be served by the prosecutor on the person to

whom the application relates, charging him with the offence to which it relates

or, if he has been charged with it in accordance with section 87(4), stating that

he has been so charged.

(3) Subsection (2) applies whether the person to whom the application relates is in

the United Kingdom or elsewhere, but the Court of Appeal may, on application

by the prosecutor, extend the time for service under that subsection if it

considers it necessary to do so because of that person’s absence from the

United Kingdom.

(4) The Court of Appeal must consider the application at a hearing.

(5) The person to whom the application relates—

(a) is entitled to be present at the hearing, although he may be in custody,

unless he is in custody elsewhere than in England and Wales or

Northern Ireland, and
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(b) is entitled to be represented at the hearing, whether he is present or not.

(6) For the purposes of the application, the Court of Appeal may, if it thinks it

necessary or expedient in the interests of justice—

(a) order the production of any document, exhibit or other thing, the

production of which appears to the court to be necessary for the

determination of the application, and

(b) order any witness who would be a compellable witness in proceedings

pursuant to an order or declaration made on the application to attend

for examination and be examined before the court.

(7) The Court of Appeal may at one hearing consider more than one application

(whether or not relating to the same person), but only if the offences concerned

could be tried on the same indictment.

81 Appeals

(1) The Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 33 (right of appeal to House of Lords), after subsection (1A) there is

inserted—

“(1B) An appeal lies to the House of Lords, at the instance of the acquitted

person or the prosecutor, from any decision of the Court of Appeal on

an application under section 76(1) or (2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003

(retrial for serious offences).”

(3) At the end of that section there is inserted—

“(4) In relation to an appeal under subsection (1B), references in this Part to

a defendant are references to the acquitted person.”

(4) In section 34(2) (extension of time for leave to appeal), after “defendant” there

is inserted “or, in the case of an appeal under section 33(1B), by the prosecutor”.

(5) In section 38 (presence of defendant at hearing), for “has been convicted of an

offence and” substitute “has been convicted of an offence, or in whose case an

order under section 77 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 or a declaration under

section 77(4) of that Act has been made, and who”.

82 Restrictions on publication in the interests of justice

(1) Where it appears to the Court of Appeal that the inclusion of any matter in a

publication would give rise to a substantial risk of prejudice to the

administration of justice in a retrial, the court may order that the matter is not

to be included in any publication while the order has effect.

(2) In subsection (1) “retrial” means the trial of an acquitted person for a qualifying

offence pursuant to any order made or that may be made under section 77.

(3) The court may make an order under this section only if it appears to it

necessary in the interests of justice to do so.

(4) An order under this section may apply to a matter which has been included in

a publication published before the order takes effect, but such an order—

(a) applies only to the later inclusion of the matter in a publication

(whether directly or by inclusion of the earlier publication), and

(b) does not otherwise affect the earlier publication.
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(5) After notice of an application has been given under section 80(1) relating to the

acquitted person and the qualifying offence, the court may make an order

under this section only—

(a) of its own motion, or

(b) on the application of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

(6) Before such notice has been given, an order under this section—

(a) may be made only on the application of the Director of Public

Prosecutions, and

(b) may not be made unless, since the acquittal concerned, an investigation

of the commission by the acquitted person of the qualifying offence has

been commenced by officers.

(7) The court may at any time, of its own motion or on an application made by the

Director of Public Prosecutions or the acquitted person, vary or revoke an

order under this section.

(8) Any order made under this section before notice of an application has been

given under section 80(1) relating to the acquitted person and the qualifying

offence must specify the time when it ceases to have effect.

(9) An order under this section which is made or has effect after such notice has

been given ceases to have effect, unless it specifies an earlier time—

(a) when there is no longer any step that could be taken which would lead

to the acquitted person being tried pursuant to an order made on the

application, or

(b) if he is tried pursuant to such an order, at the conclusion of the trial.

(10) Nothing in this section affects any prohibition or restriction by virtue of any

other enactment on the inclusion of any matter in a publication or any power,

under an enactment or otherwise, to impose such a prohibition or restriction.

(11) In this section—

“programme service” has the same meaning as in the Broadcasting Act

1990 (c. 42),

“publication” includes any speech, writing, relevant programme or other

communication in whatever form, which is addressed to the public at

large or any section of the public (and for this purpose every relevant

programme is to be taken to be so addressed), but does not include an

indictment or other document prepared for use in particular legal

proceedings,

“relevant programme” means a programme included in a programme

service.

83 Offences in connection with publication restrictions

(1) This section applies if—

(a) an order under section 82 is made, whether in England and Wales or

Northern Ireland, and

(b) while the order has effect, any matter is included in a publication, in

any part of the United Kingdom, in contravention of the order.

(2) Where the publication is a newspaper or periodical, any proprietor, editor or

publisher of the newspaper or periodical is guilty of an offence.

(3) Where the publication is a relevant programme—
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(a) any body corporate or Scottish partnership engaged in providing the

programme service in which the programme is included, and

(b) any person having functions in relation to the programme

corresponding to those of an editor of a newspaper,

is guilty of an offence.

(4) In the case of any other publication, any person publishing it is guilty of an

offence.

(5) If an offence under this section committed by a body corporate is proved—

(a) to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or

(b) to be attributable to any neglect on the part of,

an officer, the officer as well as the body corporate is guilty of the offence and

liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(6) In subsection (5), “officer” means a director, manager, secretary or other similar

officer of the body, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity.

(7) If the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members, “director” in

subsection (6) means a member of that body.

(8) Where an offence under this section is committed by a Scottish partnership and

is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of a partner,

he as well as the partnership shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to

be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

(9) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary

conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(10) Proceedings for an offence under this section may not be instituted—

(a) in England and Wales otherwise than by or with the consent of the

Attorney General, or

(b) in Northern Ireland otherwise than by or with the consent of— 

(i) before the relevant date, the Attorney General for Northern

Ireland, or

(ii) on or after the relevant date, the Director of Public Prosecutions

for Northern Ireland.

(11) In subsection (10) “the relevant date” means the date on which section 22(1) of

the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26) comes into force.

Retrial

84 Retrial

(1) Where a person—

(a) is tried pursuant to an order under section 77(1), or

(b) is tried on indictment pursuant to an order under section 77(3),

the trial must be on an indictment preferred by direction of the Court of

Appeal.

(2) After the end of 2 months after the date of the order, the person may not be

arraigned on an indictment preferred in pursuance of such a direction unless

the Court of Appeal gives leave.

(3) The Court of Appeal must not give leave unless satisfied that—
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(a) the prosecutor has acted with due expedition, and 

(b) there is a good and sufficient cause for trial despite the lapse of time

since the order under section 77.

(4) Where the person may not be arraigned without leave, he may apply to the

Court of Appeal to set aside the order and—

(a) for any direction required for restoring an earlier judgment and verdict

of acquittal of the qualifying offence, or

(b) in the case of a person acquitted elsewhere than in the United Kingdom,

for a declaration to the effect that the acquittal is a bar to his being tried

for the qualifying offence.

(5) An indictment under subsection (1) may relate to more than one offence, or

more than one person, and may relate to an offence which, or a person who, is

not the subject of an order or declaration under section 77.

(6) Evidence given at a trial pursuant to an order under section 77(1) or (3) must

be given orally if it was given orally at the original trial, unless—

(a) all the parties to the trial agree otherwise,

(b) section 116 applies, or

(c) the witness is unavailable to give evidence, otherwise than as

mentioned in subsection (2) of that section, and section 114(1)(d)

applies.

(7) At a trial pursuant to an order under section 77(1), paragraph 5 of Schedule 3

to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (use of depositions) does not apply

to a deposition read as evidence at the original trial.

Investigations

85 Authorisation of investigations

(1) This section applies to the investigation of the commission of a qualifying

offence by a person—

(a) acquitted in proceedings within section 75(1) of the qualifying offence,

or

(b) acquitted elsewhere than in the United Kingdom of an offence the

commission of which as alleged would have amounted to or included

the commission (in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) of the qualifying

offence.

(2) Subject to section 86, an officer may not do anything within subsection (3) for

the purposes of such an investigation unless the Director of Public

Prosecutions—

(a) has certified that in his opinion the acquittal would not be a bar to the

trial of the acquitted person in England and Wales for the qualifying

offence, or

(b) has given his written consent to the investigation (whether before or

after the start of the investigation).

(3) The officer may not, either with or without the consent of the acquitted

person—

(a) arrest or question him,

(b) search him or premises owned or occupied by him,
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(c) search a vehicle owned by him or anything in or on such a vehicle,

(d) seize anything in his possession, or

(e) take his fingerprints or take a sample from him.

(4) The Director of Public Prosecutions may only give his consent on a written

application, and such an application may be made only by an officer who—

(a) if he is an officer of the metropolitan police force or the City of London

police force, is of the rank of commander or above, or

(b) in any other case, is of the rank of assistant chief constable or above.

(5) An officer may make an application under subsection (4) only if—

(a) he is satisfied that new evidence has been obtained which would be

relevant to an application under section 76(1) or (2) in respect of the

qualifying offence to which the investigation relates, or

(b) he has reasonable grounds for believing that such new evidence is

likely to be obtained as a result of the investigation.

(6) The Director of Public Prosecutions may not give his consent unless satisfied

that—

(a) there is, or there is likely as a result of the investigation to be, sufficient

new evidence to warrant the conduct of the investigation, and

(b) it is in the public interest for the investigation to proceed.

(7) In giving his consent, the Director of Public Prosecutions may recommend that

the investigation be conducted otherwise than by officers of a specified police

force or specified team of customs and excise officers.

86 Urgent investigative steps

(1) Section 85 does not prevent an officer from taking any action for the purposes

of an investigation if—

(a) the action is necessary as a matter of urgency to prevent the

investigation being substantially and irrevocably prejudiced,

(b) the requirements of subsection (2) are met, and

(c) either—

(i) the action is authorised under subsection (3), or

(ii) the requirements of subsection (5) are met.

(2) The requirements of this subsection are met if—

(a) there has been no undue delay in applying for consent under section

85(2),

(b) that consent has not been refused, and

(c) taking into account the urgency of the situation, it is not reasonably

practicable to obtain that consent before taking the action.

(3) An officer of the rank of superintendent or above may authorise the action if—

(a) he is satisfied that new evidence has been obtained which would be

relevant to an application under section 76(1) or (2) in respect of the

qualifying offence to which the investigation relates, or

(b) he has reasonable grounds for believing that such new evidence is

likely to be obtained as a result of the investigation.

(4) An authorisation under subsection (3) must—

(a) if reasonably practicable, be given in writing;
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(b) otherwise, be recorded in writing by the officer giving it as soon as is

reasonably practicable.

(5) The requirements of this subsection are met if—

(a) there has been no undue delay in applying for authorisation under

subsection (3),

(b) that authorisation has not been refused, and

(c) taking into account the urgency of the situation, it is not reasonably

practicable to obtain that authorisation before taking the action.

(6) Where the requirements of subsection (5) are met, the action is nevertheless to

be treated as having been unlawful unless, as soon as reasonably practicable

after the action is taken, an officer of the rank of superintendent or above

certifies in writing that he is satisfied that, when the action was taken—

(a) new evidence had been obtained which would be relevant to an

application under section 76(1) or (2) in respect of the qualifying offence

to which the investigation relates, or

(b) the officer who took the action had reasonable grounds for believing

that such new evidence was likely to be obtained as a result of the

investigation.

Arrest, custody and bail

87 Arrest and charge

(1) Where section 85 applies to the investigation of the commission of an offence

by any person and no certification has been given under subsection (2) of that

section—

(a) a justice of the peace may issue a warrant to arrest that person for that

offence only if satisfied by written information that new evidence has

been obtained which would be relevant to an application under section

76(1) or (2) in respect of the commission by that person of that offence,

and

(b) that person may not be arrested for that offence except under a warrant

so issued.

(2) Subsection (1) does not affect section 89(3)(b) or 91(3), or any other power to

arrest a person, or to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person, otherwise than

for an offence.

(3) Part 4 of the 1984 Act (detention) applies as follows where a person—

(a) is arrested for an offence under a warrant issued in accordance with

subsection (1)(a), or

(b) having been so arrested, is subsequently treated under section 34(7) of

that Act as arrested for that offence.

(4) For the purposes of that Part there is sufficient evidence to charge the person

with the offence for which he has been arrested if, and only if, an officer of the

rank of superintendent or above (who has not been directly involved in the

investigation) is of the opinion that the evidence available or known to him is

sufficient for the case to be referred to a prosecutor to consider whether consent

should be sought for an application in respect of that person under section 76.

(5) For the purposes of that Part it is the duty of the custody officer at each police

station where the person is detained to make available or known to an officer
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at that police station of the rank of superintendent or above any evidence

which it appears to him may be relevant to an application under section 76(1)

or (2) in respect of the offence for which the person has been arrested, and to

do so as soon as practicable—

(a) after the evidence becomes available or known to him, or

(b) if later, after he forms that view.

(6) Section 37 of that Act (including any provision of that section as applied by

section 40(8) of that Act) has effect subject to the following modifications—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) for “determine whether he has before him” there is substituted

“request an officer of the rank of superintendent or above (who

has not been directly involved in the investigation) to

determine, in accordance with section 87(4) of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003, whether there is”;

(ii) for “him to do so” there is substituted “that determination to be

made”;

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) for the words from “custody officer determines” to “before him”

there is substituted “officer determines that there is not such

sufficient evidence”;

(ii) the word “custody” is omitted from the second place where it

occurs;

(c) in subsection (3)—

(i) the word “custody” is omitted;

(ii) after “may” there is inserted “direct the custody officer to”;

(d) in subsection (7) for the words from “the custody officer” to the end of

that subsection there is substituted “an officer of the rank of

superintendent or above (who has not been directly involved in the

investigation) determines, in accordance with section 87(4) of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003, that there is sufficient evidence to charge the

person arrested with the offence for which he was arrested, the person

arrested shall be charged.”;

(e) subsections (7A), (7B) and (8) do not apply;

(f) after subsection (10) there is inserted—

“(10A) The officer who is requested by the custody officer to make a

determination under subsection (1) above shall make that

determination as soon as practicable after the request is made.”.

(7) Section 40 of that Act has effect as if in subsections (8) and (9) of that section

after “(6)” there were inserted “and (10A)”.

(8) Section 42 of that Act has effect as if in subsection (1) of that section for the

words from “who” to “detained” there were substituted “(who has not been

directly involved in the investigation)”.

88 Bail and custody before application

(1) In relation to a person charged in accordance with section 87(4)—

(a) section 38 of the 1984 Act (including any provision of that section as

applied by section 40(10) of that Act) has effect as if, in subsection (1),

for “either on bail or without bail” there were substituted “on bail”,
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(b) section 47(3) of that Act does not apply and references in section 38 of

that Act to bail are references to bail subject to a duty to appear before

the Crown Court at such place as the custody officer may appoint and

at such time, not later than 24 hours after the person is released, as that

officer may appoint, and

(c) section 43B of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) does not apply.

(2) Where such a person is, after being charged—

(a) kept in police detention, or

(b) detained by a local authority in pursuance of arrangements made

under section 38(6) of the 1984 Act,

he must be brought before the Crown Court as soon as practicable and, in any

event, not more than 24 hours after he is charged, and section 46 of the 1984 Act

does not apply.

(3) For the purpose of calculating the period referred to in subsection (1) or (2), the

following are to be disregarded—

(a) Sunday,

(b) Christmas Day,

(c) Good Friday, and

(d) any day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial

Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80) in the part of the United Kingdom where the

person is to appear before the Crown Court as mentioned in subsection

(1) or, where subsection (2) applies, is for the time being detained.

(4) Where a person appears or is brought before the Crown Court in accordance

with subsection (1) or (2), the Crown Court may either— 

(a) grant bail for the person to appear, if notice of an application is served

on him under section 80(2), before the Court of Appeal at the hearing of

that application, or

(b) remand the person in custody to be brought before the Crown Court

under section 89(2).

(5) If the Crown Court grants bail under subsection (4), it may revoke bail and

remand the person in custody as referred to in subsection (4)(b).

(6) In subsection (7) the “relevant period”, in relation to a person granted bail or

remanded in custody under subsection (4), means—

(a) the period of 42 days beginning with the day on which he is granted

bail or remanded in custody under that subsection, or

(b) that period as extended or further extended under subsection (8).

(7) If at the end of the relevant period no notice of an application under section

76(1) or (2) in relation to the person has been given under section 80(1), the

person—

(a) if on bail subject to a duty to appear as mentioned in subsection (4)(a),

ceases to be subject to that duty and to any conditions of that bail, and

(b) if in custody on remand under subsection (4)(b) or (5), must be released

immediately without bail.

(8) The Crown Court may, on the application of a prosecutor, extend or further

extend the period mentioned in subsection (6)(a) until a specified date, but only

if satisfied that—

(a) the need for the extension is due to some good and sufficient cause, and

(b) the prosecutor has acted with all due diligence and expedition.
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89 Bail and custody before hearing

(1) This section applies where notice of an application is given under section 80(1).

(2) If the person to whom the application relates is in custody under section

88(4)(b) or (5), he must be brought before the Crown Court as soon as

practicable and, in any event, within 48 hours after the notice is given.

(3) If that person is not in custody under section 88(4)(b) or (5), the Crown Court

may, on application by the prosecutor—

(a) issue a summons requiring the person to appear before the Court of

Appeal at the hearing of the application, or

(b) issue a warrant for the person’s arrest, 

and a warrant under paragraph (b) may be issued at any time even though a

summons has previously been issued.

(4) Where a summons is issued under subsection (3)(a), the time and place at

which the person must appear may be specified either—

(a) in the summons, or

(b) in a subsequent direction of the Crown Court.

(5) The time or place specified may be varied from time to time by a direction of

the Crown Court.

(6) A person arrested under a warrant under subsection (3)(b) must be brought

before the Crown Court as soon as practicable and in any event within 48 hours

after his arrest, and section 81(5) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) does not

apply.

(7) If a person is brought before the Crown Court under subsection (2) or (6) the

court must either—

(a) remand him in custody to be brought before the Court of Appeal at the

hearing of the application, or

(b) grant bail for him to appear before the Court of Appeal at the hearing.

(8) If bail is granted under subsection (7)(b), the Crown Court may revoke the bail

and remand the person in custody as referred to in subsection (7)(a).

(9) For the purpose of calculating the period referred to in subsection (2) or (6), the

following are to be disregarded—

(a) Sunday,

(b) Christmas Day,

(c) Good Friday, and

(d) any day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial

Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80) in the part of the United Kingdom where the

person is for the time being detained.

90 Bail and custody during and after hearing

(1) The Court of Appeal may, at any adjournment of the hearing of an application

under section 76(1) or (2)—

(a) remand the person to whom the application relates on bail, or

(b) remand him in custody.

(2) At a hearing at which the Court of Appeal—

(a) makes an order under section 77,
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(b) makes a declaration under subsection (4) of that section, or

(c) dismisses the application or makes a declaration under subsection (3)

of that section, if it also gives the prosecutor leave to appeal against its

decision or the prosecutor gives notice that he intends to apply for such

leave,

the court may make such order as it sees fit for the custody or bail of the

acquitted person pending trial pursuant to the order or declaration, or pending

determination of the appeal.

(3) For the purpose of subsection (2), the determination of an appeal is pending—

(a) until any application for leave to appeal is disposed of, or the time

within which it must be made expires;

(b) if leave to appeal is granted, until the appeal is disposed of.

(4) Section 4 of the Bail Act 1976 (c. 63) applies in relation to the grant of bail under

this section as if in subsection (2) the reference to the Crown Court included a

reference to the Court of Appeal.

(5) The court may at any time, as it sees fit—

(a) revoke bail granted under this section and remand the person in

custody, or

(b) vary an order under subsection (2).

91 Revocation of bail

(1) Where—

(a) a court revokes a person’s bail under this Part, and

(b) that person is not before the court when his bail is revoked,

the court must order him to surrender himself forthwith to the custody of the

court.

(2) Where a person surrenders himself into the custody of the court in compliance

with an order under subsection (1), the court must remand him in custody.

(3) A person who has been ordered to surrender to custody under subsection (1)

may be arrested without a warrant by an officer if he fails without reasonable

cause to surrender to custody in accordance with the order.

(4) A person arrested under subsection (3) must be brought as soon as practicable,

and, in any event, not more than 24 hours after he is arrested, before the court

and the court must remand him in custody.

(5) For the purpose of calculating the period referred to in subsection (4), the

following are to be disregarded—

(a) Sunday,

(b) Christmas Day,

(c) Good Friday,

(d) any day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial

Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80) in the part of the United Kingdom where the

person is for the time being detained.
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Part 10: supplementary

92 Functions of the DPP

(1) Section 1(7) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23) (DPP’s functions

exercisable by Crown Prosecutor) does not apply to the provisions of this Part

other than section 85(2)(a).

(2) In the absence of the Director of Public Prosecutions, his functions under those

provisions may be exercised by a person authorised by him.

(3) An authorisation under subsection (2)—

(a) may relate to a specified person or to persons of a specified description,

and

(b) may be general or relate to a specified function or specified

circumstances.

93 Rules of court

(1) Rules of court may make such provision as appears to the authority making

them to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Part.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), rules of court may in particular make

provision as to procedures to be applied in connection with sections 76 to 82,

84 and 88 to 90.

(3) Nothing in this section is to be taken as affecting the generality of any

enactment conferring power to make rules of court.

94 Armed Forces: Part 10

(1) Section 31 of the Armed Forces Act 2001 (c. 19) (provision in consequence of

enactments relating to criminal justice) applies to an enactment contained in

this Part so far as relating to matters not specified in subsection (2) of that

section as it applies to a criminal justice enactment.

(2) The power under that section to make provision equivalent to that made in

relation to qualifying offences by an enactment contained in this Part (with or

without modifications) includes power to make such provision in relation to

such service offences as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

(3) In subsection (2) “service offence” means an offence under the Army Act 1955

(3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18), the Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19) or the Naval

Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53).

95 Interpretation of Part 10

(1) In this Part—

“the 1984 Act” means the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60),

“acquittal” and related expressions are to be read in accordance with

section 75(7),

“customs and excise officer” means an officer as defined by section 1(1) of

the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2), or a person to

whom section 8(2) of that Act applies,

“new evidence” is to be read in accordance with section 78(2),
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“officer”, except in section 83, means an officer of a police force or a

customs and excise officer,

“police force” has the meaning given by section 3(3) of the Prosecution of

Offences Act 1985 (c. 23),

“prosecutor” means an individual or body charged with duties to conduct

criminal prosecutions,

“qualifying offence” has the meaning given by section 75(8).

(2) Subject to rules of court made under section 53(1) of the Supreme Court Act

1981 (c. 54) (power by rules to distribute business of Court of Appeal between

its civil and criminal divisions)—

(a) the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal under this Part is to be exercised

by the criminal division of that court, and

(b) references in this Part to the Court of Appeal are to be construed as

references to that division.

(3) References in this Part to an officer of a specified rank or above are, in the case

of a customs and excise officer, references to an officer of such description as—

(a) appears to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise to comprise

officers of equivalent rank or above, and

(b) is specified by the Commissioners for the purposes of the provision

concerned.

96 Application of Part 10 to Northern Ireland

(1) In its application to Northern Ireland this Part is to have effect subject to the

modifications in this section.

(2) In sections 75(1)(a) and (b), 76(2)(a), 79(3) and 85(2)(a) for “England and Wales”

substitute “Northern Ireland”.

(3) For section 75(2)(c) substitute—

“(c) in respect of which, in proceedings where he has been found to

be unfit to be tried in accordance with Article 49 of the Mental

Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4)), a

finding has been made that he did the act or made the omission

charged against him.”

(4) In section 75(8) for “Part 1” substitute “Part 2”.

(5) In section 81(1) for “Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19)” substitute “Criminal

Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47)”.

(6) In section 81(2)—

(a) for “33” substitute “31”, and

(b) for “An” substitute “Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act,

an”.

(7) In section 81(4)—

(a) for “34(2)” substitute “32(2)”, and

(b) for “33(1B)” substitute “31(1B)”.

(8) In section 82(10) after “enactment” in each place insert “(including any

provision of Northern Ireland legislation)”.

(9) In section 84(1) and (2) for “preferred” substitute “presented”.
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(10) Section 84(6) has effect—

(a) as if any reference to a provision of Part 11 were a reference to any

corresponding provision contained in an Order in Council to which

section 334(1) applies, at any time when such corresponding provision

is in force;

(b) at any other time, with the omission of paragraphs (b) and (c).

(11) After section 84(6) insert—

“(6A) Article 29 of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland)

Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/228 (N.I. 8)) applies in the case of a person who is

to be tried in accordance with subsection (1) as if—

(a) he had been returned for trial for the offence in question, and

(b) the reference in paragraph (2)(a) of that Article to a magistrates’

court included a reference to the Court of Appeal.”

(12) In section 87—

(a) in subsection (3), for “Part 4 of the 1984 Act” substitute “Part 5 of the

Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S. I.

1989/1341 (N. I. 12)) (“the 1989 Order”)”,

(b) in paragraph (b) of that subsection, for “section 34(7) of that Act”

substitute “Article 35(8) of that Order”,

(c) in subsection (6)—

(i) for the words from the beginning to “40(8) of that Act)”

substitute “Article 38 of that Order (including any provision of

that Article as applied by Article 41(8) of that Order)”,

(ii) for “subsection” in each place substitute “paragraph”,

(iii) in paragraph (e), for “subsections (7A), (7B) and (8)” substitute

“paragraph (8)”, and

(iv) in paragraph (f), in the inserted paragraph (10A) omit “above”,

(d) for subsection (7) substitute—

“(7) Article 41 of that Order has effect as if in paragraphs (8) and (9)

of that Article after “(6)” there were inserted “and (10A).”,

(e) in subsection (8)—

(i) for “Section 42 of that Act” substitute “Article 43 of that Order”,

and

(ii) for “subsection (1) of that section” substitute “paragraph (1) of

that Article”.

(13) For section 88(1) substitute—

“(1) In relation to a person charged in accordance with section 87(4)—

(a) Article 39 of the 1989 Order (including any provision of that

Article as applied by Article 41(10) of that Order) has effect as if,

in paragraph (1), for “either on bail or without bail” there were

substituted “on bail”,

(b) Article 48 of that Order has effect as if for paragraphs (1) to (11)

there were substituted—

“(1) A person who is released on bail shall be subject to a

duty to appear before the Crown Court at such place as

the custody officer may appoint and at such time, not

later than 24 hours after the person is released, as that

officer may appoint.
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(2) The custody officer may require a person who is to be

released on bail to enter into a recognisance conditioned

upon his subsequent appearance before the Crown

Court in accordance with paragraph (1).

(3) A recognisance under paragraph (2) may be taken

before the custody officer.”, and

(c) Article 132A of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland)

Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26)) does not apply.

(14) In section 88(2)—

(a) for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) detained in a place of safety in pursuance of

arrangements made under Article 39(6) of the 1989

Order,”, and

(b) for “section 46 of the 1984 Act” substitute “Article 47 of the 1989 Order”.

(15) In section 89(6) for “section 81(5) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54)”

substitute “section 51(8) of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23)”.

(16) For section 90(4) substitute—

“(4) The court may at any time, as it sees fit, vary the conditions of bail

granted under this section.”

(17) In section 92(1) for the words from the beginning to “does” substitute “Sections

30(4) and 36 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26) do”.

(18) Until the coming into force of section 36 of that Act of 2002 the reference to that

section in subsection (17) is to be read as a reference to Article 4(8) of the

Prosecution of Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (S.I. 1972/538 (N.I. 1)).

(19) In section 93(2) for “the Criminal Appeal Rules and the Crown Court Rules”

substitute “rules under section 55 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978

and Crown Court Rules”.

(20) In section 93(3) after “enactment” insert “(including any provision of Northern

Ireland legislation)”.

(21) In section 95(1) for the definition of “police force” substitute—

““police force” means—

(a) the Police Service of Northern Ireland or the Police

Service of Northern Ireland Reserve,

(b) the Ministry of Defence Police,

(c) any body of constables appointed under Article 19 of the

Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/426

(N.I. 1)), or

(d) any body of special constables appointed in Northern

Ireland under section 79 of the Harbours, Docks and

Piers Clauses Act 1847 (c. 27) or section 57 of the Civil

Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16),”.

(22) Omit section 95(2).

97 Application of Criminal Appeal Acts to proceedings under Part 10

Subject to the provisions of this Part, the Secretary of State may make an order

containing provision, in relation to proceedings before the Court of Appeal
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under this Part, which corresponds to any provision, in relation to appeals or

other proceedings before that court, which is contained in the Criminal Appeal

Act 1968 (c. 19) or the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47)

(subject to any specified modifications).

PART 11

EVIDENCE

CHAPTER 1

EVIDENCE OF BAD CHARACTER

Introductory

98 “Bad character”

References in this Chapter to evidence of a person’s “bad character” are to

evidence of, or of a disposition towards, misconduct on his part, other than

evidence which—

(a) has to do with the alleged facts of the offence with which the defendant

is charged, or

(b) is evidence of misconduct in connection with the investigation or

prosecution of that offence.

99 Abolition of common law rules

(1) The common law rules governing the admissibility of evidence of bad

character in criminal proceedings are abolished.

(2) Subsection (1) is subject to section 118(1) in so far as it preserves the rule under

which in criminal proceedings a person’s reputation is admissible for the

purposes of proving his bad character.

Persons other than defendants

100 Non-defendant’s bad character

(1) In criminal proceedings evidence of the bad character of a person other than

the defendant is admissible if and only if—

(a) it is important explanatory evidence,

(b) it has substantial probative value in relation to a matter which—

(i) is a matter in issue in the proceedings, and

(ii) is of substantial importance in the context of the case as a whole,

or

(c) all parties to the proceedings agree to the evidence being admissible.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) evidence is important explanatory

evidence if—

(a) without it, the court or jury would find it impossible or difficult

properly to understand other evidence in the case, and

(b) its value for understanding the case as a whole is substantial.
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(3) In assessing the probative value of evidence for the purposes of subsection

(1)(b) the court must have regard to the following factors (and to any others it

considers relevant)—

(a) the nature and number of the events, or other things, to which the

evidence relates;

(b) when those events or things are alleged to have happened or existed;

(c) where—

(i) the evidence is evidence of a person’s misconduct, and

(ii) it is suggested that the evidence has probative value by reason

of similarity between that misconduct and other alleged

misconduct,

the nature and extent of the similarities and the dissimilarities between

each of the alleged instances of misconduct;

(d) where—

(i) the evidence is evidence of a person’s misconduct,

(ii) it is suggested that that person is also responsible for the

misconduct charged, and

(iii) the identity of the person responsible for the misconduct

charged is disputed,

the extent to which the evidence shows or tends to show that the same

person was responsible each time.

(4) Except where subsection (1)(c) applies, evidence of the bad character of a

person other than the defendant must not be given without leave of the court.

Defendants

101 Defendant’s bad character

(1) In criminal proceedings evidence of the defendant’s bad character is

admissible if, but only if—

(a) all parties to the proceedings agree to the evidence being admissible,

(b) the evidence is adduced by the defendant himself or is given in answer

to a question asked by him in cross-examination and intended to elicit

it,

(c) it is important explanatory evidence,

(d) it is relevant to an important matter in issue between the defendant and

the prosecution,

(e) it has substantial probative value in relation to an important matter in

issue between the defendant and a co-defendant,

(f) it is evidence to correct a false impression given by the defendant, or

(g) the defendant has made an attack on another person’s character.

(2) Sections 102 to 106 contain provision supplementing subsection (1).

(3) The court must not admit evidence under subsection (1)(d) or (g) if, on an

application by the defendant to exclude it, it appears to the court that the

admission of the evidence would have such an adverse effect on the fairness of

the proceedings that the court ought not to admit it.

(4) On an application to exclude evidence under subsection (3) the court must

have regard, in particular, to the length of time between the matters to which
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that evidence relates and the matters which form the subject of the offence

charged.

102 “Important explanatory evidence”

For the purposes of section 101(1)(c) evidence is important explanatory

evidence if—

(a) without it, the court or jury would find it impossible or difficult

properly to understand other evidence in the case, and

(b) its value for understanding the case as a whole is substantial.

103 “Matter in issue between the defendant and the prosecution”

(1) For the purposes of section 101(1)(d) the matters in issue between the

defendant and the prosecution include—

(a) the question whether the defendant has a propensity to commit

offences of the kind with which he is charged, except where his having

such a propensity makes it no more likely that he is guilty of the

offence;

(b) the question whether the defendant has a propensity to be untruthful,

except where it is not suggested that the defendant’s case is untruthful

in any respect.

(2) Where subsection (1)(a) applies, a defendant’s propensity to commit offences

of the kind with which he is charged may (without prejudice to any other way

of doing so) be established by evidence that he has been convicted of—

(a) an offence of the same description as the one with which he is charged,

or

(b) an offence of the same category as the one with which he is charged.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply in the case of a particular defendant if the court

is satisfied, by reason of the length of time since the conviction or for any other

reason, that it would be unjust for it to apply in his case.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (2)—

(a) two offences are of the same description as each other if the statement

of the offence in a written charge or indictment would, in each case, be

in the same terms;

(b) two offences are of the same category as each other if they belong to the

same category of offences prescribed for the purposes of this section by

an order made by the Secretary of State.

(5) A category prescribed by an order under subsection (4)(b) must consist of

offences of the same type.

(6) Only prosecution evidence is admissible under section 101(1)(d).

104 “Matter in issue between the defendant and a co-defendant”

(1) Evidence which is relevant to the question whether the defendant has a

propensity to be untruthful is admissible on that basis under section 101(1)(e)

only if the nature or conduct of his defence is such as to undermine the codefendant’s defence.

(2) Only evidence—
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(a) which is to be (or has been) adduced by the co-defendant, or

(b) which a witness is to be invited to give (or has given) in crossexamination by the co-defendant,

is admissible under section 101(1)(e).

105 “Evidence to correct a false impression”

(1) For the purposes of section 101(1)(f)—

(a) the defendant gives a false impression if he is responsible for the

making of an express or implied assertion which is apt to give the court

or jury a false or misleading impression about the defendant;

(b) evidence to correct such an impression is evidence which has probative

value in correcting it.

(2) A defendant is treated as being responsible for the making of an assertion if—

(a) the assertion is made by the defendant in the proceedings (whether or

not in evidence given by him),

(b) the assertion was made by the defendant—

(i) on being questioned under caution, before charge, about the

offence with which he is charged, or

(ii) on being charged with the offence or officially informed that he

might be prosecuted for it,

and evidence of the assertion is given in the proceedings,

(c) the assertion is made by a witness called by the defendant,

(d) the assertion is made by any witness in cross-examination in response

to a question asked by the defendant that is intended to elicit it, or is

likely to do so, or

(e) the assertion was made by any person out of court, and the defendant

adduces evidence of it in the proceedings.

(3) A defendant who would otherwise be treated as responsible for the making of

an assertion shall not be so treated if, or to the extent that, he withdraws it or

disassociates himself from it.

(4) Where it appears to the court that a defendant, by means of his conduct (other

than the giving of evidence) in the proceedings, is seeking to give the court or

jury an impression about himself that is false or misleading, the court may if it

appears just to do so treat the defendant as being responsible for the making of

an assertion which is apt to give that impression.

(5) In subsection (4) “conduct” includes appearance or dress.

(6) Evidence is admissible under section 101(1)(f) only if it goes no further than is

necessary to correct the false impression.

(7) Only prosecution evidence is admissible under section 101(1)(f).

106 “Attack on another person’s character”

(1) For the purposes of section 101(1)(g) a defendant makes an attack on another

person’s character if—

(a) he adduces evidence attacking the other person’s character,

(b) he (or any legal representative appointed under section 38(4) of the

Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23) to cross-examine
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a witness in his interests) asks questions in cross-examination that are

intended to elicit such evidence, or are likely to do so, or

(c) evidence is given of an imputation about the other person made by the

defendant—

(i) on being questioned under caution, before charge, about the

offence with which he is charged, or

(ii) on being charged with the offence or officially informed that he

might be prosecuted for it.

(2) In subsection (1) “evidence attacking the other person’s character” means

evidence to the effect that the other person—

(a) has committed an offence (whether a different offence from the one

with which the defendant is charged or the same one), or

(b) has behaved, or is disposed to behave, in a reprehensible way;

and “imputation about the other person” means an assertion to that effect.

(3) Only prosecution evidence is admissible under section 101(1)(g).

107 Stopping the case where evidence contaminated

(1) If on a defendant’s trial before a judge and jury for an offence—

(a) evidence of his bad character has been admitted under any of

paragraphs (c) to (g) of section 101(1), and

(b) the court is satisfied at any time after the close of the case for the

prosecution that—

(i) the evidence is contaminated, and

(ii) the contamination is such that, considering the importance of

the evidence to the case against the defendant, his conviction of

the offence would be unsafe,

the court must either direct the jury to acquit the defendant of the offence or, if

it considers that there ought to be a retrial, discharge the jury.

(2) Where—

(a) a jury is directed under subsection (1) to acquit a defendant of an

offence, and

(b) the circumstances are such that, apart from this subsection, the

defendant could if acquitted of that offence be found guilty of another

offence,

the defendant may not be found guilty of that other offence if the court is

satisfied as mentioned in subsection (1)(b) in respect of it.

(3) If—

(a) a jury is required to determine under section 4A(2) of the Criminal

Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 (c. 84) whether a person charged on an

indictment with an offence did the act or made the omission charged,

(b) evidence of the person’s bad character has been admitted under any of

paragraphs (c) to (g) of section 101(1), and

(c) the court is satisfied at any time after the close of the case for the

prosecution that—

(i) the evidence is contaminated, and

(ii) the contamination is such that, considering the importance of

the evidence to the case against the person, a finding that he did

the act or made the omission would be unsafe,
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the court must either direct the jury to acquit the defendant of the offence or, if

it considers that there ought to be a rehearing, discharge the jury.

(4) This section does not prejudice any other power a court may have to direct a

jury to acquit a person of an offence or to discharge a jury.

(5) For the purposes of this section a person’s evidence is contaminated where—

(a) as a result of an agreement or understanding between the person and

one or more others, or

(b) as a result of the person being aware of anything alleged by one or more

others whose evidence may be, or has been, given in the proceedings,

the evidence is false or misleading in any respect, or is different from what it

would otherwise have been.

108 Offences committed by defendant when a child

(1) Section 16(2) and (3) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c. 37)

(offences committed by person under 14 disregarded for purposes of evidence

relating to previous convictions) shall cease to have effect.

(2) In proceedings for an offence committed or alleged to have been committed by

the defendant when aged 21 or over, evidence of his conviction for an offence

when under the age of 14 is not admissible unless—

(a) both of the offences are triable only on indictment, and

(b) the court is satisfied that the interests of justice require the evidence to

be admissible.

(3) Subsection (2) applies in addition to section 101.

General

109 Assumption of truth in assessment of relevance or probative value

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a reference in this Chapter to the relevance or

probative value of evidence is a reference to its relevance or probative value on

the assumption that it is true.

(2) In assessing the relevance or probative value of an item of evidence for any

purpose of this Chapter, a court need not assume that the evidence is true if it

appears, on the basis of any material before the court (including any evidence

it decides to hear on the matter), that no court or jury could reasonably find it

to be true.

110 Court’s duty to give reasons for rulings

(1) Where the court makes a relevant ruling—

(a) it must state in open court (but in the absence of the jury, if there is one)

its reasons for the ruling;

(b) if it is a magistrates’ court, it must cause the ruling and the reasons for

it to be entered in the register of the court’s proceedings.

(2) In this section “relevant ruling” means—

(a) a ruling on whether an item of evidence is evidence of a person’s bad

character;
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(b) a ruling on whether an item of such evidence is admissible under

section 100 or 101 (including a ruling on an application under section

101(3));

(c) a ruling under section 107.

111 Rules of court

(1) Rules of court may make such provision as appears to the appropriate

authority to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act; and the

appropriate authority is the authority entitled to make the rules.

(2) The rules may, and, where the party in question is the prosecution, must,

contain provision requiring a party who—

(a) proposes to adduce evidence of a defendant’s bad character, or

(b) proposes to cross-examine a witness with a view to eliciting such

evidence,

to serve on the defendant such notice, and such particulars of or relating to the

evidence, as may be prescribed.

(3) The rules may provide that the court or the defendant may, in such

circumstances as may be prescribed, dispense with a requirement imposed by

virtue of subsection (2).

(4) In considering the exercise of its powers with respect to costs, the court may

take into account any failure by a party to comply with a requirement imposed

by virtue of subsection (2) and not dispensed with by virtue of subsection (3).

(5) The rules may—

(a) limit the application of any provision of the rules to prescribed

circumstances;

(b) subject any provision of the rules to prescribed exceptions;

(c) make different provision for different cases or circumstances.

(6) Nothing in this section prejudices the generality of any enactment conferring

power to make rules of court; and no particular provision of this section

prejudices any general provision of it.

(7) In this section—

“prescribed” means prescribed by rules of court;

“rules of court” means—

(a) Crown Court Rules;

(b) Criminal Appeal Rules;

(c) rules under section 144 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

(c. 43).

112 Interpretation of Chapter 1

(1) In this Chapter—

“bad character” is to be read in accordance with section 98;

“criminal proceedings” means criminal proceedings in relation to which

the strict rules of evidence apply;

“defendant”, in relation to criminal proceedings, means a person charged

with an offence in those proceedings; and “co-defendant”, in relation to
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a defendant, means a person charged with an offence in the same

proceedings;

“important matter” means a matter of substantial importance in the

context of the case as a whole;

“misconduct” means the commission of an offence or other reprehensible

behaviour;

“offence” includes a service offence;

“probative value”, and “relevant” (in relation to an item of evidence), are

to be read in accordance with section 109;

“prosecution evidence” means evidence which is to be (or has been)

adduced by the prosecution, or which a witness is to be invited to give

(or has given) in cross-examination by the prosecution;

“service offence” means an offence under the Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2

c. 18), the Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19) or the Naval Discipline

Act 1957 (c. 53);

“written charge” has the same meaning as in section 29 and also includes

an information.

(2) Where a defendant is charged with two or more offences in the same criminal

proceedings, this Chapter (except section 101(3)) has effect as if each offence

were charged in separate proceedings; and references to the offence with

which the defendant is charged are to be read accordingly.

(3) Nothing in this Chapter affects the exclusion of evidence— 

(a) under the rule in section 3 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1865 (c. 18)

against a party impeaching the credit of his own witness by general

evidence of bad character,

(b) under section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999

(c. 23) (restriction on evidence or questions about complainant’s sexual

history), or

(c) on grounds other than the fact that it is evidence of a person’s bad

character.

113 Armed forces

Schedule 6 (armed forces) has effect.

CHAPTER 2

HEARSAY EVIDENCE

Hearsay: main provisions

114 Admissibility of hearsay evidence

(1) In criminal proceedings a statement not made in oral evidence in the

proceedings is admissible as evidence of any matter stated if, but only if—

(a) any provision of this Chapter or any other statutory provision makes it

admissible,

(b) any rule of law preserved by section 118 makes it admissible,

(c) all parties to the proceedings agree to it being admissible, or
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(d) the court is satisfied that it is in the interests of justice for it to be

admissible.

(2) In deciding whether a statement not made in oral evidence should be admitted

under subsection (1)(d), the court must have regard to the following factors

(and to any others it considers relevant)—

(a) how much probative value the statement has (assuming it to be true) in

relation to a matter in issue in the proceedings, or how valuable it is for

the understanding of other evidence in the case;

(b) what other evidence has been, or can be, given on the matter or

evidence mentioned in paragraph (a);

(c) how important the matter or evidence mentioned in paragraph (a) is in

the context of the case as a whole;

(d) the circumstances in which the statement was made;

(e) how reliable the maker of the statement appears to be;

(f) how reliable the evidence of the making of the statement appears to be;

(g) whether oral evidence of the matter stated can be given and, if not, why

it cannot;

(h) the amount of difficulty involved in challenging the statement;

(i) the extent to which that difficulty would be likely to prejudice the party

facing it.

(3) Nothing in this Chapter affects the exclusion of evidence of a statement on

grounds other than the fact that it is a statement not made in oral evidence in

the proceedings.

115 Statements and matters stated

(1) In this Chapter references to a statement or to a matter stated are to be read as

follows.

(2) A statement is any representation of fact or opinion made by a person by

whatever means; and it includes a representation made in a sketch, photofit or

other pictorial form.

(3) A matter stated is one to which this Chapter applies if (and only if) the purpose,

or one of the purposes, of the person making the statement appears to the court

to have been—

(a) to cause another person to believe the matter, or

(b) to cause another person to act or a machine to operate on the basis that

the matter is as stated.

Principal categories of admissibility

116 Cases where a witness is unavailable

(1) In criminal proceedings a statement not made in oral evidence in the

proceedings is admissible as evidence of any matter stated if—

(a) oral evidence given in the proceedings by the person who made the

statement would be admissible as evidence of that matter,

(b) the person who made the statement (the relevant person) is identified

to the court’s satisfaction, and

(c) any of the five conditions mentioned in subsection (2) is satisfied.
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(2) The conditions are—

(a) that the relevant person is dead;

(b) that the relevant person is unfit to be a witness because of his bodily or

mental condition;

(c) that the relevant person is outside the United Kingdom and it is not

reasonably practicable to secure his attendance;

(d) that the relevant person cannot be found although such steps as it is

reasonably practicable to take to find him have been taken;

(e) that through fear the relevant person does not give (or does not

continue to give) oral evidence in the proceedings, either at all or in

connection with the subject matter of the statement, and the court gives

leave for the statement to be given in evidence.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(e) “fear” is to be widely construed and (for

example) includes fear of the death or injury of another person or of financial

loss.

(4) Leave may be given under subsection (2)(e) only if the court considers that the

statement ought to be admitted in the interests of justice, having regard—

(a) to the statement’s contents,

(b) to any risk that its admission or exclusion will result in unfairness to

any party to the proceedings (and in particular to how difficult it will

be to challenge the statement if the relevant person does not give oral

evidence),

(c) in appropriate cases, to the fact that a direction under section 19 of the

Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23) (special measures

for the giving of evidence by fearful witnesses etc) could be made in

relation to the relevant person, and

(d) to any other relevant circumstances.

(5) A condition set out in any paragraph of subsection (2) which is in fact satisfied

is to be treated as not satisfied if it is shown that the circumstances described

in that paragraph are caused—

(a) by the person in support of whose case it is sought to give the statement

in evidence, or

(b) by a person acting on his behalf,

in order to prevent the relevant person giving oral evidence in the proceedings

(whether at all or in connection with the subject matter of the statement).

117 Business and other documents

(1) In criminal proceedings a statement contained in a document is admissible as

evidence of any matter stated if—

(a) oral evidence given in the proceedings would be admissible as

evidence of that matter,

(b) the requirements of subsection (2) are satisfied, and

(c) the requirements of subsection (5) are satisfied, in a case where

subsection (4) requires them to be.

(2) The requirements of this subsection are satisfied if—

(a) the document or the part containing the statement was created or

received by a person in the course of a trade, business, profession or

other occupation, or as the holder of a paid or unpaid office,
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(b) the person who supplied the information contained in the statement

(the relevant person) had or may reasonably be supposed to have had

personal knowledge of the matters dealt with, and

(c) each person (if any) through whom the information was supplied from

the relevant person to the person mentioned in paragraph (a) received

the information in the course of a trade, business, profession or other

occupation, or as the holder of a paid or unpaid office.

(3) The persons mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) may be the

same person.

(4) The additional requirements of subsection (5) must be satisfied if the

statement—

(a) was prepared for the purposes of pending or contemplated criminal

proceedings, or for a criminal investigation, but

(b) was not obtained pursuant to a request under section 7 of the Crime

(International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32) or an order under

paragraph 6 of Schedule 13 to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)

(which relate to overseas evidence).

(5) The requirements of this subsection are satisfied if—

(a) any of the five conditions mentioned in section 116(2) is satisfied

(absence of relevant person etc), or

(b) the relevant person cannot reasonably be expected to have any

recollection of the matters dealt with in the statement (having regard to

the length of time since he supplied the information and all other

circumstances).

(6) A statement is not admissible under this section if the court makes a direction

to that effect under subsection (7).

(7) The court may make a direction under this subsection if satisfied that the

statement’s reliability as evidence for the purpose for which it is tendered is

doubtful in view of—

(a) its contents,

(b) the source of the information contained in it,

(c) the way in which or the circumstances in which the information was

supplied or received, or

(d) the way in which or the circumstances in which the document

concerned was created or received.

118 Preservation of certain common law categories of admissibility

(1) The following rules of law are preserved.

Public information etc

1Any rule of law under which in criminal proceedings—

(a) published works dealing with matters of a public nature

(such as histories, scientific works, dictionaries and maps) are

admissible as evidence of facts of a public nature stated in

them,

(b) public documents (such as public registers, and returns made

under public authority with respect to matters of public

interest) are admissible as evidence of facts stated in them,
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(c) records (such as the records of certain courts, treaties, Crown

grants, pardons and commissions) are admissible as evidence

of facts stated in them, or

(d) evidence relating to a person’s age or date or place of birth

may be given by a person without personal knowledge of the

matter.

Reputation as to character

2 Any rule of law under which in criminal proceedings evidence of a

person’s reputation is admissible for the purpose of proving his

good or bad character.

Note

The rule is preserved only so far as it allows the court to treat such

evidence as proving the matter concerned.

Reputation or family tradition

3 Any rule of law under which in criminal proceedings evidence of

reputation or family tradition is admissible for the purpose of

proving or disproving—

(a) pedigree or the existence of a marriage,

(b) the existence of any public or general right, or

(c) the identity of any person or thing.

Note

The rule is preserved only so far as it allows the court to treat such

evidence as proving or disproving the matter concerned.

Res gestae

4 Any rule of law under which in criminal proceedings a statement is

admissible as evidence of any matter stated if—

(a) the statement was made by a person so emotionally

overpowered by an event that the possibility of concoction or

distortion can be disregarded,

(b) the statement accompanied an act which can be properly

evaluated as evidence only if considered in conjunction with

the statement, or

(c) the statement relates to a physical sensation or a mental state

(such as intention or emotion).

Confessions etc

5 Any rule of law relating to the admissibility of confessions or mixed

statements in criminal proceedings.

Admissions by agents etc

6 Any rule of law under which in criminal proceedings—

(a) an admission made by an agent of a defendant is admissible

against the defendant as evidence of any matter stated, or
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(b) a statement made by a person to whom a defendant refers a

person for information is admissible against the defendant as

evidence of any matter stated.

Common enterprise

7 Any rule of law under which in criminal proceedings a statement

made by a party to a common enterprise is admissible against

another party to the enterprise as evidence of any matter stated.

Expert evidence

8 Any rule of law under which in criminal proceedings an expert

witness may draw on the body of expertise relevant to his field.

(2) With the exception of the rules preserved by this section, the common law rules

governing the admissibility of hearsay evidence in criminal proceedings are

abolished.

119 Inconsistent statements

(1) If in criminal proceedings a person gives oral evidence and—

(a) he admits making a previous inconsistent statement, or

(b) a previous inconsistent statement made by him is proved by virtue of

section 3, 4 or 5 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1865 (c. 18),

the statement is admissible as evidence of any matter stated of which oral

evidence by him would be admissible.

(2) If in criminal proceedings evidence of an inconsistent statement by any person

is given under section 124(2)(c), the statement is admissible as evidence of any

matter stated in it of which oral evidence by that person would be admissible.

120 Other previous statements of witnesses

(1) This section applies where a person (the witness) is called to give evidence in

criminal proceedings.

(2) If a previous statement by the witness is admitted as evidence to rebut a

suggestion that his oral evidence has been fabricated, that statement is

admissible as evidence of any matter stated of which oral evidence by the

witness would be admissible.

(3) A statement made by the witness in a document—

(a) which is used by him to refresh his memory while giving evidence,

(b) on which he is cross-examined, and

(c) which as a consequence is received in evidence in the proceedings,

is admissible as evidence of any matter stated of which oral evidence by him

would be admissible.

(4) A previous statement by the witness is admissible as evidence of any matter

stated of which oral evidence by him would be admissible, if—

(a) any of the following three conditions is satisfied, and

(b) while giving evidence the witness indicates that to the best of his belief

he made the statement, and that to the best of his belief it states the

truth.
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(5) The first condition is that the statement identifies or describes a person, object

or place.

(6) The second condition is that the statement was made by the witness when the

matters stated were fresh in his memory but he does not remember them, and

cannot reasonably be expected to remember them, well enough to give oral

evidence of them in the proceedings.

(7) The third condition is that—

(a) the witness claims to be a person against whom an offence has been

committed,

(b) the offence is one to which the proceedings relate,

(c) the statement consists of a complaint made by the witness (whether to

a person in authority or not) about conduct which would, if proved,

constitute the offence or part of the offence,

(d) the complaint was made as soon as could reasonably be expected after

the alleged conduct,

(e) the complaint was not made as a result of a threat or a promise, and

(f) before the statement is adduced the witness gives oral evidence in

connection with its subject matter.

(8) For the purposes of subsection (7) the fact that the complaint was elicited (for

example, by a leading question) is irrelevant unless a threat or a promise was

involved.

Supplementary

121 Additional requirement for admissibility of multiple hearsay

(1) A hearsay statement is not admissible to prove the fact that an earlier hearsay

statement was made unless—

(a) either of the statements is admissible under section 117, 119 or 120,

(b) all parties to the proceedings so agree, or

(c) the court is satisfied that the value of the evidence in question, taking

into account how reliable the statements appear to be, is so high that the

interests of justice require the later statement to be admissible for that

purpose.

(2) In this section “hearsay statement” means a statement, not made in oral

evidence, that is relied on as evidence of a matter stated in it.

122 Documents produced as exhibits

(1) This section applies if on a trial before a judge and jury for an offence—

(a) a statement made in a document is admitted in evidence under section

119 or 120, and

(b) the document or a copy of it is produced as an exhibit.

(2) The exhibit must not accompany the jury when they retire to consider their

verdict unless—

(a) the court considers it appropriate, or

(b) all the parties to the proceedings agree that it should accompany the

jury.
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123 Capability to make statement

(1) Nothing in section 116, 119 or 120 makes a statement admissible as evidence if

it was made by a person who did not have the required capability at the time

when he made the statement.

(2) Nothing in section 117 makes a statement admissible as evidence if any person

who, in order for the requirements of section 117(2) to be satisfied, must at any

time have supplied or received the information concerned or created or

received the document or part concerned—

(a) did not have the required capability at that time, or

(b) cannot be identified but cannot reasonably be assumed to have had the

required capability at that time.

(3) For the purposes of this section a person has the required capability if he is

capable of—

(a) understanding questions put to him about the matters stated, and

(b) giving answers to such questions which can be understood.

(4) Where by reason of this section there is an issue as to whether a person had the

required capability when he made a statement—

(a) proceedings held for the determination of the issue must take place in

the absence of the jury (if there is one);

(b) in determining the issue the court may receive expert evidence and

evidence from any person to whom the statement in question was

made;

(c) the burden of proof on the issue lies on the party seeking to adduce the

statement, and the standard of proof is the balance of probabilities.

124 Credibility

(1) This section applies if in criminal proceedings—

(a) a statement not made in oral evidence in the proceedings is admitted as

evidence of a matter stated, and

(b) the maker of the statement does not give oral evidence in connection

with the subject matter of the statement.

(2) In such a case—

(a) any evidence which (if he had given such evidence) would have been

admissible as relevant to his credibility as a witness is so admissible in

the proceedings;

(b) evidence may with the court’s leave be given of any matter which (if he

had given such evidence) could have been put to him in crossexamination as relevant to his credibility as a witness but of which

evidence could not have been adduced by the cross-examining party;

(c) evidence tending to prove that he made (at whatever time) any other

statement inconsistent with the statement admitted as evidence is

admissible for the purpose of showing that he contradicted himself.

(3) If as a result of evidence admitted under this section an allegation is made

against the maker of a statement, the court may permit a party to lead

additional evidence of such description as the court may specify for the

purposes of denying or answering the allegation.
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(4) In the case of a statement in a document which is admitted as evidence under

section 117 each person who, in order for the statement to be admissible, must

have supplied or received the information concerned or created or received the

document or part concerned is to be treated as the maker of the statement for

the purposes of subsections (1) to (3) above.

125 Stopping the case where evidence is unconvincing

(1) If on a defendant’s trial before a judge and jury for an offence the court is

satisfied at any time after the close of the case for the prosecution that—

(a) the case against the defendant is based wholly or partly on a statement

not made in oral evidence in the proceedings, and

(b) the evidence provided by the statement is so unconvincing that,

considering its importance to the case against the defendant, his

conviction of the offence would be unsafe,

the court must either direct the jury to acquit the defendant of the offence or, if

it considers that there ought to be a retrial, discharge the jury.

(2) Where—

(a) a jury is directed under subsection (1) to acquit a defendant of an

offence, and

(b) the circumstances are such that, apart from this subsection, the

defendant could if acquitted of that offence be found guilty of another

offence,

the defendant may not be found guilty of that other offence if the court is

satisfied as mentioned in subsection (1) in respect of it.

(3) If—

(a) a jury is required to determine under section 4A(2) of the Criminal

Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 (c. 84) whether a person charged on an

indictment with an offence did the act or made the omission charged,

and

(b) the court is satisfied as mentioned in subsection (1) above at any time

after the close of the case for the prosecution that—

(i) the case against the defendant is based wholly or partly on a

statement not made in oral evidence in the proceedings, and

(ii) the evidence provided by the statement is so unconvincing that,

considering its importance to the case against the person, a

finding that he did the act or made the omission would be

unsafe,

the court must either direct the jury to acquit the defendant of the offence or, if

it considers that there ought to be a rehearing, discharge the jury.

(4) This section does not prejudice any other power a court may have to direct a

jury to acquit a person of an offence or to discharge a jury.

126 Court’s general discretion to exclude evidence

(1) In criminal proceedings the court may refuse to admit a statement as evidence

of a matter stated if—

(a) the statement was made otherwise than in oral evidence in the

proceedings, and

(b) the court is satisfied that the case for excluding the statement, taking

account of the danger that to admit it would result in undue waste of
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time, substantially outweighs the case for admitting it, taking account

of the value of the evidence.

(2) Nothing in this Chapter prejudices—

(a) any power of a court to exclude evidence under section 78 of the Police

and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) (exclusion of unfair evidence),

or

(b) any other power of a court to exclude evidence at its discretion

(whether by preventing questions from being put or otherwise).

Miscellaneous

127 Expert evidence: preparatory work

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a statement has been prepared for the purposes of criminal

proceedings,

(b) the person who prepared the statement had or may reasonably be

supposed to have had personal knowledge of the matters stated,

(c) notice is given under the appropriate rules that another person (the

expert) will in evidence given in the proceedings orally or under section

9 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80) base an opinion or inference on

the statement, and

(d) the notice gives the name of the person who prepared the statement

and the nature of the matters stated.

(2) In evidence given in the proceedings the expert may base an opinion or

inference on the statement.

(3) If evidence based on the statement is given under subsection (2) the statement

is to be treated as evidence of what it states.

(4) This section does not apply if the court, on an application by a party to the

proceedings, orders that it is not in the interests of justice that it should apply.

(5) The matters to be considered by the court in deciding whether to make an

order under subsection (4) include—

(a) the expense of calling as a witness the person who prepared the

statement;

(b) whether relevant evidence could be given by that person which could

not be given by the expert;

(c) whether that person can reasonably be expected to remember the

matters stated well enough to give oral evidence of them.

(6) Subsections (1) to (5) apply to a statement prepared for the purposes of a

criminal investigation as they apply to a statement prepared for the purposes

of criminal proceedings, and in such a case references to the proceedings are to

criminal proceedings arising from the investigation.

(7) The appropriate rules are rules made—

(a) under section 81 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (advance

notice of expert evidence in Crown Court), or

(b) under section 144 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) by virtue

of section 20(3) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996

(c. 25) (advance notice of expert evidence in magistrates’ courts).
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128 Confessions

(1) In the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) the following section is

inserted after section 76—

“76A Confessions may be given in evidence for co-accused

(1) In any proceedings a confession made by an accused person may be

given in evidence for another person charged in the same proceedings

(a co-accused) in so far as it is relevant to any matter in issue in the

proceedings and is not excluded by the court in pursuance of this

section.

(2) If, in any proceedings where a co-accused proposes to give in evidence

a confession made by an accused person, it is represented to the court

that the confession was or may have been obtained—

(a) by oppression of the person who made it; or

(b) in consequence of anything said or done which was likely, in

the circumstances existing at the time, to render unreliable any

confession which might be made by him in consequence

thereof,

the court shall not allow the confession to be given in evidence for the

co-accused except in so far as it is proved to the court on the balance of

probabilities that the confession (notwithstanding that it may be true)

was not so obtained.

(3) Before allowing a confession made by an accused person to be given in

evidence for a co-accused in any proceedings, the court may of its own

motion require the fact that the confession was not obtained as

mentioned in subsection (2) above to be proved in the proceedings on

the balance of probabilities.

(4) The fact that a confession is wholly or partly excluded in pursuance of

this section shall not affect the admissibility in evidence—

(a) of any facts discovered as a result of the confession; or

(b) where the confession is relevant as showing that the accused

speaks, writes or expresses himself in a particular way, of so

much of the confession as is necessary to show that he does so.

(5) Evidence that a fact to which this subsection applies was discovered as

a result of a statement made by an accused person shall not be

admissible unless evidence of how it was discovered is given by him or

on his behalf.

(6) Subsection (5) above applies—

(a) to any fact discovered as a result of a confession which is wholly

excluded in pursuance of this section; and

(b) to any fact discovered as a result of a confession which is partly

so excluded, if the fact is discovered as a result of the excluded

part of the confession.

(7) In this section “oppression” includes torture, inhuman or degrading

treatment, and the use or threat of violence (whether or not amounting

to torture).”
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(2) Subject to subsection (1), nothing in this Chapter makes a confession by a

defendant admissible if it would not be admissible under section 76 of the

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60).

(3) In subsection (2) “confession” has the meaning given by section 82 of that Act.

129 Representations other than by a person

(1) Where a representation of any fact—

(a) is made otherwise than by a person, but

(b) depends for its accuracy on information supplied (directly or

indirectly) by a person,

the representation is not admissible in criminal proceedings as evidence of the

fact unless it is proved that the information was accurate.

(2) Subsection (1) does not affect the operation of the presumption that a

mechanical device has been properly set or calibrated.

130 Depositions

In Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37), sub-paragraph (4) of

paragraph 5 is omitted (power of the court to overrule an objection to a

deposition being read as evidence by virtue of that paragraph).

131 Evidence at retrial

For paragraphs 1 and 1A of Schedule 2 to the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19)

(oral evidence and use of transcripts etc at retrials under that Act) there is

substituted—

“Evidence

1(1) Evidence given at a retrial must be given orally if it was given orally

at the original trial, unless—

(a) all the parties to the retrial agree otherwise;

(b) section 116 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 applies

(admissibility of hearsay evidence where a witness is

unavailable); or

(c) the witness is unavailable to give evidence, otherwise than as

mentioned in subsection (2) of that section, and section

114(1)(d) of that Act applies (admission of hearsay evidence

under residual discretion).

(2) Paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (use

of depositions) does not apply at a retrial to a deposition read as

evidence at the original trial.”

General

132 Rules of court

(1) Rules of court may make such provision as appears to the appropriate

authority to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Chapter; and the

appropriate authority is the authority entitled to make the rules.
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(2) The rules may make provision about the procedure to be followed and other

conditions to be fulfilled by a party proposing to tender a statement in

evidence under any provision of this Chapter.

(3) The rules may require a party proposing to tender the evidence to serve on

each party to the proceedings such notice, and such particulars of or relating to

the evidence, as may be prescribed.

(4) The rules may provide that the evidence is to be treated as admissible by

agreement of the parties if—

(a) a notice has been served in accordance with provision made under

subsection (3), and

(b) no counter-notice in the prescribed form objecting to the admission of

the evidence has been served by a party.

(5) If a party proposing to tender evidence fails to comply with a prescribed

requirement applicable to it—

(a) the evidence is not admissible except with the court’s leave;

(b) where leave is given the court or jury may draw such inferences from

the failure as appear proper;

(c) the failure may be taken into account by the court in considering the

exercise of its powers with respect to costs.

(6) In considering whether or how to exercise any of its powers under subsection

(5) the court shall have regard to whether there is any justification for the

failure to comply with the requirement.

(7) A person shall not be convicted of an offence solely on an inference drawn

under subsection (5)(b).

(8) Rules under this section may—

(a) limit the application of any provision of the rules to prescribed

circumstances;

(b) subject any provision of the rules to prescribed exceptions;

(c) make different provision for different cases or circumstances.

(9) Nothing in this section prejudices the generality of any enactment conferring

power to make rules of court; and no particular provision of this section

prejudices any general provision of it.

(10) In this section—

“prescribed” means prescribed by rules of court;

“rules of court” means—

(a) Crown Court Rules;

(b) Criminal Appeal Rules;

(c) rules under section 144 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

(c. 43).

133 Proof of statements in documents

Where a statement in a document is admissible as evidence in criminal

proceedings, the statement may be proved by producing either—

(a) the document, or

(b) (whether or not the document exists) a copy of the document or of the

material part of it,
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authenticated in whatever way the court may approve.

134 Interpretation of Chapter 2

(1) In this Chapter—

“copy”, in relation to a document, means anything on to which

information recorded in the document has been copied, by whatever

means and whether directly or indirectly;

“criminal proceedings” means criminal proceedings in relation to which

the strict rules of evidence apply;

“defendant”, in relation to criminal proceedings, means a person charged

with an offence in those proceedings;

“document” means anything in which information of any description is

recorded;

“oral evidence” includes evidence which, by reason of any disability,

disorder or other impairment, a person called as a witness gives in

writing or by signs or by way of any device;

“statutory provision” means any provision contained in, or in an

instrument made under, this or any other Act, including any Act

passed after this Act.

(2) Section 115 (statements and matters stated) contains other general

interpretative provisions.

(3) Where a defendant is charged with two or more offences in the same criminal

proceedings, this Chapter has effect as if each offence were charged in separate

proceedings.

135 Armed forces

Schedule 7 (hearsay evidence: armed forces) has effect.

136 Repeals etc

In the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), the following provisions (which are to

some extent superseded by provisions of this Chapter) are repealed—

(a) Part 2 and Schedule 2 (which relate to documentary evidence);

(b) in Schedule 13, paragraphs 2 to 5 (which relate to documentary

evidence in service courts etc).

CHAPTER 3

MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTAL

137 Evidence by video recording

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a person is called as a witness in proceedings for an offence triable only

on indictment, or for a prescribed offence triable either way,

(b) the person claims to have witnessed (whether visually or in any other

way)—

(i) events alleged by the prosecution to include conduct

constituting the offence or part of the offence, or
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(ii) events closely connected with such events,

(c) he has previously given an account of the events in question (whether

in response to questions asked or otherwise),

(d) the account was given at a time when those events were fresh in the

person’s memory (or would have been, assuming the truth of the claim

mentioned in paragraph (b)),

(e) a video recording was made of the account,

(f) the court has made a direction that the recording should be admitted as

evidence in chief of the witness, and the direction has not been

rescinded, and

(g) the recording is played in the proceedings in accordance with the

direction.

(2) If, or to the extent that, the witness in his oral evidence in the proceedings

asserts the truth of the statements made by him in the recorded account, they

shall be treated as if made by him in that evidence.

(3) A direction under subsection (1)(f)—

(a) may not be made in relation to a recorded account given by the

defendant;

(b) may be made only if it appears to the court that—

(i) the witness’s recollection of the events in question is likely to

have been significantly better when he gave the recorded

account than it will be when he gives oral evidence in the

proceedings, and

(ii) it is in the interests of justice for the recording to be admitted,

having regard in particular to the matters mentioned in

subsection (4).

(4) Those matters are—

(a) the interval between the time of the events in question and the time

when the recorded account was made;

(b) any other factors that might affect the reliability of what the witness

said in that account;

(c) the quality of the recording;

(d) any views of the witness as to whether his evidence in chief should be

given orally or by means of the recording.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (2) it does not matter if the statements in the

recorded account were not made on oath.

(6) In this section “prescribed” means of a description specified in an order made

by the Secretary of State.

138 Video evidence: further provisions

(1) Where a video recording is admitted under section 137, the witness may not

give evidence in chief otherwise than by means of the recording as to any

matter which, in the opinion of the court, has been dealt with adequately in the

recorded account.

(2) The reference in subsection (1)(f) of section 137 to the admission of a recording

includes a reference to the admission of part of the recording; and references in

that section and this one to the video recording or to the witness’s recorded

account shall, where appropriate, be read accordingly.
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(3) In considering whether any part of a recording should be not admitted under

section 137, the court must consider—

(a) whether admitting that part would carry a risk of prejudice to the

defendant, and

(b) if so, whether the interests of justice nevertheless require it to be

admitted in view of the desirability of showing the whole, or

substantially the whole, of the recorded interview.

(4) A court may not make a direction under section 137(1)(f) in relation to any

proceedings unless—

(a) the Secretary of State has notified the court that arrangements can be

made, in the area in which it appears to the court that the proceedings

will take place, for implementing directions under that section, and

(b) the notice has not been withdrawn.

(5) Nothing in section 137 affects the admissibility of any video recording which

would be admissible apart from that section.

139 Use of documents to refresh memory

(1) A person giving oral evidence in criminal proceedings about any matter may,

at any stage in the course of doing so, refresh his memory of it from a document

made or verified by him at an earlier time if—

(a) he states in his oral evidence that the document records his recollection

of the matter at that earlier time, and

(b) his recollection of the matter is likely to have been significantly better

at that time than it is at the time of his oral evidence.

(2) Where—

(a) a person giving oral evidence in criminal proceedings about any matter

has previously given an oral account, of which a sound recording was

made, and he states in that evidence that the account represented his

recollection of the matter at that time,

(b) his recollection of the matter is likely to have been significantly better

at the time of the previous account than it is at the time of his oral

evidence, and

(c) a transcript has been made of the sound recording,

he may, at any stage in the course of giving his evidence, refresh his memory

of the matter from that transcript.

140 Interpretation of Chapter 3

In this Chapter—

“criminal proceedings” means criminal proceedings in relation to which

the strict rules of evidence apply;

“defendant”, in relation to criminal proceedings, means a person charged

with an offence in those proceedings;

“document” means anything in which information of any description is

recorded, but not including any recording of sounds or moving images;

“oral evidence” includes evidence which, by reason of any disability,

disorder or other impairment, a person called as a witness gives in

writing or by signs or by way of any device;
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“video recording” means any recording, on any medium, from which a

moving image may by any means be produced, and includes the

accompanying sound-track.

141 Saving

No provision of this Part has effect in relation to criminal proceedings begun

before the commencement of that provision.

PART 12

SENTENCING

CHAPTER 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS ABOUT SENTENCING

Matters to be taken into account in sentencing

142 Purposes of sentencing

(1) Any court dealing with an offender in respect of his offence must have regard

to the following purposes of sentencing—

(a) the punishment of offenders,

(b) the reduction of crime (including its reduction by deterrence),

(c) the reform and rehabilitation of offenders,

(d) the protection of the public, and

(e) the making of reparation by offenders to persons affected by their

offences.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply—

(a) in relation to an offender who is aged under 18 at the time of conviction,

(b) to an offence the sentence for which is fixed by law,

(c) to an offence the sentence for which falls to be imposed under section

51A(2) of the Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27) (minimum sentence for certain

firearms offences), under subsection (2) of section 110 or 111 of the

Sentencing Act (required custodial sentences) or under any of sections

225 to 228 of this Act (dangerous offenders), or

(d) in relation to the making under Part 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983

(c. 20) of a hospital order (with or without a restriction order), an

interim hospital order, a hospital direction or a limitation direction.

(3) In this Chapter “sentence”, in relation to an offence, includes any order made

by a court when dealing with the offender in respect of his offence; and

“sentencing” is to be construed accordingly.

143 Determining the seriousness of an offence

(1) In considering the seriousness of any offence, the court must consider the

offender’s culpability in committing the offence and any harm which the

offence caused, was intended to cause or might forseeably have caused.

(2) In considering the seriousness of an offence (“the current offence”) committed

by an offender who has one or more previous convictions, the court must treat
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each previous conviction as an aggravating factor if (in the case of that

conviction) the court considers that it can reasonably be so treated having

regard, in particular, to—

(a) the nature of the offence to which the conviction relates and its

relevance to the current offence, and

(b) the time that has elapsed since the conviction.

(3) In considering the seriousness of any offence committed while the offender

was on bail, the court must treat the fact that it was committed in those

circumstances as an aggravating factor.

(4) Any reference in subsection (2) to a previous conviction is to be read as a

reference to—

(a) a previous conviction by a court in the United Kingdom, or

(b) a previous finding of guilt in service disciplinary proceedings.

(5) Subsections (2) and (4) do not prevent the court from treating a previous

conviction by a court outside the United Kingdom as an aggravating factor in

any case where the court considers it appropriate to do so.

144 Reduction in sentences for guilty pleas

(1) In determining what sentence to pass on an offender who has pleaded guilty

to an offence in proceedings before that or another court, a court must take into

account—

(a) the stage in the proceedings for the offence at which the offender

indicated his intention to plead guilty, and

(b) the circumstances in which this indication was given.

(2) In the case of an offence the sentence for which falls to be imposed under

subsection (2) of section 110 or 111 of the Sentencing Act, nothing in that

subsection prevents the court, after taking into account any matter referred to

in subsection (1) of this section, from imposing any sentence which is not less

than 80 per cent of that specified in that subsection.

145 Increase in sentences for racial or religious aggravation

(1) This section applies where a court is considering the seriousness of an offence

other than one under sections 29 to 32 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998

(c. 37) (racially or religiously aggravated assaults, criminal damage, public

order offences and harassment etc).

(2) If the offence was racially or religiously aggravated, the court—

(a) must treat that fact as an aggravating factor, and

(b) must state in open court that the offence was so aggravated.

(3) Section 28 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (meaning of “racially or

religiously aggravated”) applies for the purposes of this section as it applies for

the purposes of sections 29 to 32 of that Act.

146 Increase in sentences for aggravation related to disability or sexual 

orientation

(1) This section applies where the court is considering the seriousness of an

offence committed in any of the circumstances mentioned in subsection (2).
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(2) Those circumstances are—

(a) that, at the time of committing the offence, or immediately before or

after doing so, the offender demonstrated towards the victim of the

offence hostility based on—

(i) the sexual orientation (or presumed sexual orientation) of the

victim, or

(ii) a disability (or presumed disability) of the victim, or

(b) that the offence is motivated (wholly or partly)—

(i) by hostility towards persons who are of a particular sexual

orientation, or

(ii) by hostility towards persons who have a disability or a

particular disability.

(3) The court—

(a) must treat the fact that the offence was committed in any of those

circumstances as an aggravating factor, and

(b) must state in open court that the offence was committed in such

circumstances.

(4) It is immaterial for the purposes of paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (2)

whether or not the offender’s hostility is also based, to any extent, on any other

factor not mentioned in that paragraph.

(5) In this section “disability” means any physical or mental impairment.

General restrictions on community sentences

147 Meaning of “community sentence” etc.

(1) In this Part “community sentence” means a sentence which consists of or

includes—

(a) a community order (as defined by section 177), or

(b) one or more youth community orders.

(2) In this Chapter “youth community order” means—

(a) a curfew order as defined by section 163 of the Sentencing Act,

(b) an exclusion order under section 40A(1) of that Act,

(c) an attendance centre order as defined by section 163 of that Act,

(d) a supervision order under section 63(1) of that Act, or

(e) an action plan order under section 69(1) of that Act.

148 Restrictions on imposing community sentences

(1) A court must not pass a community sentence on an offender unless it is of the

opinion that the offence, or the combination of the offence and one or more

offences associated with it, was serious enough to warrant such a sentence.

(2) Where a court passes a community sentence which consists of or includes a

community order—

(a) the particular requirement or requirements forming part of the

community order must be such as, in the opinion of the court, is, or

taken together are, the most suitable for the offender, and
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(b) the restrictions on liberty imposed by the order must be such as in the

opinion of the court are commensurate with the seriousness of the

offence, or the combination of the offence and one or more offences

associated with it.

(3) Where a court passes a community sentence which consists of or includes one

or more youth community orders—

(a) the particular order or orders forming part of the sentence must be such

as, in the opinion of the court, is, or taken together are, the most suitable

for the offender, and

(b) the restrictions on liberty imposed by the order or orders must be such

as in the opinion of the court are commensurate with the seriousness of

the offence, or the combination of the offence and one or more offences

associated with it.

(4) Subsections (1) and (2)(b) have effect subject to section 151(2).

149 Passing of community sentence on offender remanded in custody

(1) In determining the restrictions on liberty to be imposed by a community order

or youth community order in respect of an offence, the court may have regard

to any period for which the offender has been remanded in custody in

connection with the offence or any other offence the charge for which was

founded on the same facts or evidence.

(2) In subsection (1) “remanded in custody” has the meaning given by section

242(2).

150 Community sentence not available where sentence fixed by law etc.

The power to make a community order or youth community order is not

exercisable in respect of an offence for which the sentence—

(a) is fixed by law, 

(b) falls to be imposed under section 51A(2) of the Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27)

(required custodial sentence for certain firearms offences),

(c) falls to be imposed under section 110(2) or 111(2) of the Sentencing Act

(requirement to impose custodial sentences for certain repeated

offences committed by offenders aged 18 or over), or

(d) falls to be imposed under any of sections 225 to 228 of this Act

(requirement to impose custodial sentences for certain offences

committed by offenders posing risk to public).

151 Community order for persistent offender previously fined

(1) Subsection (2) applies where—

(a) a person aged 16 or over is convicted of an offence (“the current

offence”),

(b) on three or more previous occasions he has, on conviction by a court in

the United Kingdom of any offence committed by him after attaining

the age of 16, had passed on him a sentence consisting only of a fine,

and

(c) despite the effect of section 143(2), the court would not (apart from this

section) regard the current offence, or the combination of the current
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offence and one or more offences associated with it, as being serious

enough to warrant a community sentence.

(2) The court may make a community order in respect of the current offence

instead of imposing a fine if it considers that, having regard to all the

circumstances including the matters mentioned in subsection (3), it would be

in the interests of justice to make such an order.

(3) The matters referred to in subsection (2) are—

(a) the nature of the offences to which the previous convictions mentioned

in subsection (1)(b) relate and their relevance to the current offence, and

(b) the time that has elapsed since the offender’s conviction of each of those

offences.

(4) In subsection (1)(b), the reference to conviction by a court in the United

Kingdom includes a reference to the finding of guilt in service disciplinary

proceedings; and, in relation to any such finding of guilt, the reference to the

sentence passed is a reference to the punishment awarded.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), a compensation order does not form part

of an offender’s sentence.

(6) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), it is immaterial whether on other

previous occasions a court has passed on the offender a sentence not consisting

only of a fine.

(7) This section does not limit the extent to which a court may, in accordance with

section 143(2), treat any previous convictions of the offender as increasing the

seriousness of an offence.

General restrictions on discretionary custodial sentences

152 General restrictions on imposing discretionary custodial sentences

(1) This section applies where a person is convicted of an offence punishable with

a custodial sentence other than one—

(a) fixed by law, or

(b) falling to be imposed under section 51A(2) of the Firearms Act 1968

(c. 27), under 110(2) or 111(2) of the Sentencing Act or under any of

sections 225 to 228 of this Act.

(2) The court must not pass a custodial sentence unless it is of the opinion that the

offence, or the combination of the offence and one or more offences associated

with it, was so serious that neither a fine alone nor a community sentence can

be justified for the offence.

(3) Nothing in subsection (2) prevents the court from passing a custodial sentence

on the offender if—

(a) he fails to express his willingness to comply with a requirement which

is proposed by the court to be included in a community order and

which requires an expression of such willingness, or

(b) he fails to comply with an order under section 161(2) (pre-sentence

drug testing).
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153 Length of discretionary custodial sentences: general provision

(1) This section applies where a court passes a custodial sentence other than one

fixed by law or falling to be imposed under section 225 or 226.

(2) Subject to section 51A(2) of the Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27), sections 110(2) and

111(2) of the Sentencing Act and sections 227(2) and 228(2) of this Act, the

custodial sentence must be for the shortest term (not exceeding the permitted

maximum) that in the opinion of the court is commensurate with the

seriousness of the offence, or the combination of the offence and one or more

offences associated with it.

General limit on magistrates’ court’s power to impose imprisonment

154 General limit on magistrates’ court’s power to impose imprisonment

(1) A magistrates’ court does not have power to impose imprisonment for more

than 12 months in respect of any one offence.

(2) Unless expressly excluded, subsection (1) applies even if the offence in

question is one for which a person would otherwise be liable on summary

conviction to imprisonment for more than 12 months.

(3) Subsection (1) is without prejudice to section 133 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act

1980 (c. 43) (consecutive terms of imprisonment).

(4) Any power of a magistrates’ court to impose a term of imprisonment for nonpayment of a fine, or for want of sufficient distress to satisfy a fine, is not

limited by virtue of subsection (1).

(5) In subsection (4) “fine” includes a pecuniary penalty but does not include a

pecuniary forfeiture or pecuniary compensation.

(6) In this section “impose imprisonment” means pass a sentence of imprisonment

or fix a term of imprisonment for failure to pay any sum of money, or for want

of sufficient distress to satisfy any sum of money, or for failure to do or abstain

from doing anything required to be done or left undone.

(7) Section 132 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 contains provisions about the

minimum term of imprisonment which may be imposed by a magistrates’

court.

155 Consecutive terms of imprisonment

(1) Section 133 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (consecutive terms of

imprisonment) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for “6 months” there is substituted “65 weeks”.

(3) Subsection (2) is omitted.

(4) In subsection (3) for “the preceding subsections” there is substituted

“subsection (1) above”.
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Procedural requirements for imposing community sentences and discretionary custodial 

sentences

156 Pre-sentence reports and other requirements

(1) In forming any such opinion as is mentioned in section 148(1), (2)(b) or (3)(b),

section 152(2) or section 153(2), a court must take into account all such

information as is available to it about the circumstances of the offence or (as the

case may be) of the offence and the offence or offences associated with it,

including any aggravating or mitigating factors.

(2) In forming any such opinion as is mentioned in section 148(2)(a) or (3)(a), the

court may take into account any information about the offender which is before

it.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), a court must obtain and consider a pre-sentence

report before—

(a) in the case of a custodial sentence, forming any such opinion as is

mentioned in section 152(2), section 153(2), section 225(1)(b), section

226(1)(b), section 227(1)(b) or section 228(1)(b)(i), or

(b) in the case of a community sentence, forming any such opinion as is

mentioned in section 148(1), (2)(b) or (3)(b) or any opinion as to the

suitability for the offender of the particular requirement or

requirements to be imposed by the community order.

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if, in the circumstances of the case, the court is of

the opinion that it is unnecessary to obtain a pre-sentence report.

(5) In a case where the offender is aged under 18, the court must not form the

opinion mentioned in subsection (4) unless—

(a) there exists a previous pre-sentence report obtained in respect of the

offender, and

(b) the court has had regard to the information contained in that report, or,

if there is more than one such report, the most recent report.

(6) No custodial sentence or community sentence is invalidated by the failure of a

court to obtain and consider a pre-sentence report before forming an opinion

referred to in subsection (3), but any court on an appeal against such a

sentence—

(a) must, subject to subsection (7), obtain a pre-sentence report if none was

obtained by the court below, and

(b) must consider any such report obtained by it or by that court.

(7) Subsection (6)(a) does not apply if the court is of the opinion—

(a) that the court below was justified in forming an opinion that it was

unnecessary to obtain a pre-sentence report, or

(b) that, although the court below was not justified in forming that opinion,

in the circumstances of the case at the time it is before the court, it is

unnecessary to obtain a pre-sentence report.

(8) In a case where the offender is aged under 18, the court must not form the

opinion mentioned in subsection (7) unless—

(a) there exists a previous pre-sentence report obtained in respect of the

offender, and

(b) the court has had regard to the information contained in that report, or,

if there is more than one such report, the most recent report.
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157 Additional requirements in case of mentally disordered offender

(1) Subject to subsection (2), in any case where the offender is or appears to be

mentally disordered, the court must obtain and consider a medical report

before passing a custodial sentence other than one fixed by law.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if, in the circumstances of the case, the court is of

the opinion that it is unnecessary to obtain a medical report.

(3) Before passing a custodial sentence other than one fixed by law on an offender

who is or appears to be mentally disordered, a court must consider—

(a) any information before it which relates to his mental condition

(whether given in a medical report, a pre-sentence report or otherwise),

and

(b) the likely effect of such a sentence on that condition and on any

treatment which may be available for it.

(4) No custodial sentence which is passed in a case to which subsection (1) applies

is invalidated by the failure of a court to comply with that subsection, but any

court on an appeal against such a sentence—

(a) must obtain a medical report if none was obtained by the court below,

and

(b) must consider any such report obtained by it or by that court.

(5) In this section “mentally disordered”, in relation to any person, means

suffering from a mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health Act

1983 (c. 20).

(6) In this section “medical report” means a report as to an offender’s mental

condition made or submitted orally or in writing by a registered medical

practitioner who is approved for the purposes of section 12 of the Mental

Health Act 1983 by the Secretary of State as having special experience in the

diagnosis or treatment of mental disorder.

(7) Nothing in this section is to be taken to limit the generality of section 156.

158 Meaning of “pre-sentence report”

(1) In this Part “pre-sentence report” means a report which—

(a) with a view to assisting the court in determining the most suitable

method of dealing with an offender, is made or submitted by an

appropriate officer, and

(b) contains information as to such matters, presented in such manner, as

may be prescribed by rules made by the Secretary of State.

(2) In subsection (1) “an appropriate officer” means—

(a) where the offender is aged 18 or over, an officer of a local probation

board, and

(b) where the offender is aged under 18, an officer of a local probation

board, a social worker of a local authority social services department or

a member of a youth offending team.
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Disclosure of pre-sentence reports etc

159 Disclosure of pre-sentence reports

(1) This section applies where the court obtains a pre-sentence report, other than

a report given orally in open court.

(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the court must give a copy of the report—

(a) to the offender or his counsel or solicitor,

(b) if the offender is aged under 18, to any parent or guardian of his who is

present in court, and

(c) to the prosecutor, that is to say, the person having the conduct of the

proceedings in respect of the offence.

(3) If the offender is aged under 18 and it appears to the court that the disclosure

to the offender or to any parent or guardian of his of any information contained

in the report would be likely to create a risk of significant harm to the offender,

a complete copy of the report need not be given to the offender or, as the case

may be, to that parent or guardian.

(4) If the prosecutor is not of a description prescribed by order made by the

Secretary of State, a copy of the report need not be given to the prosecutor if the

court considers that it would be inappropriate for him to be given it.

(5) No information obtained by virtue of subsection (2)(c) may be used or

disclosed otherwise than for the purpose of—

(a) determining whether representations as to matters contained in the

report need to be made to the court, or

(b) making such representations to the court.

(6) In relation to an offender aged under 18 for whom a local authority have

parental responsibility and who—

(a) is in their care, or

(b) is provided with accommodation by them in the exercise of any social

services functions,

references in this section to his parent or guardian are to be read as references

to that authority.

(7) In this section and section 160— 

“harm” has the same meaning as in section 31 of the Children Act 1989

(c. 41);

“local authority” and “parental responsibility” have the same meanings as

in that Act;

“social services functions”, in relation to a local authority, has the meaning

given by section 1A of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970

(c. 42).

160 Other reports of local probation boards and members of youth offending 

teams

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a report by an officer of a local probation board or a member of a youth

offending team is made to any court (other than a youth court) with a

view to assisting the court in determining the most suitable method of

dealing with any person in respect of an offence, and
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(b) the report is not a pre-sentence report.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the court must give a copy of the report—

(a) to the offender or his counsel or solicitor, and

(b) if the offender is aged under 18, to any parent or guardian of his who is

present in court.

(3) If the offender is aged under 18 and it appears to the court that the disclosure

to the offender or to any parent or guardian of his of any information contained

in the report would be likely to create a risk of significant harm to the offender,

a complete copy of the report need not be given to the offender, or as the case

may be, to that parent or guardian.

(4) In relation to an offender aged under 18 for whom a local authority have

parental responsibility and who—

(a) is in their care, or

(b) is provided with accommodation by them in the exercise of any social

services functions,

references in this section to his parent or guardian are to be read as references

to that authority.

Pre-sentence drug testing

161 Pre-sentence drug testing

(1) Where a person aged 14 or over is convicted of an offence and the court is

considering passing a community sentence or a suspended sentence, it may

make an order under subsection (2) for the purpose of ascertaining whether the

offender has any specified Class A drug in his body.

(2) The order requires the offender to provide, in accordance with the order,

samples of any description specified in the order.

(3) Where the offender has not attained the age of 17, the order must provide for

the samples to be provided in the presence of an appropriate adult.

(4) If it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that the offender has, without

reasonable excuse, failed to comply with the order it may impose on him a fine

of an amount not exceeding level 4.

(5) In subsection (4) “level 4” means the amount which, in relation to a fine for a

summary offence, is level 4 on the standard scale.

(6) The court may not make an order under subsection (2) unless it has been

notified by the Secretary of State that the power to make such orders is

exercisable by the court and the notice has not been withdrawn.

(7) The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (1) by substituting for

the age for the time being specified there a different age specified in the order.

(8) In this section— 

“appropriate adult”, in relation to a person under the age of 17, means—

(a) his parent or guardian or, if he is in the care of a local authority

or voluntary organisation, a person representing that authority

or organisation,
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(b) a social worker of a local authority social services department,

or

(c) if no person falling within paragraph (a) or (b) is available, any

responsible person aged 18 or over who is not a police officer or

a person employed by the police;

“specified Class A drug” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Criminal

Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43).

Fines

162 Powers to order statement as to offender’s financial circumstances

(1) Where an individual has been convicted of an offence, the court may, before

sentencing him, make a financial circumstances order with respect to him.

(2) Where a magistrates’ court has been notified in accordance with section 12(4)

of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) that an individual desires to plead

guilty without appearing before the court, the court may make a financial

circumstances order with respect to him.

(3) In this section “a financial circumstances order” means, in relation to any

individual, an order requiring him to give to the court, within such period as

may be specified in the order, such a statement of his financial circumstances

as the court may require.

(4) An individual who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a financial

circumstances order is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding

level 3 on the standard scale.

(5) If an individual, in furnishing any statement in pursuance of a financial

circumstances order—

(a) makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular,

(b) recklessly furnishes a statement which is false in a material particular,

or

(c) knowingly fails to disclose any material fact,

he is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the

standard scale.

(6) Proceedings in respect of an offence under subsection (5) may,

notwithstanding anything in section 127(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

(c. 43) (limitation of time), be commenced at any time within two years from

the date of the commission of the offence or within six months from its first

discovery by the prosecutor, whichever period expires the earlier.

163 General power of Crown Court to fine offender convicted on indictment

Where a person is convicted on indictment of any offence, other than an offence

for which the sentence is fixed by law or falls to be imposed under section

110(2) or 111(2) of the Sentencing Act or under any of sections 225 to 228 of this

Act, the court, if not precluded from sentencing an offender by its exercise of

some other power, may impose a fine instead of or in addition to dealing with

him in any other way in which the court has power to deal with him, subject

however to any enactment requiring the offender to be dealt with in a

particular way.
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164 Fixing of fines

(1) Before fixing the amount of any fine to be imposed on an offender who is an

individual, a court must inquire into his financial circumstances.

(2) The amount of any fine fixed by a court must be such as, in the opinion of the

court, reflects the seriousness of the offence.

(3) In fixing the amount of any fine to be imposed on an offender (whether an

individual or other person), a court must take into account the circumstances

of the case including, among other things, the financial circumstances of the

offender so far as they are known, or appear, to the court.

(4) Subsection (3) applies whether taking into account the financial circumstances

of the offender has the effect of increasing or reducing the amount of the fine.

(5) Where—

(a) an offender has been convicted in his absence in pursuance of section

11 or 12 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) (non-appearance of

accused), or

(b) an offender—

(i) has failed to furnish a statement of his financial circumstances

in response to a request which is an official request for the

purposes of section 20A of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c.53)

(offence of making false statement as to financial

circumstances),

(ii) has failed to comply with an order under section 162(1), or

(iii) has otherwise failed to co-operate with the court in its inquiry

into his financial circumstances,

and the court considers that it has insufficient information to make a proper

determination of the financial circumstances of the offender, it may make such

determination as it thinks fit.

165 Remission of fines

(1) This section applies where a court has, in fixing the amount of a fine,

determined the offender’s financial circumstances under section 164(5).

(2) If, on subsequently inquiring into the offender’s financial circumstances, the

court is satisfied that had it had the results of that inquiry when sentencing the

offender it would—

(a) have fixed a smaller amount, or

(b) not have fined him,

it may remit the whole or part of the fine.

(3) Where under this section the court remits the whole or part of a fine after a term

of imprisonment has been fixed under section 139 of the Sentencing Act

(powers of Crown Court in relation to fines) or section 82(5) of the Magistrates’

Courts Act 1980 (magistrates’ powers in relation to default) it must reduce the

term by the corresponding proportion.

(4) In calculating any reduction required by subsection (3), any fraction of a day is

to be ignored.
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Savings for power to mitigate etc

166 Savings for powers to mitigate sentences and deal appropriately with 

mentally disordered offenders

(1) Nothing in—

(a) section 148 (imposing community sentences),

(b) section 152, 153 or 157 (imposing custodial sentences),

(c) section 156 (pre-sentence reports and other requirements),

(d) section 164 (fixing of fines),

prevents a court from mitigating an offender’s sentence by taking into account

any such matters as, in the opinion of the court, are relevant in mitigation of

sentence.

(2) Section 152(2) does not prevent a court, after taking into account such matters,

from passing a community sentence even though it is of the opinion that the

offence, or the combination of the offence and one or more offences associated

with it, was so serious that a community sentence could not normally be

justified for the offence.

(3) Nothing in the sections mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (d) prevents a court—

(a) from mitigating any penalty included in an offender’s sentence by

taking into account any other penalty included in that sentence, and

(b) in the case of an offender who is convicted of one or more other

offences, from mitigating his sentence by applying any rule of law as to

the totality of sentences.

(4) Subsections (2) and (3) are without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1).

(5) Nothing in the sections mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (d) is to be taken—

(a) as requiring a court to pass a custodial sentence, or any particular

custodial sentence, on a mentally disordered offender, or

(b) as restricting any power (whether under the Mental Health Act 1983

(c. 20) or otherwise) which enables a court to deal with such an offender

in the manner it considers to be most appropriate in all the

circumstances.

(6) In subsection (5) “mentally disordered”, in relation to a person, means

suffering from a mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health Act

1983.

Sentencing and allocation guidelines

167 The Sentencing Guidelines Council

(1) There shall be a Sentencing Guidelines Council (in this Chapter referred to as

the Council) consisting of—

(a) the Lord Chief Justice, who is to be chairman of the Council,

(b) seven members (in this section and section 168 referred to as “judicial

members”) appointed by the Lord Chancellor after consultation with

the Secretary of State and the Lord Chief Justice, and

(c) four members (in this section and section 168 referred to as “nonjudicial members”) appointed by the Secretary of State after

consultation with the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice.
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(2) A person is eligible to be appointed as a judicial member if he is—

(a) a Lord Justice of Appeal,

(b) a judge of the High Court,

(c) a Circuit judge,

(d) a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts), or

(e) a lay justice.

(3) The judicial members must include a Circuit judge, a District Judge

(Magistrates’ Courts) and a lay justice.

(4) A person is eligible for appointment as a non-judicial member if he appears to

the Secretary of State to have experience in one or more of the following

areas—

(a) policing,

(b) criminal prosecution,

(c) criminal defence, and

(d) the promotion of the welfare of victims of crime.

(5) The persons eligible for appointment as a non-judicial member by virtue of

experience of criminal prosecution include the Director of Public Prosecutions.

(6) The non-judicial members must include at least one person appearing to the

Secretary of State to have experience in each area.

(7) The Lord Chief Justice must appoint one of the judicial members or nonjudicial members to be deputy chairman of the Council.

(8) In relation to any meeting of the Council from which the Lord Chief Justice is

to be absent, he may nominate any person eligible for appointment as a judicial

member to act as a member on his behalf at the meeting.

(9) The Secretary of State may appoint a person appearing to him to have

experience of sentencing policy and the administration of sentences to attend

and speak at any meeting of the Council.

(10) In this section and section 168 “lay justice” means a justice of the peace who is

not a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts).

168 Sentencing Guidelines Council: supplementary provisions

(1) In relation to the Council, the Lord Chancellor may by order make provision—

(a) as to the term of office, resignation and re-appointment of judicial

members and non-judicial members,

(b) enabling the appropriate Minister to remove a judicial member or nonjudicial member from office on grounds of incapacity or misbehaviour,

and

(c) as to the proceedings of the Council.

(2) In subsection (1)(b) “the appropriate Minister” means—

(a) in relation to a judicial member, the Lord Chancellor, and

(b) in relation to a non-judicial member, the Secretary of State.

(3) The validity of anything done by the Council is not affected by any vacancy

among its members, by any defect in the appointment of a member or by any

failure to comply with section 167(3), (6) or (7).
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(4) The Lord Chancellor may pay—

(a) to any judicial member who is appointed by virtue of being a lay justice,

such remuneration or expenses as he may determine, and

(b) to any other judicial member or the Lord Chief Justice, such expenses

as he may determine.

(5) The Secretary of State may pay to any non-judicial member such remuneration

or expenses as he may determine.

169 The Sentencing Advisory Panel

(1) There shall continue to be a Sentencing Advisory Panel (in this Chapter

referred to as “the Panel”) constituted by the Lord Chancellor after

consultation with the Secretary of State and the Lord Chief Justice.

(2) The Lord Chancellor must, after consultation with the Secretary of State and

the Lord Chief Justice, appoint one of the members of the Panel to be its

chairman.

(3) The Lord Chancellor may pay to any member of the Panel such remuneration

or expenses as he may determine.

170 Guidelines relating to sentencing and allocation

(1) In this Chapter—

(a) “sentencing guidelines” means guidelines relating to the sentencing of

offenders, which may be general in nature or limited to a particular

category of offence or offender, and

(b) “allocation guidelines” means guidelines relating to decisions by a

magistrates’ court under section 19 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

(c. 43) as to whether an offence is more suitable for summary trial or

trial on indictment.

(2) The Secretary of State may at any time propose to the Council—

(a) that sentencing guidelines be framed or revised by the Council—

(i) in respect of offences or offenders of a particular category, or

(ii) in respect of a particular matter affecting sentencing, or 

(b) that allocation guidelines be framed or revised by the Council.

(3) The Council may from time to time consider whether to frame sentencing

guidelines or allocation guidelines and, if it receives— 

(a) a proposal under section 171(2) from the Panel, or

(b) a proposal under subsection (2) from the Secretary of State,

must consider whether to do so.

(4) Where sentencing guidelines or allocation guidelines have been issued by the

Council as definitive guidelines, the Council must from time to time (and, in

particular, if it receives a proposal under section 171(2) from the Panel or under

subsection (2) from the Secretary of State) consider whether to revise them.

(5) Where the Council decides to frame or revise sentencing guidelines, the

matters to which the Council must have regard include—

(a) the need to promote consistency in sentencing,

(b) the sentences imposed by courts in England and Wales for offences to

which the guidelines relate,
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(c) the cost of different sentences and their relative effectiveness in

preventing re-offending,

(d) the need to promote public confidence in the criminal justice system,

and

(e) the views communicated to the Council, in accordance with section

171(3)(b), by the Panel.

(6) Where the Council decides to frame or revise allocation guidelines, the matters

to which the Council must have regard include—

(a) the need to promote consistency in decisions under section 19 of the

Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), and

(b) the views communicated to the Council, in accordance with section

171(3)(b), by the Panel.

(7) Sentencing guidelines in respect of an offence or category of offences must

include criteria for determining the seriousness of the offence or offences,

including (where appropriate) criteria for determining the weight to be given

to any previous convictions of offenders.

(8) Where the Council has prepared or revised any sentencing guidelines or

allocation guidelines, it must—

(a) publish them as draft guidelines, and

(b) consult about the draft guidelines—

(i) the Secretary of State, 

(ii) such persons as the Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the

Secretary of State, may direct, and

(iii) such other persons as the Council considers appropriate.

(9) The Council may, after making any amendment of the draft guidelines which

it considers appropriate, issue the guidelines as definitive guidelines.

171 Functions of Sentencing Advisory Panel in relation to guidelines

(1) Where the Council decides to frame or revise any sentencing guidelines or

allocation guidelines, otherwise than in response to a proposal from the Panel

under subsection (2), the Council must notify the Panel.

(2) The Panel may at any time propose to the Council— 

(a) that sentencing guidelines be framed or revised by the Council—

(i) in respect of offences or offenders of a particular category, or

(ii) in respect of a particular matter affecting sentencing, or

(b) that allocation guidelines be framed or revised by the Council.

(3) Where the Panel receives a notification under subsection (1) or makes a

proposal under subsection (2), the Panel must—

(a) obtain and consider the views on the matters in issue of such persons

or bodies as may be determined, after consultation with the Secretary

of State and the Lord Chancellor, by the Council, and

(b) formulate its own views on those matters and communicate them to the

Council.

(4) Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) does not apply where the Council notifies the

Panel of the Council’s view that the urgency of the case makes it impracticable

for the Panel to comply with that paragraph.
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172 Duty of court to have regard to sentencing guidelines

(1) Every court must— 

(a) in sentencing an offender, have regard to any guidelines which are

relevant to the offender’s case, and

(b) in exercising any other function relating to the sentencing of offenders,

have regard to any guidelines which are relevant to the exercise of the

function.

(2) In subsection (1) “guidelines” means sentencing guidelines issued by the

Council under section 170(9) as definitive guidelines, as revised by subsequent

guidelines so issued.

173 Annual report by Council

(1) The Council must as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year

make to the Ministers a report on the exercise of the Council’s functions during

the year.

(2) If section 167 comes into force after the beginning of a financial year, the first

report may relate to a period beginning with the day on which that section

comes into force and ending with the end of the next financial year.

(3) The Ministers must lay a copy of the report before each House of Parliament.

(4) The Council must publish the report once the copy has been so laid.

(5) In this section—

“financial year” means a period of 12 months ending with 31st March;

“the Ministers” means the Secretary of State and the Lord Chancellor.

Duty of court to explain sentence

174 Duty to give reasons for, and explain effect of, sentence

(1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), any court passing sentence on an offender—

(a) must state in open court, in ordinary language and in general terms, its

reasons for deciding on the sentence passed, and

(b) must explain to the offender in ordinary language—

(i) the effect of the sentence,

(ii) where the offender is required to comply with any order of the

court forming part of the sentence, the effects of noncompliance with the order,

(iii) any power of the court, on the application of the offender or any

other person, to vary or review any order of the court forming

part of the sentence, and

(iv) where the sentence consists of or includes a fine, the effects of

failure to pay the fine.

(2) In complying with subsection (1)(a), the court must—

(a) where guidelines indicate that a sentence of a particular kind, or within

a particular range, would normally be appropriate for the offence and

the sentence is of a different kind, or is outside that range, state the

court’s reasons for deciding on a sentence of a different kind or outside

that range,
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(b) where the sentence is a custodial sentence and the duty in subsection

(2) of section 152 is not excluded by subsection (1)(a) or (b) or (3) of that

section, state that it is of the opinion referred to in section 152(2) and

why it is of that opinion,

(c) where the sentence is a community sentence and the case does not fall

within section 151(2), state that it is of the opinion that section 148(1)

applies and why it is of that opinion,

(d) where as a result of taking into account any matter referred to in section

144(1), the court imposes a punishment on the offender which is less

severe than the punishment it would otherwise have imposed, state

that fact, and

(e) in any case, mention any aggravating or mitigating factors which the

court has regarded as being of particular importance.

(3) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply—

(a) to an offence the sentence for which is fixed by law (provision relating

to sentencing for such an offence being made by section 270), or

(b) to an offence the sentence for which falls to be imposed under section

51A(2) of the Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27) or under subsection (2) of section

110 or 111 of the Sentencing Act (required custodial sentences).

(4) The Secretary of State may by order—

(a) prescribe cases in which subsection (1)(a) or (b) does not apply, and

(b) prescribe cases in which the statement referred to in subsection (1)(a) or

the explanation referred to in subsection (1)(b) may be made in the

absence of the offender, or may be provided in written form.

(5) Where a magistrates’ court passes a custodial sentence, it must cause any

reason stated by virtue of subsection (2)(b) to be specified in the warrant of

commitment and entered on the register.

(6) In this section—

“guidelines” has the same meaning as in section 172;

“the register” has the meaning given by section 163 of the Sentencing Act.

Publication of information by Secretary of State

175 Duty to publish information about sentencing

In section 95 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) (information for financial

and other purposes) in subsection (1) before the “or” at the end of paragraph

(a) there is inserted—

“(aa) enabling such persons to become aware of the relative

effectiveness of different sentences— 

(i) in preventing re-offending, and

(ii) in promoting public confidence in the criminal justice

system;”.

Interpretation of Chapter

176 Interpretation of Chapter 1

In this Chapter—
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“allocation guidelines” has the meaning given by section 170(1)(b);

“the Council” means the Sentencing Guidelines Council;

“the Panel” means the Sentencing Advisory Panel;

“sentence” and “sentencing” are to be read in accordance with section

142(3);

“sentencing guidelines” has the meaning given by section 170(1)(a);

“youth community order” has the meaning given by section 147(2).

CHAPTER 2

COMMUNITY ORDERS: OFFENDERS AGED 16 OR OVER

177 Community orders

(1) Where a person aged 16 or over is convicted of an offence, the court by or

before which he is convicted may make an order (in this Part referred to as a

“community order”) imposing on him any one or more of the following

requirements—

(a) an unpaid work requirement (as defined by section 199),

(b) an activity requirement (as defined by section 201),

(c) a programme requirement (as defined by section 202),

(d) a prohibited activity requirement (as defined by section 203),

(e) a curfew requirement (as defined by section 204),

(f) an exclusion requirement (as defined by section 205),

(g) a residence requirement (as defined by section 206),

(h) a mental health treatment requirement (as defined by section 207),

(i) a drug rehabilitation requirement (as defined by section 209),

(j) an alcohol treatment requirement (as defined by section 212),

(k) a supervision requirement (as defined by section 213), and

(l) in a case where the offender is aged under 25, an attendance centre

requirement (as defined by section 214).

(2) Subsection (1) has effect subject to sections 150 and 218 and to the following

provisions of Chapter 4 relating to particular requirements—

(a) section 199(3) (unpaid work requirement),

(b) section 201(3) and (4) (activity requirement),

(c) section 202(4) and (5) (programme requirement),

(d) section 203(2) (prohibited activity requirement),

(e) section 207(3) (mental health treatment requirement), 

(f) section 209(2) (drug rehabilitation requirement), and

(g) section 212(2) and (3) (alcohol treatment requirement).

(3) Where the court makes a community order imposing a curfew requirement or

an exclusion requirement, the court must also impose an electronic monitoring

requirement (as defined by section 215) unless—

(a) it is prevented from doing so by section 215(2) or 218(4), or

(b) in the particular circumstances of the case, it considers it inappropriate

to do so.

(4) Where the court makes a community order imposing an unpaid work

requirement, an activity requirement, a programme requirement, a prohibited
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activity requirement, a residence requirement, a mental health treatment

requirement, a drug rehabilitation requirement, an alcohol treatment

requirement, a supervision requirement or an attendance centre requirement,

the court may also impose an electronic monitoring requirement unless

prevented from doing so by section 215(2) or 218(4).

(5) A community order must specify a date, not more than three years after the

date of the order, by which all the requirements in it must have been complied

with; and a community order which imposes two or more different

requirements falling within subsection (1) may also specify an earlier date or

dates in relation to compliance with any one or more of them.

(6) Before making a community order imposing two or more different

requirements falling within subsection (1), the court must consider whether, in

the circumstances of the case, the requirements are compatible with each other.

178 Power to provide for court review of community orders

(1) The Secretary of State may by order—

(a) enable or require a court making a community order to provide for the

community order to be reviewed periodically by that or another court,

(b) enable a court to amend a community order so as to include or remove

a provision for review by a court, and

(c) make provision as to the timing and conduct of reviews and as to the

powers of the court on a review.

(2) An order under this section may, in particular, make provision in relation to

community orders corresponding to any provision made by sections 191 and

192 in relation to suspended sentence orders.

(3) An order under this section may repeal or amend any provision of this Part.

179 Breach, revocation or amendment of community order

Schedule 8 (which relates to failures to comply with the requirements of

community orders and to the revocation or amendment of such orders) shall

have effect.

180 Transfer of community orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland

Schedule 9 (transfer of community orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland)

shall have effect.

CHAPTER 3

PRISON SENTENCES OF LESS THAN 12 MONTHS

Prison sentences of less than twelve months

181 Prison sentences of less than 12 months

(1) Any power of a court to impose a sentence of imprisonment for a term of less

than 12 months on an offender may be exercised only in accordance with the
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following provisions of this section unless the court makes an intermittent

custody order (as defined by section 183).

(2) The term of the sentence—

(a) must be expressed in weeks,

(b) must be at least 28 weeks,

(c) must not be more than 51 weeks in respect of any one offence, and

(d) must not exceed the maximum term permitted for the offence.

(3) The court, when passing sentence, must—

(a) specify a period (in this Chapter referred to as “the custodial period”)

at the end of which the offender is to be released on a licence, and

(b) by order require the licence to be granted subject to conditions

requiring the offender’s compliance during the remainder of the term

(in this Chapter referred to as “the licence period”) or any part of it with

one or more requirements falling within section 182(1) and specified in

the order.

(4) In this Part “custody plus order” means an order under subsection (3)(b).

(5) The custodial period—

(a) must be at least 2 weeks, and

(b) in respect of any one offence, must not be more than 13 weeks.

(6) In determining the term of the sentence and the length of the custodial period,

the court must ensure that the licence period is at least 26 weeks in length.

(7) Where a court imposes two or more terms of imprisonment in accordance with

this section to be served consecutively—

(a) the aggregate length of the terms of imprisonment must not be more

than 65 weeks, and

(b) the aggregate length of the custodial periods must not be more than 26

weeks.

(8) A custody plus order which specifies two or more requirements may, in

relation to any requirement, refer to compliance within such part of the licence

period as is specified in the order.

(9) Subsection (3)(b) does not apply where the sentence is a suspended sentence.

182 Licence conditions

(1) The requirements falling within this subsection are—

(a) an unpaid work requirement (as defined by section 199),

(b) an activity requirement (as defined by section 201),

(c) a programme requirement (as defined by section 202),

(d) a prohibited activity requirement (as defined by section 203),

(e) a curfew requirement (as defined by section 204),

(f) an exclusion requirement (as defined by section 205),

(g) a supervision requirement (as defined by section 213), and

(h) in a case where the offender is aged under 25, an attendance centre

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(2) The power under section 181(3)(b) to determine the conditions of the licence

has effect subject to section 218 and to the following provisions of Chapter 4

relating to particular requirements—

(a) section 199(3) (unpaid work requirement),

(b) section 201(3) and (4) (activity requirement),

(c) section 202(4) and (5) (programme requirement), and

(d) section 203(2) (prohibited activity requirement).

(3) Where the court makes a custody plus order requiring a licence to contain a

curfew requirement or an exclusion requirement, the court must also require

the licence to contain an electronic monitoring requirement (as defined by

section 215) unless—

(a) the court is prevented from doing so by section 215(2) or 218(4), or

(b) in the particular circumstances of the case, it considers it inappropriate

to do so.

(4) Where the court makes a custody plus order requiring a licence to contain an

unpaid work requirement, an activity requirement, a programme requirement,

a prohibited activity requirement, a supervision requirement or an attendance

centre requirement, the court may also require the licence to contain an

electronic monitoring requirement unless the court is prevented from doing so

by section 215(2) or 218(4).

(5) Before making a custody plus order requiring a licence to contain two or more

different requirements falling within subsection (1), the court must consider

whether, in the circumstances of the case, the requirements are compatible

with each other.

Intermittent custody

183 Intermittent custody

(1) A court may, when passing a sentence of imprisonment for a term complying

with subsection (4)—

(a) specify the number of days that the offender must serve in prison under

the sentence before being released on licence for the remainder of the

term, and

(b) by order—

(i) specify periods during which the offender is to be released

temporarily on licence before he has served that number of days

in prison, and

(ii) require any licence to be granted subject to conditions requiring

the offender’s compliance during the licence periods with one

or more requirements falling within section 182(1) and specified

in the order.

(2) In this Part “intermittent custody order” means an order under subsection

(1)(b).

(3) In this Chapter—

“licence period”, in relation to a term of imprisonment to which an

intermittent custody order relates, means any period during which the

offender is released on licence by virtue of subsection (1)(a) or (b)(i);
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“the number of custodial days”, in relation to a term of imprisonment to

which an intermittent custody order relates, means the number of days

specified under subsection (1)(a).

(4) The term of the sentence—

(a) must be expressed in weeks,

(b) must be at least 28 weeks,

(c) must not be more than 51 weeks in respect of any one offence, and

(d) must not exceed the maximum term permitted for the offence.

(5) The number of custodial days—

(a) must be at least 14, and

(b) in respect of any one offence, must not be more than 90.

(6) A court may not exercise its powers under subsection (1) unless the offender

has expressed his willingness to serve the custodial part of the proposed

sentence intermittently, during the parts of the sentence that are not to be

licence periods.

(7) Where a court exercises its powers under subsection (1) in respect of two or

more terms of imprisonment that are to be served consecutively—

(a) the aggregate length of the terms of imprisonment must not be more

than 65 weeks, and

(b) the aggregate of the numbers of custodial days must not be more than

180.

(8) The Secretary of State may by order require a court, in specifying licence

periods under subsection (1)(b)(i), to specify only—

(a) periods of a prescribed duration,

(b) periods beginning or ending at prescribed times, or

(c) periods including, or not including, specified parts of the week.

(9) An intermittent custody order which specifies two or more requirements may,

in relation to any requirement, refer to compliance within such licence period

or periods, or part of a licence period, as is specified in the order.

184 Restrictions on power to make intermittent custody order

(1) A court may not make an intermittent custody order unless it has been notified

by the Secretary of State that arrangements for implementing such orders are

available in the area proposed to be specified in the intermittent custody order

and the notice has not been withdrawn.

(2) The court may not make an intermittent custody order in respect of any

offender unless—

(a) it has consulted an officer of a local probation board,

(b) it has received from the Secretary of State notification that suitable

prison accommodation is available for the offender during the

custodial periods, and

(c) it appears to the court that the offender will have suitable

accommodation available to him during the licence periods.

(3) In this section “custodial period”, in relation to a sentence to which an

intermittent custody order relates, means any part of the sentence that is not a

licence period.
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185 Intermittent custody: licence conditions

(1) Section 183(1)(b) has effect subject to section 218 and to the following

provisions of Chapter 4 limiting the power to require the licence to contain

particular requirements—

(a) section 199(3) (unpaid work requirement),

(b) section 201(3) and (4) (activity requirement),

(c) section 202(4) and (5) (programme requirement), and

(d) section 203(2) (prohibited activity requirement).

(2) Subsections (3) to (5) of section 182 have effect in relation to an intermittent

custody order as they have effect in relation to a custody plus order.

186 Further provisions relating to intermittent custody

(1) Section 21 of the 1952 Act (expenses of conveyance to prison) does not apply in

relation to the conveyance to prison at the end of any licence period of an

offender to whom an intermittent custody order relates.

(2) The Secretary of State may pay to any offender to whom an intermittent

custody order relates the whole or part of any expenses incurred by the

offender in travelling to and from prison during licence periods.

(3) In section 49 of the 1952 Act (persons unlawfully at large) after subsection (4)

there is inserted—

“(4A) For the purposes of this section a person shall also be deemed to be

unlawfully at large if, having been temporarily released in pursuance

of an intermittent custody order made under section 183 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003, he remains at large at a time when, by reason

of the expiry of the period for which he was temporarily released, he is

liable to be detained in pursuance of his sentence.”

(4) In section 23 of the Criminal Justice Act 1961 (c. 39) (prison rules), in subsection

(3) for “The days” there is substituted “Subject to subsection (3A), the days”

and after subsection (3) there is inserted—

“(3A) In relation to a prisoner to whom an intermittent custody order under

section 183 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 relates, the only days to

which subsection (3) applies are Christmas Day, Good Friday and any

day which under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 is a bank

holiday in England and Wales.”

(5) In section 1 of the Prisoners (Return to Custody) Act 1995 (c. 16) (remaining at

large after temporary release) after subsection (1) there is inserted—

“(1A) A person who has been temporarily released in pursuance of an

intermittent custody order made under section 183 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003 is guilty of an offence if, without reasonable excuse, he

remains unlawfully at large at any time after becoming so at large by

virtue of the expiry of the period for which he was temporarily

released.”

(6) In this section “the 1952 Act” means the Prison Act 1952 (c. 52).
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Further provision about custody plus orders and intermittent custody orders

187 Revocation or amendment of order

Schedule 1 0 (which contains provisions relating to the revocation or

amendment of custody plus orders and the amendment of intermittent

custody orders) shall have effect.

188 Transfer of custody plus orders and intermittent custody orders to Scotland or 

Northern Ireland

Schedule 11 (transfer of custody plus orders and intermittent custody orders to

Scotland or Northern Ireland) shall have effect.

Suspended sentences

189 Suspended sentences of imprisonment

(1) A court which passes a sentence of imprisonment for a term of at least 28 weeks

but not more than 51 weeks in accordance with section 181 may—

(a) order the offender to comply during a period specified for the purposes

of this paragraph in the order (in this Chapter referred to as “the

supervision period”) with one or more requirements falling within

section 190(1) and specified in the order, and

(b) order that the sentence of imprisonment is not to take effect unless

either—

(i) during the supervision period the offender fails to comply with

a requirement imposed under paragraph (a), or

(ii) during a period specified in the order for the purposes of this

sub-paragraph (in this Chapter referred to as “the operational

period”) the offender commits in the United Kingdom another

offence (whether or not punishable with imprisonment),

and (in either case) a court having power to do so subsequently orders

under paragraph 8 of Schedule 12 that the original sentence is to take

effect.

(2) Where two or more sentences imposed on the same occasion are to be served

consecutively, the power conferred by subsection (1) is not exercisable in

relation to any of them unless the aggregate of the terms of the sentences does

not exceed 65 weeks.

(3) The supervision period and the operational period must each be a period of not

less than six months and not more than two years beginning with the date of

the order.

(4) The supervision period must not end later than the operational period.

(5) A court which passes a suspended sentence on any person for an offence may

not impose a community sentence in his case in respect of that offence or any

other offence of which he is convicted by or before the court or for which he is

dealt with by the court.

(6) Subject to any provision to the contrary contained in the Criminal Justice Act

1967 (c. 80), the Sentencing Act or any other enactment passed or instrument

made under any enactment after 31st December 1967, a suspended sentence
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which has not taken effect under paragraph 8 of Schedule 12 is to be treated as

a sentence of imprisonment for the purposes of all enactments and instruments

made under enactments.

(7) In this Part—

(a) “suspended sentence order” means an order under subsection (1),

(b) “suspended sentence” means a sentence to which a suspended sentence

order relates, and

(c) “community requirement”, in relation to a suspended sentence order,

means a requirement imposed under subsection (1)(a).

190 Imposition of requirements by suspended sentence order

(1) The requirements falling within this subsection are—

(a) an unpaid work requirement (as defined by section 199),

(b) an activity requirement (as defined by section 201),

(c) a programme requirement (as defined by section 202),

(d) a prohibited activity requirement (as defined by section 203),

(e) a curfew requirement (as defined by section 204),

(f) an exclusion requirement (as defined by section 205),

(g) a residence requirement (as defined by section 206),

(h) a mental health treatment requirement (as defined by section 207),

(i) a drug rehabilitation requirement (as defined by section 209),

(j) an alcohol treatment requirement (as defined by section 212),

(k) a supervision requirement (as defined by section 213), and

(l) in a case where the offender is aged under 25, an attendance centre

requirement (as defined by section 214).

(2) Section 189(1)(a) has effect subject to section 218 and to the following

provisions of Chapter 4 relating to particular requirements—

(a) section 199(3) (unpaid work requirement),

(b) section 201(3) and (4) (activity requirement),

(c) section 202(4) and (5) (programme requirement),

(d) section 203(2) (prohibited activity requirement),

(e) section 207(3) (mental health treatment requirement), 

(f) section 209(2) (drug rehabilitation requirement), and

(g) section 212(2) and (3) (alcohol treatment requirement).

(3) Where the court makes a suspended sentence order imposing a curfew

requirement or an exclusion requirement, it must also impose an electronic

monitoring requirement (as defined by section 215) unless—

(a) the court is prevented from doing so by section 215(2) or 218(4), or

(b) in the particular circumstances of the case, it considers it inappropriate

to do so.

(4) Where the court makes a suspended sentence order imposing an unpaid work

requirement, an activity requirement, a programme requirement, a prohibited

activity requirement, a residence requirement, a mental health treatment

requirement, a drug rehabilitation requirement, an alcohol treatment

requirement, a supervision requirement or an attendance centre requirement,

the court may also impose an electronic monitoring requirement unless the

court is prevented from doing so by section 215(2) or 218(4).
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(5) Before making a suspended sentence order imposing two or more different

requirements falling within subsection (1), the court must consider whether, in

the circumstances of the case, the requirements are compatible with each other.

191 Power to provide for review of suspended sentence order

(1) A suspended sentence order may—

(a) provide for the order to be reviewed periodically at specified intervals,

(b) provide for each review to be made, subject to section 192(4), at a

hearing held for the purpose by the court responsible for the order (a

“review hearing”),

(c) require the offender to attend each review hearing, and

(d) provide for the responsible officer to make to the court responsible for

the order, before each review, a report on the offender’s progress in

complying with the community requirements of the order.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in the case of an order imposing a drug

rehabilitation requirement (provision for such a requirement to be subject to

review being made by section 210).

(3) In this section references to the court responsible for a suspended sentence

order are references—

(a) where a court is specified in the order in accordance with subsection (4),

to that court;

(b) in any other case, to the court by which the order is made.

(4) Where the area specified in a suspended sentence order made by a magistrates’

court is not the area for which the court acts, the court may, if it thinks fit,

include in the order provision specifying for the purpose of subsection (3) a

magistrates’ court which acts for the area specified in the order.

(5) Where a suspended sentence order has been made on an appeal brought from

the Crown Court or from the criminal division of the Court of Appeal, it is to

be taken for the purposes of subsection (3)(b) to have been made by the Crown

Court.

192 Periodic reviews of suspended sentence order

(1) At a review hearing (within the meaning of subsection (1) of section 191) the

court may, after considering the responsible officer’s report referred to in that

subsection, amend the community requirements of the suspended sentence

order, or any provision of the order which relates to those requirements.

(2) The court—

(a) may not amend the community requirements of the order so as to

impose a requirement of a different kind unless the offender expresses

his willingness to comply with that requirement,

(b) may not amend a mental health treatment requirement, a drug

rehabilitation requirement or an alcohol treatment requirement unless

the offender expresses his willingness to comply with the requirement

as amended,

(c) may amend the supervision period only if the period as amended

complies with section 189(3) and (4),

(d) may not amend the operational period of the suspended sentence, and
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(e) except with the consent of the offender, may not amend the order while

an appeal against the order is pending.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(a)— 

(a) a community requirement falling within any paragraph of section

190(1) is of the same kind as any other community requirement falling

within that paragraph, and

(b) an electronic monitoring requirement is a community requirement of

the same kind as any requirement falling within section 190(1) to which

it relates.

(4) If before a review hearing is held at any review the court, after considering the

responsible officer’s report, is of the opinion that the offender’s progress in

complying with the community requirements of the order is satisfactory, it

may order that no review hearing is to be held at that review; and if before a

review hearing is held at any review, or at a review hearing, the court, after

considering that report, is of that opinion, it may amend the suspended

sentence order so as to provide for each subsequent review to be held without

a hearing.

(5) If at a review held without a hearing the court, after considering the

responsible officer’s report, is of the opinion that the offender’s progress under

the order is no longer satisfactory, the court may require the offender to attend

a hearing of the court at a specified time and place.

(6) If at a review hearing the court is of the opinion that the offender has without

reasonable excuse failed to comply with any of the community requirements of

the order, the court may adjourn the hearing for the purpose of dealing with

the case under paragraph 8 of Schedule 12.

(7) At a review hearing the court may amend the suspended sentence order so as

to vary the intervals specified under section 191(1).

(8) In this section any reference to the court, in relation to a review without a

hearing, is to be read—

(a) in the case of the Crown Court, as a reference to a judge of the court,

and

(b) in the case of a magistrates’ court, as a reference to a justice of the peace

acting for the commission area for which the court acts.

193 Breach, revocation or amendment of suspended sentence order, and effect of 

further conviction

Schedule 12 (which relates to the breach, revocation or amendment of the

community requirements of suspended sentence orders, and to the effect of

any further conviction) shall have effect.

194 Transfer of suspended sentence orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland

Schedule 13 (transfer of suspended sentence orders to Scotland or Northern

Ireland) shall have effect.
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Interpretation of Chapter

195 Interpretation of Chapter 3

In this Chapter—

“custodial period”, in relation to a term of imprisonment imposed in

accordance with section 181, has the meaning given by subsection (3)(a)

of that section;

“licence period”—

(a) in relation to a term of imprisonment imposed in accordance

with section 181, has the meaning given by subsection (3)(b) of

that section, and

(b) in relation to a term of imprisonment to which an intermittent

custody order relates, has the meaning given by section 183(3);

“the number of custodial days”, in relation to a term of imprisonment to

which an intermittent custody order relates, has the meaning given by

section 183(3);

“operational period” and “supervision period”, in relation to a suspended

sentence, are to be read in accordance with section 189(1);

“sentence of imprisonment” does not include a committal for contempt of

court or any kindred offence.

CHAPTER 4

FURTHER PROVISIONS ABOUT ORDERS UNDER CHAPTERS 2 AND 3

Introductory

196 Meaning of “relevant order”

(1) In this Chapter “relevant order” means—

(a) a community order,

(b) a custody plus order,

(c) a suspended sentence order, or

(d) an intermittent custody order.

(2) In this Chapter any reference to a requirement being imposed by, or included

in, a relevant order is, in relation to a custody plus order or an intermittent

custody order, a reference to compliance with the requirement being required

by the order to be a condition of a licence.

197 Meaning of “the responsible officer”

(1) For the purposes of this Part, “the responsible officer”, in relation to an offender

to whom a relevant order relates, means—

(a) in a case where the order—

(i) imposes a curfew requirement or an exclusion requirement but

no other requirement mentioned in section 177(1) or, as the case

requires, section 182(1) or 190(1), and

(ii) imposes an electronic monitoring requirement,
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the person who under section 215(3) is responsible for the electronic

monitoring required by the order;

(b) in a case where the offender is aged 18 or over and the only requirement

imposed by the order is an attendance centre requirement, the officer in

charge of the attendance centre in question;

(c) in any other case, the qualifying officer who, as respects the offender, is

for the time being responsible for discharging the functions conferred

by this Part on the responsible officer.

(2) The following are qualifying officers for the purposes of subsection (1)(c) —

(a) in a case where the offender is aged under 18 at the time when the

relevant order is made, an officer of a local probation board appointed

for or assigned to the petty sessions area for the time being specified in

the order or a member of a youth offending team established by a local

authority for the time being specified in the order;

(b) in any other case, an officer of a local probation board appointed for or

assigned to the petty sessions area for the time being specified in the

order.

(3) The Secretary of State may by order—

(a) amend subsections (1) and (2), and

(b) make any other amendments of this Part that appear to him to be

necessary or expedient in consequence of any amendment made by

virtue of paragraph (a).

(4) An order under subsection (3) may, in particular, provide for the court to

determine which of two or more descriptions of “responsible officer” is to

apply in relation to any relevant order.

198 Duties of responsible officer

(1) Where a relevant order has effect, it is the duty of the responsible officer—

(a) to make any arrangements that are necessary in connection with the

requirements imposed by the order,

(b) to promote the offender’s compliance with those requirements, and

(c) where appropriate, to take steps to enforce those requirements.

(2) In this section “responsible officer” does not include a person falling within

section 197(1)(a).

Requirements available in case of all offenders

199 Unpaid work requirement

(1) In this Part “unpaid work requirement”, in relation to a relevant order, means

a requirement that the offender must perform unpaid work in accordance with

section 200.

(2) The number of hours which a person may be required to work under an

unpaid work requirement must be specified in the relevant order and must be

in the aggregate—

(a) not less than 40, and

(b) not more than 300.
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(3) A court may not impose an unpaid work requirement in respect of an offender

unless after hearing (if the courts thinks necessary) an appropriate officer, the

court is satisfied that the offender is a suitable person to perform work under

such a requirement.

(4) In subsection (3) “an appropriate officer” means—

(a) in the case of an offender aged 18 or over, an officer of a local probation

board, and

(b) in the case of an offender aged under 18, an officer of a local probation

board, a social worker of a local authority social services department or

a member of a youth offending team.

(5) Where the court makes relevant orders in respect of two or more offences of

which the offender has been convicted on the same occasion and includes

unpaid work requirements in each of them, the court may direct that the hours

of work specified in any of those requirements is to be concurrent with or

additional to those specified in any other of those orders, but so that the total

number of hours which are not concurrent does not exceed the maximum

specified in subsection (2)(b).

200 Obligations of person subject to unpaid work requirement

(1) An offender in respect of whom an unpaid work requirement of a relevant

order is in force must perform for the number of hours specified in the order

such work at such times as he may be instructed by the responsible officer.

(2) Subject to paragraph 20 of Schedule 8 and paragraph 18 of Schedule 12 (power

to extend order), the work required to be performed under an unpaid work

requirement of a community order or a suspended sentence order must be

performed during a period of twelve months.

(3) Unless revoked, a community order imposing an unpaid work requirement

remains in force until the offender has worked under it for the number of hours

specified in it.

(4) Where an unpaid work requirement is imposed by a suspended sentence

order, the supervision period as defined by section 189(1)(a) continues until the

offender has worked under the order for the number of hours specified in the

order, but does not continue beyond the end of the operational period as

defined by section 189(1)(b)(ii).

201 Activity requirement

(1) In this Part “activity requirement”, in relation to a relevant order, means a

requirement that the offender must do either or both of the following—

(a) present himself to a person or persons specified in the relevant order at

a place or places so specified on such number of days as may be so

specified;

(b) participate in activities specified in the order on such number of days

as may be so specified.

(2) The specified activities may consist of or include activities whose purpose is

that of reparation, such as activities involving contact between offenders and

persons affected by their offences.

(3) A court may not include an activity requirement in a relevant order unless—
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(a) it has consulted—

(i) in the case of an offender aged 18 or over, an officer of a local

probation board,

(ii) in the case of an offender aged under 18, either an officer of a

local probation board or a member of a youth offending team,

and

(b) it is satisfied that it is feasible to secure compliance with the

requirement.

(4) A court may not include an activity requirement in a relevant order if

compliance with that requirement would involve the co-operation of a person

other than the offender and the offender’s responsible officer, unless that other

person consents to its inclusion.

(5) The aggregate of the number of days specified under subsection (1)(a) and (b)

must not exceed 60.

(6) A requirement such as is mentioned in subsection (1)(a) operates to require the

offender—

(a) in accordance with instructions given by his responsible officer, to

present himself at a place or places on the number of days specified in

the order, and

(b) while at any place, to comply with instructions given by, or under the

authority of, the person in charge of that place.

(7) A place specified under subsection (1)(a) must be—

(a) a community rehabilitation centre, or

(b) a place that has been approved by the local probation board for the area

in which the premises are situated as providing facilities suitable for

persons subject to activity requirements.

(8) Where the place specified under subsection (1)(a) is a community

rehabilitation centre, the reference in subsection (6)(a) to the offender

presenting himself at the specified place includes a reference to him presenting

himself elsewhere than at the centre for the purpose of participating in

activities in accordance with instructions given by, or under the authority of,

the person in charge of the centre.

(9) A requirement to participate in activities operates to require the offender—

(a) in accordance with instructions given by his responsible officer, to

participate in activities on the number of days specified in the order,

and

(b) while participating, to comply with instructions given by, or under the

authority of, the person in charge of the activities.

(10) In this section “community rehabilitation centre” means premises—

(a) at which non-residential facilities are provided for use in connection

with the rehabilitation of offenders, and

(b) which are for the time being approved by the Secretary of State as

providing facilities suitable for persons subject to relevant orders.

202 Programme requirement

(1) In this Part “programme requirement”, in relation to a relevant order, means a

requirement that the offender must participate in an accredited programme
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specified in the order at a place so specified on such number of days as may be

so specified.

(2) In this Part “accredited programme” means a programme that is for the time

being accredited by the accreditation body.

(3) In this section—

(a) “programme” means a systematic set of activities, and

(b) “the accreditation body” means such body as the Secretary of State may

designate for the purposes of this section by order.

(4) A court may not include a programme requirement in a relevant order

unless—

(a) the accredited programme which the court proposes to specify in the

order has been recommended to the court as being suitable for the

offender—

(i) in the case of an offender aged 18 or over, by an officer of a local

probation board, or

(ii) in the case of an offender aged under 18, either by an officer of

a local probation board or by a member of a youth offending

team, and

(b) the court is satisfied that the programme is (or, where the relevant

order is a custody plus order or an intermittent custody order, will be)

available at the place proposed to be specified.

(5) A court may not include a programme requirement in a relevant order if

compliance with that requirement would involve the co-operation of a person

other than the offender and the offender’s responsible officer, unless that other

person consents to its inclusion.

(6) A requirement to attend an accredited programme operates to require the

offender—

(a) in accordance with instructions given by the responsible officer, to

participate in the accredited programme at the place specified in the

order on the number of days specified in the order, and

(b) while at that place, to comply with instructions given by, or under the

authority of, the person in charge of the programme.

(7) A place specified in an order must be a place that has been approved by the

local probation board for the area in which the premises are situated as

providing facilities suitable for persons subject to programme requirements.

203 Prohibited activity requirement

(1) In this Part “prohibited activity requirement”, in relation to a relevant order,

means a requirement that the offender must refrain from participating in

activities specified in the order—

(a) on a day or days so specified, or

(b) during a period so specified.

(2) A court may not include a prohibited activity requirement in a relevant order

unless it has consulted—

(a) in the case of an offender aged 18 or over, an officer of a local probation

board;
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(b) in the case of an offender aged under 18, either an officer of a local

probation board or a member of a youth offending team.

(3) The requirements that may by virtue of this section be included in a relevant

order include a requirement that the offender does not possess, use or carry a

firearm within the meaning of the Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27).

204 Curfew requirement

(1) In this Part “curfew requirement”, in relation to a relevant order, means a

requirement that the offender must remain, for periods specified in the

relevant order, at a place so specified.

(2) A relevant order imposing a curfew requirement may specify different places

or different periods for different days, but may not specify periods which

amount to less than two hours or more than twelve hours in any day.

(3) A community order or suspended sentence order which imposes a curfew

requirement may not specify periods which fall outside the period of six

months beginning with the day on which it is made.

(4) A custody plus order which imposes a curfew requirement may not specify a

period which falls outside the period of six months beginning with the first day

of the licence period as defined by section 181(3)(b).

(5) An intermittent custody order which imposes a curfew requirement must not

specify a period if to do so would cause the aggregate number of days on which

the offender is subject to the requirement for any part of the day to exceed 182.

(6) Before making a relevant order imposing a curfew requirement, the court must

obtain and consider information about the place proposed to be specified in the

order (including information as to the attitude of persons likely to be affected

by the enforced presence there of the offender).

205 Exclusion requirement

(1) In this Part “exclusion requirement”, in relation to a relevant order, means a

provision prohibiting the offender from entering a place specified in the order

for a period so specified.

(2) Where the relevant order is a community order, the period specified must not

be more than two years.

(3) An exclusion requirement—

(a) may provide for the prohibition to operate only during the periods

specified in the order, and

(b) may specify different places for different periods or days.

(4) In this section “place” includes an area.

206 Residence requirement

(1) In this Part, “residence requirement”, in relation to a community order or a

suspended sentence order, means a requirement that, during a period specified

in the relevant order, the offender must reside at a place specified in the order.
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(2) If the order so provides, a residence requirement does not prohibit the offender

from residing, with the prior approval of the responsible officer, at a place

other than that specified in the order.

(3) Before making a community order or suspended sentence order containing a

residence requirement, the court must consider the home surroundings of the

offender.

(4) A court may not specify a hostel or other institution as the place where an

offender must reside, except on the recommendation of an officer of a local

probation board.

207 Mental health treatment requirement

(1) In this Part, “mental health treatment requirement”, in relation to a community

order or suspended sentence order, means a requirement that the offender

must submit, during a period or periods specified in the order, to treatment by

or under the direction of a registered medical practitioner or a chartered

psychologist (or both, for different periods) with a view to the improvement of

the offender’s mental condition.

(2) The treatment required must be such one of the following kinds of treatment

as may be specified in the relevant order—

(a) treatment as a resident patient in an independent hospital or care home

within the meaning of the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14) or a hospital

within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20), but not in

hospital premises where high security psychiatric services within the

meaning of that Act are provided;

(b) treatment as a non-resident patient at such institution or place as may

be specified in the order;

(c) treatment by or under the direction of such registered medical

practitioner or chartered psychologist (or both) as may be so specified;

but the nature of the treatment is not to be specified in the order except as

mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

(3) A court may not by virtue of this section include a mental health treatment

requirement in a relevant order unless—

(a) the court is satisfied, on the evidence of a registered medical

practitioner approved for the purposes of section 12 of the Mental

Health Act 1983, that the mental condition of the offender—

(i) is such as requires and may be susceptible to treatment, but

(ii) is not such as to warrant the making of a hospital order or

guardianship order within the meaning of that Act; 

(b) the court is also satisfied that arrangements have been or can be made

for the treatment intended to be specified in the order (including

arrangements for the reception of the offender where he is to be

required to submit to treatment as a resident patient); and

(c) the offender has expressed his willingness to comply with such a

requirement.

(4) While the offender is under treatment as a resident patient in pursuance of a

mental health requirement of a relevant order, his responsible officer shall

carry out the supervision of the offender to such extent only as may be

necessary for the purpose of the revocation or amendment of the order.
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(5) Subsections (2) and (3) of section 54 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20) have

effect with respect to proof for the purposes of subsection (3)(a) of an offender’s

mental condition as they have effect with respect to proof of an offender’s

mental condition for the purposes of section 37(2)(a) of that Act.

(6) In this section and section 208, “chartered psychologist” means a person for the

time being listed in the British Psychological Society’s Register of Chartered

Psychologists.

208 Mental health treatment at place other than that specified in order

(1) Where the medical practitioner or chartered psychologist by whom or under

whose direction an offender is being treated for his mental condition in

pursuance of a mental health treatment requirement is of the opinion that part

of the treatment can be better or more conveniently given in or at an institution

or place which—

(a) is not specified in the relevant order, and

(b) is one in or at which the treatment of the offender will be given by or

under the direction of a registered medical practitioner or chartered

psychologist,

he may, with the consent of the offender, make arrangements for him to be

treated accordingly.

(2) Such arrangements as are mentioned in subsection (1) may provide for the

offender to receive part of his treatment as a resident patient in an institution

or place notwithstanding that the institution or place is not one which could

have been specified for that purpose in the relevant order.

(3) Where any such arrangements as are mentioned in subsection (1) are made for

the treatment of an offender—

(a) the medical practitioner or chartered psychologist by whom the

arrangements are made shall give notice in writing to the offender’s

responsible officer, specifying the institution or place in or at which the

treatment is to be carried out; and

(b) the treatment provided for by the arrangements shall be deemed to be

treatment to which he is required to submit in pursuance of the relevant

order.

209 Drug rehabilitation requirement

(1) In this Part “drug rehabilitation requirement”, in relation to a community order

or suspended sentence order, means a requirement that during a period

specified in the order (“the treatment and testing period”) the offender—

(a) must submit to treatment by or under the direction of a specified

person having the necessary qualifications or experience with a view to

the reduction or elimination of the offender’s dependency on or

propensity to misuse drugs, and

(b) for the purpose of ascertaining whether he has any drug in his body

during that period, must provide samples of such description as may

be so determined, at such times or in such circumstances as may

(subject to the provisions of the order) be determined by the

responsible officer or by the person specified as the person by or under

whose direction the treatment is to be provided.

(2) A court may not impose a drug rehabilitation requirement unless—
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(a) it is satisfied—

(i) that the offender is dependent on, or has a propensity to misuse,

drugs, and

(ii) that his dependency or propensity is such as requires and may

be susceptible to treatment,

(b) it is also satisfied that arrangements have been or can be made for the

treatment intended to be specified in the order (including

arrangements for the reception of the offender where he is to be

required to submit to treatment as a resident),

(c) the requirement has been recommended to the court as being suitable

for the offender—

(i) in the case of an offender aged 18 or over, by an officer of a local

probation board, or

(ii) in the case of an offender aged under 18, either by an officer of

a local probation board or by a member of a youth offending

team, and

(d) the offender expresses his willingness to comply with the requirement.

(3) The treatment and testing period must be at least six months.

(4) The required treatment for any particular period must be—

(a) treatment as a resident in such institution or place as may be specified

in the order, or

(b) treatment as a non-resident in or at such institution or place, and at

such intervals, as may be so specified;

but the nature of the treatment is not to be specified in the order except as

mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above.

(5) The function of making a determination as to the provision of samples under

provision included in the community order or suspended sentence order by

virtue of subsection (1)(b) is to be exercised in accordance with guidance given

from time to time by the Secretary of State.

(6) A community order or suspended sentence order imposing a drug

rehabilitation requirement must provide that the results of tests carried out on

any samples provided by the offender in pursuance of the requirement to a

person other than the responsible officer are to be communicated to the

responsible officer.

(7) In this section “drug” means a controlled drug as defined by section 2 of the

Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38).

210 Drug rehabilitation requirement: provision for review by court

(1) A community order or suspended sentence order imposing a drug

rehabilitation requirement may (and must if the treatment and testing period

is more than 12 months)—

(a) provide for the requirement to be reviewed periodically at intervals of

not less than one month,

(b) provide for each review of the requirement to be made, subject to

section 211(6), at a hearing held for the purpose by the court responsible

for the order (a “review hearing”),

(c) require the offender to attend each review hearing,
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(d) provide for the responsible officer to make to the court responsible for

the order, before each review, a report in writing on the offender’s

progress under the requirement, and

(e) provide for each such report to include the test results communicated

to the responsible officer under section 209(6) or otherwise and the

views of the treatment provider as to the treatment and testing of the

offender.

(2) In this section references to the court responsible for a community order or

suspended sentence order imposing a drug rehabilitation requirement are

references—

(a) where a court is specified in the order in accordance with subsection (3),

to that court;

(b) in any other case, to the court by which the order is made.

(3) Where the area specified in a community order or suspended sentence order

which is made by a magistrates’ court and imposes a drug rehabilitation

requirement is not the area for which the court acts, the court may, if it thinks

fit, include in the order provision specifying for the purposes of subsection (2)

a magistrates’ court which acts for the area specified in the order.

(4) Where a community order or suspended sentence order imposing a drug

rehabilitation requirement has been made on an appeal brought from the

Crown Court or from the criminal division of the Court of Appeal, for the

purposes of subsection (2)(b) it shall be taken to have been made by the Crown

Court.

211 Periodic review of drug rehabilitation requirement

(1) At a review hearing (within the meaning given by subsection (1) of section 210)

the court may, after considering the responsible officer’s report referred to in

that subsection, amend the community order or suspended sentence order, so

far as it relates to the drug rehabilitation requirement.

(2) The court—

(a) may not amend the drug rehabilitation requirement unless the offender

expresses his willingness to comply with the requirement as amended,

(b) may not amend any provision of the order so as to reduce the period for

which the drug rehabilitation requirement has effect below the

minimum specified in section 209(3), and

(c) except with the consent of the offender, may not amend any

requirement or provision of the order while an appeal against the order

is pending.

(3) If the offender fails to express his willingness to comply with the drug

rehabilitation requirement as proposed to be amended by the court, the court

may—

(a) revoke the community order, or the suspended sentence order and the

suspended sentence to which it relates, and

(b) deal with him, for the offence in respect of which the order was made,

in any way in which he could have been dealt with for that offence by

the court which made the order if the order had not been made.

(4) In dealing with the offender under subsection (3)(b), the court—
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(a) shall take into account the extent to which the offender has complied

with the requirements of the order, and

(b) may impose a custodial sentence (where the order was made in respect

of an offence punishable with such a sentence) notwithstanding

anything in section 152(2).

(5) Where the order is a community order made by a magistrates’ court in the case

of an offender under 18 years of age in respect of an offence triable only on

indictment in the case of an adult, any powers exercisable under subsection

(3)(b) in respect of the offender after he attains the age of 18 are powers to do

either or both of the following—

(a) to impose a fine not exceeding £5,000 for the offence in respect of which

the order was made;

(b) to deal with the offender for that offence in any way in which the court

could deal with him if it had just convicted him of an offence

punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve

months.

(6) If at a review hearing (as defined by section 210(1)(b)) the court, after

considering the responsible officer’s report, is of the opinion that the offender’s

progress under the requirement is satisfactory, the court may so amend the

order as to provide for each subsequent review to be made by the court without

a hearing.

(7) If at a review without a hearing the court, after considering the responsible

officer’s report, is of the opinion that the offender’s progress under the

requirement is no longer satisfactory, the court may require the offender to

attend a hearing of the court at a specified time and place.

(8) At that hearing the court, after considering that report, may—

(a) exercise the powers conferred by this section as if the hearing were a

review hearing, and

(b) so amend the order as to provide for each subsequent review to be

made at a review hearing.

(9) In this section any reference to the court, in relation to a review without a

hearing, is to be read—

(a) in the case of the Crown Court, as a reference to a judge of the court;

(b) in the case of a magistrates’ court, as a reference to a justice of the peace

acting for the commission area for which the court acts.

212 Alcohol treatment requirement

(1) In this Part “alcohol treatment requirement”, in relation to a community order

or suspended sentence order, means a requirement that the offender must

submit during a period specified in the order to treatment by or under the

direction of a specified person having the necessary qualifications or

experience with a view to the reduction or elimination of the offender’s

dependency on alcohol.

(2) A court may not impose an alcohol treatment requirement in respect of an

offender unless it is satisfied—

(a) that he is dependent on alcohol,

(b) that his dependency is such as requires and may be susceptible to

treatment, and
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(c) that arrangements have been or can be made for the treatment intended

to be specified in the order (including arrangements for the reception of

the offender where he is to be required to submit to treatment as a

resident).

(3) A court may not impose an alcohol treatment requirement unless the offender

expresses his willingness to comply with its requirements.

(4) The period for which the alcohol treatment requirement has effect must be not

less than six months.

(5) The treatment required by an alcohol treatment requirement for any particular

period must be—

(a) treatment as a resident in such institution or place as may be specified

in the order,

(b) treatment as a non-resident in or at such institution or place, and at

such intervals, as may be so specified, or

(c) treatment by or under the direction of such person having the

necessary qualification or experience as may be so specified;

but the nature of the treatment shall not be specified in the order except as

mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above.

213 Supervision requirement

(1) In this Part “supervision requirement”, in relation to a relevant order, means a

requirement that, during the relevant period, the offender must attend

appointments with the responsible officer or another person determined by the

responsible officer, at such time and place as may be determined by the officer.

(2) The purpose for which a supervision requirement may be imposed is that of

promoting the offender’s rehabilitation.

(3) In subsection (1) “the relevant period” means—

(a) in relation to a community order, the period for which the community

order remains in force,

(b) in relation to a custody plus order, the licence period as defined by

section 181(3)(b),

(c) in relation to an intermittent custody order, the licence periods as

defined by section 183(3), and

(d) in relation to a suspended sentence order, the supervision period as

defined by section 189(1)(a).

Requirements available only in case of offenders aged under 25

214 Attendance centre requirement

(1) In this Part “attendance centre requirement”, in relation to a relevant order,

means a requirement that the offender must attend at an attendance centre

specified in the relevant order for such number of hours as may be so specified.

(2) The aggregate number of hours for which the offender may be required to

attend at an attendance centre must not be less than 12 or more than 36.

(3) The court may not impose an attendance centre requirement unless the court

is satisfied that the attendance centre to be specified in it is reasonably
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accessible to the offender concerned, having regard to the means of access

available to him and any other circumstances.

(4) The first time at which the offender is required to attend at the attendance

centre is a time notified to the offender by the responsible officer.

(5) The subsequent hours are to be fixed by the officer in charge of the centre,

having regard to the offender’s circumstances.

(6) An offender may not be required under this section to attend at an attendance

centre on more than one occasion on any day, or for more than three hours on

any occasion.

Electronic monitoring

215 Electronic monitoring requirement

(1) In this Part “electronic monitoring requirement”, in relation to a relevant order,

means a requirement for securing the electronic monitoring of the offender’s

compliance with other requirements imposed by the order during a period

specified in the order, or determined by the responsible officer in accordance

with the relevant order.

(2) Where—

(a) it is proposed to include in a relevant order a requirement for securing

electronic monitoring in accordance with this section, but

(b) there is a person (other than the offender) without whose co-operation

it will not be practicable to secure the monitoring,

the requirement may not be included in the order without that person’s

consent.

(3) A relevant order which includes an electronic monitoring requirement must

include provision for making a person responsible for the monitoring; and a

person who is made so responsible must be of a description specified in an

order made by the Secretary of State.

(4) Where an electronic monitoring requirement is required to take effect during a

period determined by the responsible officer in accordance with the relevant

order, the responsible officer must, before the beginning of that period,

notify— 

(a) the offender,

(b) the person responsible for the monitoring, and

(c) any person falling within subsection (2)(b), 

of the time when the period is to begin.

Provisions applying to relevant orders generally

216 Petty sessions area to be specified in relevant order

(1) A community order or suspended sentence order must specify the petty

sessions area in which the offender resides or will reside.

(2) A custody plus order or an intermittent custody order must specify the petty

sessions area in which the offender will reside—
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(a) in the case of a custody plus order, during the licence period as defined

by section 181(3)(b), or

(b) in the case of an intermittent custody order, during the licence periods

as defined by section 183(3).

217 Requirement to avoid conflict with religious beliefs, etc

(1) The court must ensure, as far as practicable, that any requirement imposed by

a relevant order is such as to avoid—

(a) any conflict with the offender’s religious beliefs or with the

requirements of any other relevant order to which he may be subject;

and

(b) any interference with the times, if any, at which he normally works or

attends school or any other educational establishment.

(2) The responsible officer in relation to an offender to whom a relevant order

relates must ensure, as far as practicable, that any instruction given or

requirement imposed by him in pursuance of the order is such as to avoid the

conflict or interference mentioned in subsection (1).

(3) The Secretary of State may by order provide that subsection (1) or (2) is to have

effect with such additional restrictions as may be specified in the order.

218 Availability of arrangements in local area

(1) A court may not include an unpaid work requirement in a relevant order

unless the court is satisfied that provision for the offender to work under such

a requirement can be made under the arrangements for persons to perform

work under such a requirement which exist in the petty sessions area in which

he resides or will reside.

(2) A court may not include an activity requirement in a relevant order unless the

court is satisfied that provision for the offender to participate in the activities

proposed to be specified in the order can be made under the arrangements for

persons to participate in such activities which exist in the petty sessions area in

which he resides or will reside.

(3) A court may not include an attendance centre requirement in a relevant order

in respect of an offender unless the court has been notified by the Secretary of

State that an attendance centre is available for persons of his description.

(4) A court may not include an electronic monitoring requirement in a relevant

order in respect of an offender unless the court—

(a) has been notified by the Secretary of State that electronic monitoring

arrangements are available in the relevant areas mentioned in

subsections (5) to (7), and

(b) is satisfied that the necessary provision can be made under those

arrangements.

(5) In the case of a relevant order containing a curfew requirement or an exclusion

requirement, the relevant area for the purposes of subsection (4) is the area in

which the place proposed to be specified in the order is situated.

(6) In the case of a relevant order containing an attendance centre requirement, the

relevant area for the purposes of subsection (4) is the area in which the

attendance centre proposed to be specified in the order is situated.
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(7) In the case of any other relevant order, the relevant area for the purposes of

subsection (4) is the petty sessions area proposed to be specified in the order.

(8) In subsection (5) “place”, in relation to an exclusion requirement, has the same

meaning as in section 205.

219 Provision of copies of relevant orders

(1) The court by which any relevant order is made must forthwith provide copies

of the order—

(a) to the offender,

(b) if the offender is aged 18 or over, to an officer of a local probation board

assigned to the court, 

(c) if the offender is aged 16 or 17, to an officer of a local probation board

assigned to the court or to a member of a youth offending team

assigned to the court, and

(d) where the order specifies a petty sessions area for which the court

making the order does not act, to the local probation board acting for

that area.

(2) Where a relevant order imposes any requirement specified in the first column

of Schedule 14, the court by which the order is made must also forthwith

provide the person specified in relation to that requirement in the second

column of that Schedule with a copy of so much of the order as relates to that

requirement.

(3) Where a relevant order specifies a petty sessions area for which the court

making the order does not act, the court making the order must provide to the

magistrates’s court acting for that area—

(a) a copy of the order, and

(b) such documents and information relating to the case as it considers

likely to be of assistance to a court acting for that area in the exercise of

its functions in relation to the order.

220 Duty of offender to keep in touch with responsible officer

(1) An offender in respect of whom a community order or a suspended sentence

order is in force—

(a) must keep in touch with the responsible officer in accordance with such

instructions as he may from time to time be given by that officer, and

(b) must notify him of any change of address.

(2) The obligation imposed by subsection (1) is enforceable as if it were a

requirement imposed by the order.

Powers of Secretary of State

221 Provision of attendance centres

(1) The Secretary of State may continue to provide attendance centres.

(2) In this Part “attendance centre” means a place at which offenders aged under

25 may be required to attend and be given under supervision appropriate

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(a) attendance centre requirements of relevant orders, or

(b) attendance centre orders under section 60 of the Sentencing Act.

(3) For the purpose of providing attendance centres, the Secretary of State may

make arrangements with any local authority or police authority for the use of

premises of that authority.

222 Rules 

(1) The Secretary of State may make rules for regulating—

(a) the supervision of persons who are subject to relevant orders,

(b) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), the functions of

responsible officers in relation to offenders subject to relevant orders,

(c) the arrangements to be made by local probation boards for persons

subject to unpaid work requirements to perform work and the

performance of such work,

(d) the provision and carrying on of attendance centres and community

rehabilitation centres,

(e) the attendance of persons subject to activity requirements or

attendance centre requirements at the places at which they are required

to attend, including hours of attendance, reckoning days of attendance

and the keeping of attendance records,

(f) electronic monitoring in pursuance of an electronic monitoring

requirement, and

(g) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (f), the functions of

persons made responsible for securing electronic monitoring in

pursuance of such a requirement.

(2) Rules under subsection (1)(c) may, in particular, make provision—

(a) limiting the number of hours of work to be done by a person on any one

day,

(b) as to the reckoning of hours worked and the keeping of work records,

and

(c) for the payment of travelling and other expenses in connection with the

performance of work.

223 Power to amend limits

(1) The Secretary of State may by order amend— 

(a) subsection (2) of section 199 (unpaid work requirement), or

(b) subsection (2) of section 204 (curfew requirement),

by substituting, for the maximum number of hours for the time being specified

in that subsection, such other number of hours as may be specified in the order.

(2) The Secretary of State may by order amend any of the provisions mentioned in

subsection (3) by substituting, for any period for the time being specified in the

provision, such other period as may be specified in the order.

(3) Those provisions are—

(a) section 204(3) (curfew requirement);

(b) section 205(2) (exclusion requirement);

(c) section 209(3) (drug rehabilitation requirement);

(d) section 212(4) (alcohol treatment requirement).
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DANGEROUS OFFENDERS

224 Meaning of “specified offence” etc.

(1) An offence is a “specified offence” for the purposes of this Chapter if it is a

specified violent offence or a specified sexual offence.

(2) An offence is a “serious offence” for the purposes of this Chapter if and only

if—

(a) it is a specified offence, and

(b) it is, apart from section 225, punishable in the case of a person aged 18

or over by—

(i) imprisonment for life, or

(ii) imprisonment for a determinate period of ten years or more.

(3) In this Chapter—

“relevant offence” has the meaning given by section 229(4);

“serious harm” means death or serious personal injury, whether physical

or psychological;

“specified violent offence” means an offence specified in Part 1 of

Schedule 15;

“specified sexual offence” means an offence specified in Part 2 of that

Schedule.

225 Life sentence or imprisonment for public protection for serious offences

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a person aged 18 or over is convicted of a serious offence committed

after the commencement of this section, and

(b) the court is of the opinion that there is a significant risk to members of

the public of serious harm occasioned by the commission by him of

further specified offences.

(2) If—

(a) the offence is one in respect of which the offender would apart from this

section be liable to imprisonment for life, and

(b) the court considers that the seriousness of the offence, or of the offence

and one or more offences associated with it, is such as to justify the

imposition of a sentence of imprisonment for life,

the court must impose a sentence of imprisonment for life.

(3) In a case not falling within subsection (2), the court must impose a sentence of

imprisonment for public protection.

(4) A sentence of imprisonment for public protection is a sentence of

imprisonment for an indeterminate period, subject to the provisions of Chapter

2 of Part 2 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c. 43) as to the release of prisoners

and duration of licences.

(5) An offence the sentence for which is imposed under this section is not to be

regarded as an offence the sentence for which is fixed by law.
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226 Detention for life or detention for public protection for serious offences 

committed by those under 18

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a person aged under 18 is convicted of a serious offence committed

after the commencement of this section, and

(b) the court is of the opinion that there is a significant risk to members of

the public of serious harm occasioned by the commission by him of

further specified offences.

(2) If—

(a) the offence is one in respect of which the offender would apart from this

section be liable to a sentence of detention for life under section 91 of

the Sentencing Act, and

(b) the court considers that the seriousness of the offence, or of the offence

and one or more offences associated with it, is such as to justify the

imposition of a sentence of detention for life,

the court must impose a sentence of detention for life under that section.

(3) If, in a case not falling within subsection (2), the court considers that an

extended sentence under section 228 would not be adequate for the purpose of

protecting the public from serious harm occasioned by the commission by the

offender of further specified offences, the court must impose a sentence of

detention for public protection.

(4) A sentence of detention for public protection is a sentence of detention for an

indeterminate period, subject to the provisions of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the

Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c. 43) as to the release of prisoners and duration of

licences.

(5) An offence the sentence for which is imposed under this section is not to be

regarded as an offence the sentence for which is fixed by law.

227 Extended sentence for certain violent or sexual offences: persons 18 or over

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a person aged 18 or over is convicted of a specified offence, other than

a serious offence, committed after the commencement of this section,

and

(b) the court considers that there is a significant risk to members of the

public of serious harm occasioned by the commission by the offender

of further specified offences.

(2) The court must impose on the offender an extended sentence of imprisonment,

that is to say, a sentence of imprisonment the term of which is equal to the

aggregate of—

(a) the appropriate custodial term, and

(b) a further period (“the extension period”) for which the offender is to be

subject to a licence and which is of such length as the court considers

necessary for the purpose of protecting members of the public from

serious harm occasioned by the commission by him of further specified

offences.

(3) In subsection (2) “the appropriate custodial term” means a term of

imprisonment (not exceeding the maximum term permitted for the offence)

which—
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(a) is the term that would (apart from this section) be imposed in

compliance with section 153(2), or

(b) where the term that would be so imposed is a term of less than 12

months, is a term of 12 months.

(4) The extension period must not exceed—

(a) five years in the case of a specified violent offence, and

(b) eight years in the case of a specified sexual offence.

(5) The term of an extended sentence of imprisonment passed under this section

in respect of an offence must not exceed the maximum term permitted for the

offence.

228 Extended sentence for certain violent or sexual offences: persons under 18

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a person aged under 18 is convicted of a specified offence committed

after the commencement of this section, and

(b) the court considers—

(i) that there is a significant risk to members of the public of serious

harm occasioned by the commission by the offender of further

specified offences, and

(ii) where the specified offence is a serious offence, that the case is

not one in which the court is required by section 226(2) to

impose a sentence of detention for life under section 91 of the

Sentencing Act or by section 226(3) to impose a sentence of

detention for public protection.

(2) The court must impose on the offender an extended sentence of detention, that

is to say, a sentence of detention the term of which is equal to the aggregate

of—

(a) the appropriate custodial term, and

(b) a further period (“the extension period”) for which the offender is to be

subject to a licence and which is of such length as the court considers

necessary for the purpose of protecting members of the public from

serious harm occasioned by the commission by him of further specified

offences.

(3) In subsection (2) “the appropriate custodial term” means such term as the court

considers appropriate, which—

(a) must be at least 12 months, and

(b) must not exceed the maximum term of imprisonment permitted for the

offence.

(4) The extension period must not exceed—

(a) five years in the case of a specified violent offence, and

(b) eight years in the case of a specified sexual offence.

(5) The term of an extended sentence of detention passed under this section in

respect of an offence must not exceed the maximum term of imprisonment

permitted for the offence.

(6) Any reference in this section to the maximum term of imprisonment permitted

for an offence is a reference to the maximum term of imprisonment that is,
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apart from section 225, permitted for the offence in the case of a person aged 18

or over.

229 The assessment of dangerousness

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a person has been convicted of a specified offence, and

(b) it falls to a court to assess under any of sections 225 to 228 whether there

is a significant risk to members of the public of serious harm occasioned

by the commission by him of further such offences.

(2) If at the time when that offence was committed the offender had not been

convicted in any part of the United Kingdom of any relevant offence or was

aged under 18, the court in making the assessment referred to in subsection

(1)(b)—

(a) must take into account all such information as is available to it about

the nature and circumstances of the offence, 

(b) may take into account any information which is before it about any

pattern of behaviour of which the offence forms part, and

(c) may take into account any information about the offender which is

before it.

(3) If at the time when that offence was committed the offender was aged 18 or

over and had been convicted in any part of the United Kingdom of one or more

relevant offences, the court must assume that there is such a risk as is

mentioned in subsection (1)(b) unless, after taking into account—

(a) all such information as is available to it about the nature and

circumstances of each of the offences,

(b) where appropriate, any information which is before it about any

pattern of behaviour of which any of the offences forms part, and

(c) any information about the offender which is before it,

the court considers that it would be unreasonable to conclude that there is such

a risk.

(4) In this Chapter “relevant offence” means—

(a) a specified offence,

(b) an offence specified in Schedule 16 (offences under the law of Scotland),

or

(c) an offence specified in Schedule 17 (offences under the law of Northern

Ireland).

230 Imprisonment or detention for public protection: release on licence

Schedule 18 (release of prisoners serving sentences of imprisonment or

detention for public protection) shall have effect.

231 Appeals where previous convictions set aside

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a sentence has been imposed on any person under section 225 or 227,

and
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(b) any previous conviction of his without which the court would not have

been required to make the assumption mentioned in section 229(3) has

been subsequently set aside on appeal.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in section 18 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968

(c. 19), notice of appeal against the sentence may be given at any time within

28 days from the date on which the previous conviction was set aside.

232 Certificates of convictions for purposes of section 229

Where—

(a) on any date after the commencement of this section a person is

convicted in England and Wales of a relevant offence, and

(b) the court by or before which he is so convicted states in open court that

he has been convicted of such an offence on that date, and

(c) that court subsequently certifies that fact,

that certificate shall be evidence, for the purposes of section 229, that he was

convicted of such an offence on that date.

233 Offences under service law

Where—

(a) a person has at any time been convicted of an offence under section 70

of the Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18), section 70 of the Air Force Act

1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19) or section 42 of the Naval Discipline Act 1957

(c. 53), and

(b) the corresponding civil offence (within the meaning of that Act) was a

relevant offence,

section 229 shall have effect as if he had at that time been convicted in England

and Wales of the corresponding civil offence.

234 Determination of day when offence committed

Where an offence is found to have been committed over a period of two or

more days, or at some time during a period of two or more days, it shall be

taken for the purposes of section 229 to have been committed on the last of

those days.

235 Detention under sections 226 and 228

A person sentenced to be detained under section 226 or 228 is liable to be

detained in such place, and under such conditions, as may be determined by

the Secretary of State or by such other person as may be authorised by him for

the purpose.

236 Conversion of sentences of detention into sentences of imprisonment

For section 99 of the Sentencing Act (conversion of sentence of detention and

custody into sentence of imprisonment) there is substituted—
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“Conversion of sentence of detention to sentence of imprisonment

99 Conversion of sentence of detention to sentence of imprisonment

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, where an offender

has been sentenced by a relevant sentence of detention to a term of

detention and either—

(a) he has attained the age of 21, or

(b) he has attained the age of 18 and has been reported to the

Secretary of State by the board of visitors of the institution in

which he is detained as exercising a bad influence on the other

inmates of the institution or as behaving in a disruptive manner

to the detriment of those inmates,

the Secretary of State may direct that he shall be treated as if he had

been sentenced to imprisonment for the same term.

(2) Where the Secretary of State gives a direction under subsection (1)

above in relation to an offender, the portion of the term of detention

imposed under the relevant sentence of detention which he has already

served shall be deemed to have been a portion of a term of

imprisonment.

(3) Where the Secretary of State gives a direction under subsection (1)

above in relation to an offender serving a sentence of detention for

public protection under section 226 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 the

offender shall be treated as if he had been sentenced under section 225

of that Act; and where the Secretary of State gives such a direction in

relation to an offender serving an extended sentence of detention under

section 228 of that Act the offender shall be treated as if he had been

sentenced under section 227 of that Act.

(4) Rules under section 47 of the Prison Act 1952 may provide that any

award for an offence against discipline made in respect of an offender

serving a relevant sentence of detention shall continue to have effect

after a direction under subsection (1) has been given in relation to him.

(5) In this section “relevant sentence of detention” means—

(a) a sentence of detention under section 90 or 91 above,

(b) a sentence of detention for public protection under section 226

of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, or

(c) an extended sentence of detention under section 228 of that

Act.”

CHAPTER 6

RELEASE ON LICENCE

Preliminary

237 Meaning of “fixed-term prisoner”

(1) In this Chapter “fixed-term prisoner” means—

(a) a person serving a sentence of imprisonment for a determinate term, or
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(b) a person serving a determinate sentence of detention under section 91

of the Sentencing Act or under section 228 of this Act.

(2) In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “prisoner” includes a

person serving a sentence falling within subsection (1)(b); and “prison”

includes any place where a person serving such a sentence is liable to be

detained.

Power of court to recommend licence conditions

238 Power of court to recommend licence conditions for certain prisoners

(1) A court which sentences an offender to a term of imprisonment of twelve

months or more in respect of any offence may, when passing sentence,

recommend to the Secretary of State particular conditions which in its view

should be included in any licence granted to the offender under this Chapter

on his release from prison.

(2) In exercising his powers under section 250(4)(b) in respect of an offender, the

Secretary of State must have regard to any recommendation under subsection

(1).

(3) A recommendation under subsection (1) is not to be treated for any purpose as

part of the sentence passed on the offender.

(4) This section does not apply in relation to a sentence of detention under section

91 of the Sentencing Act or section 228 of this Act.

239 The Parole Board

(1) The Parole Board is to continue to be, by that name, a body corporate and as

such is—

(a) to be constituted in accordance with this Chapter, and

(b) to have the functions conferred on it by this Chapter in respect of fixedterm prisoners and by Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Crime (Sentences) Act

1997 (c. 43) (in this Chapter referred to as “the 1997 Act”) in respect of

life prisoners within the meaning of that Chapter.

(2) It is the duty of the Board to advise the Secretary of State with respect to any

matter referred to it by him which is to do with the early release or recall of

prisoners.

(3) The Board must, in dealing with cases as respects which it makes

recommendations under this Chapter or under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the 1997

Act, consider—

(a) any documents given to it by the Secretary of State, and

(b) any other oral or written information obtained by it;

and if in any particular case the Board thinks it necessary to interview the

person to whom the case relates before reaching a decision, the Board may

authorise one of its members to interview him and must consider the report of

the interview made by that member.

(4) The Board must deal with cases as respects which it gives directions under this

Chapter or under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the 1997 Act on consideration of all

such evidence as may be adduced before it.
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(5) Without prejudice to subsections (3) and (4), the Secretary of State may make

rules with respect to the proceedings of the Board, including proceedings

authorising cases to be dealt with by a prescribed number of its members or

requiring cases to be dealt with at prescribed times.

(6) The Secretary of State may also give to the Board directions as to the matters to

be taken into account by it in discharging any functions under this Chapter or

under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the 1997 Act; and in giving any such directions the

Secretary of State must have regard to—

(a) the need to protect the public from serious harm from offenders, and

(b) the desirability of preventing the commission by them of further

offences and of securing their rehabilitation.

(7) Schedule 19 shall have effect with respect to the Board.

Effect of remand in custody

240 Crediting of periods of remand in custody: terms of imprisonment and 

detention

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a court sentences an offender to imprisonment for a term in respect of

an offence committed after the commencement of this section, and

(b) the offender has been remanded in custody (within the meaning given

by section 242) in connection with the offence or a related offence, that

is to say, any other offence the charge for which was founded on the

same facts or evidence.

(2) It is immaterial for that purpose whether the offender—

(a) has also been remanded in custody in connection with other offences;

or

(b) has also been detained in connection with other matters.

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the court must direct that the number of days for

which the offender was remanded in custody in connection with the offence or

a related offence is to count as time served by him as part of the sentence.

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if and to the extent that—

(a) rules made by the Secretary of State so provide in the case of—

(i) a remand in custody which is wholly or partly concurrent with

a sentence of imprisonment, or

(ii) sentences of imprisonment for consecutive terms or for terms

which are wholly or partly concurrent, or

(b) it is in the opinion of the court just in all the circumstances not to give a

direction under that subsection.

(5) Where the court gives a direction under subsection (3), it shall state in open

court—

(a) the number of days for which the offender was remanded in custody,

and

(b) the number of days in relation to which the direction is given.

(6) Where the court does not give a direction under subsection (3), or gives such a

direction in relation to a number of days less than that for which the offender

was remanded in custody, it shall state in open court—
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(a) that its decision is in accordance with rules made under paragraph (a)

of subsection (4), or

(b) that it is of the opinion mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection

and what the circumstances are.

(7) For the purposes of this section a suspended sentence—

(a) is to be treated as a sentence of imprisonment when it takes effect under

paragraph 8(2)(a) or (b) of Schedule 12, and

(b) is to be treated as being imposed by the order under which it takes

effect.

(8) For the purposes of the reference in subsection (3) to the term of imprisonment

to which a person has been sentenced (that is to say, the reference to his

“sentence”), consecutive terms and terms which are wholly or partly

concurrent are to be treated as a single term if—

(a) the sentences were passed on the same occasion, or

(b) where they were passed on different occasions, the person has not been

released under this Chapter at any time during the period beginning

with the first and ending with the last of those occasions.

(9) Where an offence is found to have been committed over a period of two or

more days, or at some time during a period of two or more days, it shall be

taken for the purposes of subsection (1) to have been committed on the last of

those days.

(10) This section applies to a determinate sentence of detention under section 91 of

the Sentencing Act or section 228 of this Act as it applies to an equivalent

sentence of imprisonment.

241 Effect of direction under section 240 on release on licence

(1) In determining for the purposes of this Chapter or Chapter 3 (prison sentences

of less than twelve months) whether a person to whom a direction under

section 240 relates—

(a) has served, or would (but for his release) have served, a particular

proportion of his sentence, or

(b) has served a particular period,

the number of days specified in the direction are to be treated as having been

served by him as part of that sentence or period.

(2) In determining for the purposes of section 183 (intermittent custody) whether

any part of a sentence to which an intermittent custody order relates is a licence

period, the number of custodial days, as defined by subsection (3) of that

section, is to be taken to be reduced by the number of days specified in a

direction under section 240.

242 Interpretation of sections 240 and 241

(1) For the purposes of sections 240 and 241, the definition of “sentence of

imprisonment” in section 305 applies as if for the words from the beginning of

the definition to the end of paragraph (a) there were substituted—

“‘sentence of imprisonment’ does not include a committal—

(a) in default of payment of any sum of money, other than one

adjudged to be paid on a conviction,”;
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and references in those sections to sentencing an offender to imprisonment,

and to an offender’s sentence, are to be read accordingly.

(2) References in sections 240 and 241 to an offender’s being remanded in custody

are references to his being—

(a) remanded in or committed to custody by order of a court,

(b) remanded or committed to local authority accommodation under

section 23 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54) and kept

in secure accommodation or detained in a secure training centre

pursuant to arrangements under subsection (7A) of that section, or

(c) remanded, admitted or removed to hospital under section 35, 36, 38 or

48 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20).

(3) In subsection (2), “secure accommodation” has the same meaning as in section

23 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969.

243 Persons extradited to the United Kingdom

(1) A fixed-term prisoner is an extradited prisoner for the purposes of this section

if—

(a) he was tried for the offence in respect of which his sentence was

imposed—

(i) after having been extradited to the United Kingdom, and

(ii) without having first been restored or had an opportunity of

leaving the United Kingdom, and

(b) he was for any period kept in custody while awaiting his extradition to

the United Kingdom as mentioned in paragraph (a).

(2) In the case of an extradited prisoner, section 240 has effect as if the days for

which he was kept in custody while awaiting extradition were days for which

he was remanded in custody in connection with the offence, or any other

offence the charge for which was founded on the same facts or evidence.

(3) In this section—

“extradited to the United Kingdom” means returned to the United

Kingdom—

(a) in pursuance of extradition arrangements,

(b) under any law of a designated Commonwealth country

corresponding to the Extradition Act 1989 (c. 33),

(c) under that Act as extended to a British overseas territory or

under any corresponding law of a British overseas territory,

(d) in pursuance of a warrant of arrest endorsed in the Republic of

Ireland under the law of that country corresponding to the

Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965 (c. 45), or

(e) in pursuance of arrangements with a foreign state in respect of

which an Order in Council under section 2 of the Extradition

Act 1870 (c. 52) is in force;

“extradition arrangements” has the meaning given by section 3 of the

Extradition Act 1989;

“designated Commonwealth country” has the meaning given by section

5(1) of that Act.
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Release on licence

244 Duty to release prisoners

(1) As soon as a fixed-term prisoner, other than a prisoner to whom section 247

applies, has served the requisite custodial period, it is the duty of the Secretary

of State to release him on licence under this section.

(2) Subsection (1) is subject to section 245.

(3) In this section “the requisite custodial period” means—

(a) in relation to a person serving a sentence of imprisonment for a term of

twelve months or more or any determinate sentence of detention under

section 91 of the Sentencing Act, one-half of his sentence,

(b) in relation to a person serving a sentence of imprisonment for a term of

less than twelve months (other than one to which an intermittent

custody order relates), the custodial period within the meaning of

section 181,

(c) in relation to a person serving a sentence of imprisonment to which an

intermittent custody order relates, any part of the term which is not a

licence period as defined by section 183(3), and

(d) in relation to a person serving two or more concurrent or consecutive

sentences, the period determined under sections 263(2) and 264(2).

245 Restrictions on operation of section 244(1) in relation to intermittent custody 

prisoners

(1) Where an intermittent custody prisoner returns to custody after being

unlawfully at large within the meaning of section 49 of the Prison Act 1952

(c. 52) at any time during the currency of his sentence, section 244(1) does not

apply until—

(a) the relevant time (as defined in subsection (2)), or

(b) if earlier, the date on which he has served in prison the number of

custodial days required by the intermittent custody order.

(2) In subsection (1)(a) “the relevant time” means—

(a) in a case where, within the period of 72 hours beginning with the return

to custody of the intermittent custody prisoner, the Secretary of State or

the responsible officer has applied to the court for the amendment of

the intermittent custody order under paragraph 6(1)(b) of Schedule 10,

the date on which the application is withdrawn or determined, and

(b) in any other case, the end of that 72-hour period.

(3) Section 244(1) does not apply in relation to an intermittent custody prisoner at

any time after he has been recalled under section 254, unless after his recall the

Board has directed his further release on licence.

246 Power to release prisoners on licence before required to do so

(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4), the Secretary of State may—

(a) release on licence under this section a fixed-term prisoner, other than

an intermittent custody prisoner, at any time during the period of 135

days ending with the day on which the prisoner will have served the

requisite custodial period, and
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(b) release on licence under this section an intermittent custody prisoner

when 135 or less of the required custodial days remain to be served.

(2) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply in relation to a prisoner unless—

(a) the length of the requisite custodial period is at least 6 weeks,

(b) he has served—

(i) at least 4 weeks of his sentence, and

(ii) at least one-half of the requisite custodial period.

(3) Subsection (1)(b) does not apply in relation to a prisoner unless—

(a) the number of required custodial days is at least 42, and

(b) the prisoner has served—

(i) at least 28 of those days, and

(ii) at least one-half of the total number of those days.

(4) Subsection (1) does not apply where—

(a) the sentence is imposed under section 227 or 228,

(b) the sentence is for an offence under section 1 of the Prisoners (Return to

Custody) Act 1995 (c. 16),

(c) the prisoner is subject to a hospital order, hospital direction or transfer

direction under section 37, 45A or 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983

(c. 20),

(d) the sentence was imposed by virtue of paragraph 9(1)(b) or (c) or

10(1)(b) or (c) of Schedule 8 in a case where the prisoner has failed to

comply with a curfew requirement of a community order,

(e) the prisoner is subject to the notification requirements of Part 2 of the

Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42),

(f) the prisoner is liable to removal from the United Kingdom, 

(g) the prisoner has been released on licence under this section during the

currency of the sentence, and has been recalled to prison under section

255(1)(a),

(h) the prisoner has been released on licence under section 248 during the

currency of the sentence, and has been recalled to prison under section

254, or

(i) in the case of a prisoner to whom a direction under section 240 relates,

the interval between the date on which the sentence was passed and the

date on which the prisoner will have served the requisite custodial

period is less than 14 days or, where the sentence is one of intermittent

custody, the number of the required custodial days remaining to be

served is less than 14.

(5) The Secretary of State may by order—

(a) amend the number of days for the time being specified in subsection (1)

(a) or (b), (3) or (4)(i),

(b) amend the number of weeks for the time being specified in subsection

(2)(a) or (b)(i), and

(c) amend the fraction for the time being specified in subsection (2)(b)(ii)

or (3)(b)(ii).

(6) In this section—

“the required custodial days”, in relation to an intermittent custody

prisoner, means—

(a) the number of custodial days specified under section 183, or
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(b) in the case of two or more sentences of intermittent custody, the

aggregate of the numbers so specified;

“the requisite custodial period” in relation to a person serving any

sentence other than a sentence of intermittent custody, has the meaning

given by paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of section 244(3);

“sentence of intermittent custody” means a sentence to which an

intermittent custody order relates.

247 Release on licence of prisoner serving extended sentence under section 227 or 

228

(1) This section applies to a prisoner who is serving an extended sentence imposed

under section 227 or 228.

(2) As soon as—

(a) a prisoner to whom this section applies has served one-half of the

appropriate custodial term, and

(b) the Parole Board has directed his release under this section,

it is the duty of the Secretary of State to release him on licence.

(3) The Parole Board may not give a direction under subsection (2) unless the

Board is satisfied that it is no longer necessary for the protection of the public

that the prisoner should be confined.

(4) As soon as a prisoner to whom this section applies has served the appropriate

custodial term, it is the duty of the Secretary of State to release him on licence

unless the prisoner has previously been recalled under section 254.

(5) Where a prisoner to whom this section applies is released on a licence, the

Secretary of State may not by virtue of section 250(4)(b) include, or

subsequently insert, a condition in the licence, or vary or cancel a condition in

the licence, except after consultation with the Board.

(6) For the purposes of subsection (5), the Secretary of State is to be treated as

having consulted the Board about a proposal to include, insert, vary or cancel

a condition in any case if he has consulted the Board about the implementation

of proposals of that description generally or in that class of case.

(7) In this section “the appropriate custodial term” means the period determined

by the court as the appropriate custodial term under section 227 or 228.

248 Power to release prisoners on compassionate grounds

(1) The Secretary of State may at any time release a fixed-term prisoner on licence

if he is satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist which justify the

prisoner’s release on compassionate grounds.

(2) Before releasing under this section a prisoner to whom section 247 applies, the

Secretary of State must consult the Board, unless the circumstances are such as

to render such consultation impracticable.

249 Duration of licence

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), where a fixed-term prisoner is released on

licence, the licence shall, subject to any revocation under section 254 or 255,

remain in force for the remainder of his sentence.
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(2) Where an intermittent custody prisoner is released on licence under section

244, the licence shall, subject to any revocation under section 254, remain in

force—

(a) until the time when he is required to return to prison at the beginning

of the next custodial period of the sentence, or

(b) where it is granted at the end of the last custodial period, for the

remainder of his sentence.

(3) Subsection (1) has effect subject to sections 263(2) (concurrent terms) and 264(3)

and (4) (consecutive terms).

(4) In subsection (2) “custodial period”, in relation to a sentence to which an

intermittent custody order relates, means any period which is not a licence

period as defined by 183(3).

250 Licence conditions

(1) In this section—

(a) “the standard conditions” means such conditions as may be prescribed

for the purposes of this section as standard conditions, and

(b) “prescribed” means prescribed by the Secretary of State by order.

(2) Subject to subsection (6) and section 251, any licence under this Chapter in

respect of a prisoner serving one or more sentences of imprisonment of less

than twelve months and no sentence of twelve months or more—

(a) must include—

(i) the conditions required by the relevant court order, and

(ii) so far as not inconsistent with them, the standard conditions,

and

(b) may also include—

(i) any condition which is authorised by section 62 of the Criminal

Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43) (electronic

monitoring) or section 64 of that Act (drug testing

requirements) and which is compatible with the conditions

required by the relevant court order, and

(ii) such other conditions of a kind prescribed for the purposes of

this paragraph as the Secretary of State may for the time being

consider to be necessary for the protection of the public and

specify in the licence.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(a)(i), any reference in the relevant court

order to the licence period specified in the order is, in relation to a prohibited

activity requirement, exclusion requirement, residence requirement or

supervision requirement, to be taken to include a reference to any other period

during which the prisoner is released on licence under section 246 or 248.

(4) Any licence under this Chapter in respect of a prisoner serving a sentence of

imprisonment for a term of twelve months or more (including such a sentence

imposed under section 227) or any sentence of detention under section 91 of the

Sentencing Act or section 228 of this Act—

(a) must include the standard conditions, and

(b) may include—

(i) any condition authorised by section 62 or 64 of the Criminal

Justice and Court Services Act 2000, and
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(ii) such other conditions of a kind prescribed by the Secretary of

State for the purposes of this paragraph as the Secretary of State

may for the time being specify in the licence.

(5) A licence under section 246 must also include a curfew condition complying

with section 253.

(6) Where— 

(a) a licence under section 246 is granted to a prisoner serving one or more

sentences of imprisonment of less than 12 months and no sentence of 12

months or more, and

(b) the relevant court order requires the licence to be granted subject to a

condition requiring his compliance with a curfew requirement (as

defined by section 204),

that condition is not to be included in the licence at any time while a curfew

condition required by section 253 is in force. 

(7) The preceding provisions of this section have effect subject to section 263(3)

(concurrent terms) and section 264(3) and (4) (consecutive terms).

(8) In exercising his powers to prescribe standard conditions or the other

conditions referred to in subsection (4)(b)(ii), the Secretary of State must have

regard to the following purposes of the supervision of offenders while on

licence under this Chapter—

(a) the protection of the public,

(b) the prevention of re-offending, and

(c) securing the successful re-integration of the prisoner into the

community.

251 Licence conditions on re-release of prisoner serving sentence of less than 12 

months

(1) In relation to any licence under this Chapter which is granted to a prisoner

serving one or more sentences of imprisonment of less than twelve months and

no sentence of twelve months or more on his release in pursuance of a decision

of the Board under section 254 or 256, subsections (2) and (3) apply instead of

section 250(2).

(2) The licence—

(a) must include the standard conditions, and

(b) may include—

(i) any condition authorised by section 62 or 64 of the Criminal

Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43), and

(ii) such other conditions of a kind prescribed by the Secretary of

State for the purposes of section 250(4)(b)(ii) as the Secretary of

State may for the time being specify in the licence.

(3) In exercising his powers under subsection (2)(b)(ii), the Secretary of State must

have regard to the terms of the relevant court order.

(4) In this section “the standard conditions” has the same meaning as in section

250.
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252 Duty to comply with licence conditions

A person subject to a licence under this Chapter must comply with such

conditions as may for the time being be specified in the licence.

253 Curfew condition to be included in licence under section 246

(1) For the purposes of this Chapter, a curfew condition is a condition which—

(a) requires the released person to remain, for periods for the time being

specified in the condition, at a place for the time being so specified

(which may be premises approved by the Secretary of State under

section 9 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43)),

and

(b) includes requirements for securing the electronic monitoring of his

whereabouts during the periods for the time being so specified.

(2) The curfew condition may specify different places or different periods for

different days, but may not specify periods which amount to less than 9 hours

in any one day (excluding for this purpose the first and last days of the period

for which the condition is in force).

(3) The curfew condition is to remain in force until the date when the released

person would (but for his release) fall to be released on licence under section

244.

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply in relation to a released person to whom an

intermittent custody order relates; and in relation to such a person the curfew

condition is to remain in force until the number of days during which it has

been in force is equal to the number of the required custodial days, as defined

in section 246(6), that remained to be served at the time when he was released

under section 246.

(5) The curfew condition must include provision for making a person responsible

for monitoring the released person’s whereabouts during the periods for the

time being specified in the condition; and a person who is made so responsible

shall be of a description specified in an order made by the Secretary of State.

(6) Nothing in this section is to be taken to require the Secretary of State to ensure

that arrangements are made for the electronic monitoring of released persons’

whereabouts in any particular part of England and Wales.

Recall after release

254 Recall of prisoners while on licence

(1) The Secretary of State may, in the case of any prisoner who has been released

on licence under this Chapter, revoke his licence and recall him to prison.

(2) A person recalled to prison under subsection (1)—

(a) may make representations in writing with respect to his recall, and

(b) on his return to prison, must be informed of the reasons for his recall

and of his right to make representations.

(3) The Secretary of State must refer to the Board the case of a person recalled

under subsection (1).
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(4) Where on a reference under subsection (3) relating to any person the Board

recommends his immediate release on licence under this Chapter, the

Secretary of State must give effect to the recommendation.

(5) In the case of an intermittent custody prisoner who has not yet served in prison

the number of custodial days specified in the intermittent custody order, any

recommendation by the Board as to immediate release on licence is to be a

recommendation as to his release on licence until the end of one of the licence

periods specified by virtue of section 183(1)(b) in the intermittent custody

order.

(6) On the revocation of the licence of any person under this section, he shall be

liable to be detained in pursuance of his sentence and, if at large, is to be treated

as being unlawfully at large.

(7) Nothing in subsections (2) to (6) applies in relation to a person recalled under

section 255.

255 Recall of prisoners released early under section 246

(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State, as regards a person released on licence

under section 246—

(a) that he has failed to comply with any condition included in his licence,

or

(b) that his whereabouts can no longer be electronically monitored at the

place for the time being specified in the curfew condition included in

his licence,

the Secretary of State may, if the curfew condition is still in force, revoke the

licence and recall the person to prison under this section.

(2) A person whose licence under section 246 is revoked under this section—

(a) may make representations in writing with respect to the revocation,

and

(b) on his return to prison, must be informed of the reasons for the

revocation and of his right to make representations.

(3) The Secretary of State, after considering any representations under subsection

(2)(b) or any other matters, may cancel a revocation under this section.

(4) Where the revocation of a person’s licence is cancelled under subsection (3), the

person is to be treated for the purposes of section 246 as if he had not been

recalled to prison under this section.

(5) On the revocation of a person’s licence under section 246, he is liable to be

detained in pursuance of his sentence and, if at large, is to be treated as being

unlawfully at large.

256 Further release after recall

(1) Where on a reference under section 254(3) in relation to any person, the Board

does not recommend his immediate release on licence under this Chapter, the

Board must either—

(a) fix a date for the person’s release on licence, or

(b) fix a date as the date for the next review of the person’s case by the

Board.
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(2) Any date fixed under subsection (1)(a) or (b) must not be later than the first

anniversary of the date on which the decision is taken.

(3) The Board need not fix a date under subsection (1)(a) or (b) if the prisoner will

fall to be released unconditionally at any time within the next 12 months.

(4) Where the Board has fixed a date under subsection (1)(a), it is the duty of the

Secretary of State to release him on licence on that date.

(5) On a review required by subsection (1)(b) in relation to any person, the Board

may—

(a) recommend his immediate release on licence, or

(b) fix a date under subsection (1)(a) or (b).

Additional days

257 Additional days for disciplinary offences

(1) Prison rules, that is to say, rules made under section 47 of the Prison Act 1952

(c. 52), may include provision for the award of additional days—

(a) to fixed-term prisoners, or

(b) conditionally on their subsequently becoming such prisoners, to

persons on remand,

who (in either case) are guilty of disciplinary offences.

(2) Where additional days are awarded to a fixed-term prisoner, or to a person on

remand who subsequently becomes such a prisoner, and are not remitted in

accordance with prison rules—

(a) any period which he must serve before becoming entitled to or eligible

for release under this Chapter,

(b) any period which he must serve before he can be removed from prison

under section 260, and

(c) any period for which a licence granted to him under this Chapter

remains in force,

is extended by the aggregate of those additional days.

Fine defaulters and contemnors

258 Early release of fine defaulters and contemnors

(1) This section applies in relation to a person committed to prison—

(a) in default of payment of a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction, or

(b) for contempt of court or any kindred offence.

(2) As soon as a person to whom this section applies has served one-half of the

term for which he was committed, it is the duty of the Secretary of State to

release him unconditionally.

(3) Where a person to whom this section applies is also serving one or more

sentences of imprisonment, nothing in this section requires the Secretary of

State to release him until he is also required to release him in respect of that

sentence or each of those sentences.
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(4) The Secretary of State may at any time release unconditionally a person to

whom this section applies if he is satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist

which justify the person’s release on compassionate grounds.

Persons liable to removal from the United Kingdom

259 Persons liable to removal from the United Kingdom

For the purposes of this Chapter a person is liable to removal from the United

Kingdom if—

(a) he is liable to deportation under section 3(5) of the Immigration Act

1971 (c. 77) and has been notified of a decision to make a deportation

order against him,

(b) he is liable to deportation under section 3(6) of that Act,

(c) he has been notified of a decision to refuse him leave to enter the United

Kingdom, 

(d) he is an illegal entrant within the meaning of section 33(1) of that Act, or

(e) he is liable to removal under section 10 of the Immigration and Asylum

Act 1999 (c. 33).

260 Early removal of prisoners liable to removal from United Kingdom

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), where a fixed-term prisoner is liable to

removal from the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State may remove him

from prison under this section at any time during the period of 135 days ending

with the day on which the prisoner will have served the requisite custodial

period.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a prisoner unless—

(a) the length of the requisite custodial period is at least 6 weeks, and

(b) he has served—

(i) at least 4 weeks of his sentence, and

(ii) at least one-half of the requisite custodial period.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply where—

(a) the sentence is imposed under section 227 or 228,

(b) the sentence is for an offence under section 1 of the Prisoners (Return to

Custody) Act 1995 (c. 16),

(c) the prisoner is subject to a hospital order, hospital direction or transfer

direction under section 37, 45A or 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983

(c. 20),

(d) the prisoner is subject to the notification requirements of Part 2 of the

Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42), or

(e) in the case of a prisoner to whom a direction under section 240 relates,

the interval between the date on which the sentence was passed and the

date on which the prisoner will have served the requisite custodial

period is less than 14 days.

(4) A prisoner removed from prison under this section—

(a) is so removed only for the purpose of enabling the Secretary of State to

remove him from the United Kingdom under powers conferred by— 

(i) Schedule 2 or 3 to the Immigration Act 1971, or
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(ii) section 10 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33), and

(b) so long as remaining in the United Kingdom, remains liable to be

detained in pursuance of his sentence until he has served the requisite

custodial period.

(5) So long as a prisoner removed from prison under this section remains in the

United Kingdom but has not been returned to prison, any duty or power of the

Secretary of State under section 244 or 248 is exercisable in relation to him as if

he were in prison.

(6) The Secretary of State may by order—

(a) amend the number of days for the time being specified in subsection (1)

or (3)(e),

(b) amend the number of weeks for the time being specified in subsection

(2)(a) or (b)(i), and

(c) amend the fraction for the time being specified in subsection (2)(b)(ii).

(7) In this section “the requisite custodial period” has the meaning given by

paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of section 244(3).

261 Re-entry into United Kingdom of offender removed from prison early

(1) This section applies in relation to a person who, after being removed from

prison under section 260, has been removed from the United Kingdom before

he has served the requisite custodial period.

(2) If a person to whom this section applies enters the United Kingdom at any time

before his sentence expiry date, he is liable to be detained in pursuance of his

sentence from the time of his entry into the United Kingdom until whichever

is the earlier of the following—

(a) the end of a period (“the further custodial period”) beginning with that

time and equal in length to the outstanding custodial period, and

(b) his sentence expiry date.

(3) A person who is liable to be detained by virtue of subsection (2) is, if at large,

to be taken for the purposes of section 49 of the Prison Act 1952 (c. 52) (persons

unlawfully at large) to be unlawfully at large.

(4) Subsection (2) does not prevent the further removal from the United Kingdom

of a person falling within that subsection.

(5) Where, in the case of a person returned to prison by virtue of subsection (2), the

further custodial period ends before the sentence expiry date, section 244 has

effect in relation to him as if the reference to the requisite custodial period were

a reference to the further custodial period.

(6) In this section—

“further custodial period” has the meaning given by subsection (2)(a);

“outstanding custodial period”, in relation to a person to whom this

section applies, means the period beginning with the date of his

removal from the United Kingdom and ending with the date on which

he would, but for his removal, have served the requisite custodial

period;

“requisite custodial period” has the meaning given by paragraph (a), (b)

or (d) of section 244(3);
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“sentence expiry date”, in relation to a person to whom this section

applies, means the date on which, but for his removal from the United

Kingdom, he would have ceased to be subject to a licence.

262 Prisoners liable to removal from United Kingdom: modifications of Criminal 

Justice Act 1991

Part 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) (early release of prisoners) shall

(until the coming into force of its repeal by this Act) have effect subject to the

modifications set out in Schedule 20 (which relate to persons liable to removal

from the United Kingdom).

Consecutive or concurrent terms

263 Concurrent terms

(1) This section applies where— 

(a) a person (“the offender”) has been sentenced by any court to two or

more terms of imprisonment which are wholly or partly concurrent,

and

(b) the sentences were passed on the same occasion or, where they were

passed on different occasions, the person has not been released under

this Chapter at any time during the period beginning with the first and

ending with the last of those occasions.

(2) Where this section applies—

(a) nothing in this Chapter requires the Secretary of State to release the

offender in respect of any of the terms unless and until he is required to

release him in respect of each of the others,

(b) section 244 does not authorise the Secretary of State to release him on

licence under that section in respect of any of the terms unless and until

that section authorises the Secretary of State to do so in respect of each

of the others,

(c) on and after his release under this Chapter the offender is to be on

licence for so long, and subject to such conditions, as is required by this

Chapter in respect of any of the sentences.

(3) Where the sentences include one or more sentences of twelve months or more

and one or more sentences of less than twelve months, the terms of the licence

may be determined by the Secretary of State in accordance with section

250(4)(b), without regard to the requirements of any custody plus order or

intermittent custody order.

(4) In this section “term of imprisonment” includes a determinate sentence of

detention under section 91 of the Sentencing Act or under section 228 of this

Act.

264 Consecutive terms

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a person (“the offender”) has been sentenced to two or more terms of

imprisonment which are to be served consecutively on each other, and

(b) the sentences were passed on the same occasion or, where they were

passed on different occasions, the person has not been released under
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this Chapter at any time during the period beginning with the first and

ending with the last of those occasions.

(2) Nothing in this Chapter requires the Secretary of State to release the offender

on licence until he has served a period equal in length to the aggregate of the

length of the custodial periods in relation to each of the terms of imprisonment.

(3) Where any of the terms of imprisonment is a term of twelve months or more,

the offender is, on and after his release under this Chapter, to be on licence—

(a) until he would, but for his release, have served a term equal in length

to the aggregate length of the terms of imprisonment, and

(b) subject to such conditions as are required by this Chapter in respect of

each of those terms of imprisonment.

(4) Where each of the terms of imprisonment is a term of less than twelve months,

the offender is, on and after his release under this Chapter, to be on licence until

the relevant time, and subject to such conditions as are required by this

Chapter in respect of any of the terms of imprisonment, and none of the terms

is to be regarded for any purpose as continuing after the relevant time.

(5) In subsection (4) “the relevant time” means the time when the offender would,

but for his release, have served a term equal in length to the aggregate of—

(a) all the custodial periods in relation to the terms of imprisonment, and

(b) the longest of the licence periods in relation to those terms.

(6) In this section—

(a) “custodial period”—

(i) in relation to an extended sentence imposed under section 227

or 228, means the appropriate custodial term determined under

that section,

(ii) in relation to a term of twelve months or more, means one-half

of the term, and

(iii) in relation to a term of less than twelve months complying with

section 181, means the custodial period as defined by subsection

(3)(a) of that section;

(b) “licence period”, in relation to a term of less than twelve months

complying with section 181, has the meaning given by subsection (3)(b)

of that section.

(7) This section applies to a determinate sentence of detention under section 91 of

the Sentencing Act or under section 228 of this Act as it applies to a term of

imprisonment of 12 months or more.

Restriction on consecutive sentences for released prisoners

265 Restriction on consecutive sentences for released prisoners

(1) A court sentencing a person to a term of imprisonment may not order or direct

that the term is to commence on the expiry of any other sentence of

imprisonment from which he has been released early under this Chapter.

(2) In this section “sentence of imprisonment” includes a sentence of detention

under section 91 of the Sentencing Act or section 228 of this Act, and “term of

imprisonment” is to be read accordingly.
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Drug testing requirements

266 Release on licence etc: drug testing requirements

(1) Section 64 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43) (release on

licence etc: drug testing requirements) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) for paragraph (a) there is substituted—

“(a) the Secretary of State releases from prison a person aged 14 or

over on whom a sentence of imprisonment has been imposed,

(aa) a responsible officer is of the opinion—

(i) that the offender has a propensity to misuse specified

Class A drugs, and

(ii) that the misuse by the offender of any specified Class A

drug caused or contributed to any offence of which he

has been convicted, or is likely to cause or contribute to

the commission of further offences, and”.

(3) After subsection (4) there is inserted—

“(4A) A person under the age of 17 years may not be required by virtue of this

section to provide a sample otherwise than in the presence of an

appropriate adult.”

(4) In subsection (5), after paragraph (e) there is inserted “and

(f) a sentence of detention under section 226 or 228 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003,”.

(5) After subsection (5) there is inserted—

“(6) In this section—

“appropriate adult”, in relation to a person aged under 17,

means—

(a) his parent or guardian or, if he is in the care of a local

authority or voluntary organisation, a person

representing that authority or organisation,

(b) a social worker of a local authority social services

department, or

(c) if no person falling within paragraph (a) or (b) is

available, any responsible person aged 18 or over who is

not a police officer or a person employed by the police;

“responsible officer” means—

(a) in relation to an offender aged under 18, an officer of a

local probation board or a member of a youth offending

team;

(b) in relation to an offender aged 18 or over, an officer of a

local probation board.”

Supplemental

267 Alteration by order of relevant proportion of sentence

The Secretary of State may by order provide that any reference in section

244(3)(a), section 247(2) or section 264(6)(a)(ii) to a particular proportion of a
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prisoner’s sentence is to be read as a reference to such other proportion of a

prisoner’s sentence as may be specified in the order. 

268 Interpretation of Chapter 6

In this Chapter—

“the 1997 Act” means the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c. 43);

“the Board” means the Parole Board;

“fixed-term prisoner” has the meaning given by section 237(1);

“intermittent custody prisoner” means a prisoner serving a sentence of

imprisonment to which an intermittent custody order relates;

“prison” and “prisoner” are to be read in accordance with section 237(2);

“release”, in relation to a prisoner serving a sentence of imprisonment to

which an intermittent custody order relates, includes temporary

release;

“relevant court order”, in relation to a person serving a sentence of

imprisonment to which a custody plus order or intermittent custody

order relates, means that order.

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EFFECT OF LIFE SENTENCE

269 Determination of minimum term in relation to mandatory life sentence

(1) This section applies where after the commencement of this section a court

passes a life sentence in circumstances where the sentence is fixed by law.

(2) The court must, unless it makes an order under subsection (4), order that the

provisions of section 28(5) to (8) of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (referred to

in this Chapter as “the early release provisions”) are to apply to the offender as

soon as he has served the part of his sentence which is specified in the order.

(3) The part of his sentence is to be such as the court considers appropriate taking

into account—

(a) the seriousness of the offence, or of the combination of the offence and

any one or more offences associated with it, and

(b) the effect of any direction which it would have given under section 240

(crediting periods of remand in custody) if it had sentenced him to a

term of imprisonment.

(4) If the offender was 21 or over when he committed the offence and the court is

of the opinion that, because of the seriousness of the offence, or of the

combination of the offence and one or more offences associated with it, no

order should be made under subsection (2), the court must order that the early

release provisions are not to apply to the offender.

(5) In considering under subsection (3) or (4) the seriousness of an offence (or of

the combination of an offence and one or more offences associated with it), the

court must have regard to— 

(a) the general principles set out in Schedule 21, and

(b) any guidelines relating to offences in general which are relevant to the

case and are not incompatible with the provisions of Schedule 21.
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(6) The Secretary of State may by order amend Schedule 21.

(7) Before making an order under subsection (6), the Secretary of State shall

consult the Sentencing Guidelines Council.

270 Duty to give reasons

(1) Any court making an order under subsection (2) or (4) of section 269 must state

in open court, in ordinary language, its reasons for deciding on the order made.

(2) In stating its reasons the court must, in particular—

(a) state which of the starting points in Schedule 21 it has chosen and its

reasons for doing so, and

(b) state its reasons for any departure from that starting point.

271 Appeals

(1) In section 9 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19) (appeal against sentence

following conviction on indictment), after subsection (1) there is inserted—

“(1A) In subsection (1) of this section, the reference to a sentence fixed by law

does not include a reference to an order made under subsection (2) or

(4) of section 269 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 in relation to a life

sentence (as defined in section 277 of that Act) that is fixed by law.”.

(2) In section 8 of the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (c. 20) (right of appeal

from court-martial to Courts-Martial Appeal Court) after subsection (1) there

is inserted—

“(1ZA) In subsection (1) above, the reference to a sentence fixed by law does

not include a reference to an order made under subsection (2) or (4) of

section 269 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 in relation to a life sentence

(as defined in section 277 of that Act) that is fixed by law.”.

272 Review of minimum term on a reference by Attorney General

(1) In section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) (reviews of sentencing)

after subsection (3) there is inserted—

“(3A) Where a reference under this section relates to an order under

subsection (2) of section 269 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003

(determination of minimum term in relation to mandatory life

sentence), the Court of Appeal shall not, in deciding what order under

that section is appropriate for the case, make any allowance for the fact

that the person to whom it relates is being sentenced for a second

time.”.

(2) Each of the following sections (which relate to the review by the Courts-Martial

Appeal Court of sentences passed by courts-martial)—

(a) section 113C of the Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18),

(b) section 113C of the Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19), and

(c) section 71AC of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53),

is amended as follows.

(3) After subsection (3) there is inserted—
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“(3A) Where a reference under this section relates to an order under

subsection (2) of section 269 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003

(determination of minimum term in relation to mandatory life

sentence), the Courts-Martial Appeal Court shall not, in deciding what

order under that section is appropriate for the case, make any

allowance for the fact that the person to whom it relates is being

sentenced for a second time.”.

273 Life prisoners transferred to England and Wales

(1) The Secretary of State must refer the case of any transferred life prisoner to the

High Court for the making of one or more relevant orders.

(2) In subsection (1) “transferred life prisoner” means a person—

(a) on whom a court in a country or territory outside the British Islands has

imposed one or more sentences of imprisonment or detention for an

indeterminate period, and

(b) who has been transferred to England and Wales after the

commencement of this section in pursuance of—

(i) an order made by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the

Colonial Prisoners Removal Act 1884 (c. 31), or

(ii) a warrant issued by the Secretary of State under the

Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984 (c. 47),

there to serve his sentence or sentences or the remainder of his sentence

or sentences.

(3) In subsection (1) “a relevant order” means—

(a) in the case of an offence which appears to the court to be an offence for

which, if it had been committed in England and Wales, the sentence

would have been fixed by law, an order under subsection (2) or (4) of

section 269, and

(b) in any other case, an order under subsection (2) or (4) of section 82A of

the Sentencing Act.

(4) In section 34(1) of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c. 43) (meaning of “life

prisoner” in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of that Act) at the end there is inserted “and

includes a transferred life prisoner as defined by section 273 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003”.

274 Further provisions about references relating to transferred life prisoners

(1) A reference to the High Court under section 273 is to be determined by a single

judge of that court without an oral hearing.

(2) In relation to a reference under that section, any reference to “the court” in

subsections (2) to (5) of section 269, in Schedule 21 or in section 82A(2) to (4) of

the Sentencing Act is to be read as a reference to the High Court.

(3) A person in respect of whom a reference has been made under section 273 may

with the leave of the Court of Appeal appeal to the Court of Appeal against the

decision of the High Court on the reference.

(4) Section 1(1) of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 (c. 65) (appeal to House

of Lords from decision of High Court in a criminal cause or matter) and section

18(1)(a) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) (exclusion of appeal from High
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Court to Court of Appeal in a criminal cause or matter) do not apply in relation

to a decision to which subsection (3) applies.

(5) The jurisdiction conferred on the Court of Appeal by subsection (3) is to be

exercised by the criminal division of that court.

(6) Section 33(3) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19) (limitation on appeal from

criminal division of Court of Appeal) does not prevent an appeal to the House

of Lords under this section.

(7) In relation to appeals to the Court of Appeal or the House of Lords under this

section, the Secretary of State may make an order containing provision

corresponding to any provision in the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (subject to any

specified modifications).

275 Duty to release certain life prisoners

(1) Section 28 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c. 43) (duty to release certain life

prisoners) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (1A) there is substituted—

“(1A) This section applies to a life prisoner in respect of whom a minimum

term order has been made; and any reference in this section to the

relevant part of such a prisoner’s sentence is a reference to the part of

the sentence specified in the order.”

(3) In subsection (1B)(a)—

(a) for the words from the beginning to “applies” there is substituted “this

section does not apply to him”, and

(b) for the words from “such an order” to “appropriate stage” there is

substituted “a minimum term order has been made in respect of each of

those sentences”.

(4) After subsection (8) there is inserted—

“(8A) In this section “minimum term order” means an order under—

(a) subsection (2) of section 82A of the Powers of Criminal Courts

(Sentencing) Act 2000 (determination of minimum term in

respect of life sentence that is not fixed by law), or

(b) subsection (2) of section 269 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003

(determination of minimum term in respect of mandatory life

sentence).”.

276 Mandatory life sentences: transitional cases

Schedule 22 (which relates to the effect in transitional cases of mandatory life

sentences) shall have effect.

277 Interpretation of Chapter 7

In this Chapter—

“court” includes a court-martial;

“guidelines” has the same meaning as in section 172(1);

“life sentence” means—

(a) a sentence of imprisonment for life,
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(b) a sentence of detention during Her Majesty’s pleasure, or

(c) a sentence of custody for life passed before the commencement

of section 61(1) of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act

2000 (c. 43) (which abolishes that sentence).

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OTHER PROVISIONS ABOUT SENTENCING

Deferment of sentence

278 Deferment of sentence

Schedule 23 (deferment of sentence) shall have effect.

Power to include drug treatment and testing requirement in certain orders in respect of young 

offenders

279 Drug treatment and testing requirement in action plan order or supervision 

order

Schedule 24 (which enables a requirement as to drug treatment and testing to

be included in an action plan order or a supervision order) shall have effect.

Alteration of penalties for offences

280 Alteration of penalties for specified summary offences

(1) The summary offences listed in Schedule 25 are no longer punishable with

imprisonment.

(2) Schedule 26 (which contains amendments increasing the maximum term of

imprisonment for certain summary offences from 4 months or less to 51 weeks)

shall have effect.

(3) This section does not affect the penalty for any offence committed before the

commencement of this section.

281 Alteration of penalties for other summary offences

(1) Subsection (2) applies to any summary offence which—

(a) is an offence under a relevant enactment,

(b) is punishable with a maximum term of imprisonment of five months or

less, and

(c) is not listed in Schedule 25 or Schedule 26.

(2) The Secretary of State may by order amend any relevant enactment so as to—

(a) provide that any summary offence to which this subsection applies is

no longer punishable with imprisonment, or

(b) increase to 51 weeks the maximum term of imprisonment to which a

person is liable on conviction of the offence.
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(3) An order under subsection (2) may make such supplementary, incidental or

consequential provision as the Secretary of State considers necessary or

expedient, including provision amending any relevant enactment.

(4) Subsection (5) applies to any summary offence which—

(a) is an offence under a relevant enactment, and

(b) is punishable with a maximum term of imprisonment of six months.

(5) The maximum term of imprisonment to which a person is liable on conviction

of an offence to which this subsection applies is, by virtue of this subsection, 51

weeks (and the relevant enactment in question is to be read as if it had been

amended accordingly).

(6) Neither of the following—

(a) an order under subsection (2), or

(b) subsection (5),

affects the penalty for any offence committed before the commencement of that

order or subsection (as the case may be).

(7) In this section and section 282 “relevant enactment” means any enactment

contained in—

(a) an Act passed before or in the same Session as this Act, or

(b) any subordinate legislation made before the passing of this Act.

(8) In subsection (7) “subordinate legislation” has the same meaning as in the

Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30).

282 Increase in maximum term that may be imposed on summary conviction of 

offence triable either way

(1) In section 32 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) (penalties on summary

conviction for offences triable either way) in subsection (1) (offences listed in

Schedule 1 to that Act) for “not exceeding 6 months” there is substituted “not

exceeding 12 months”.

(2) Subsection (3) applies to any offence triable either way which—

(a) is an offence under a relevant enactment,

(b) is punishable with imprisonment on summary conviction, and

(c) is not listed in Schedule 1 to the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.

(3) The maximum term of imprisonment to which a person is liable on summary

conviction of an offence to which this subsection applies is by virtue of this

subsection 12 months (and the relevant enactment in question is to be read as

if it had been amended accordingly).

(4) Nothing in this section affects the penalty for any offence committed before the

commencement of this section.

283 Enabling powers: power to alter maximum penalties

(1) The Secretary of State may by order, in accordance with subsection (2) or (3),

amend any relevant enactment which confers a power (however framed or

worded) by subordinate legislation to make a person—

(a) as regards a summary offence, liable on conviction to a term of

imprisonment;
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(b) as regards an offence triable either way, liable on summary conviction

to a term of imprisonment.

(2) An order made by virtue of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) may amend the

relevant enactment in question so as to—

(a) restrict the power so that a person may no longer be made liable on

conviction of a summary offence to a term of imprisonment, or

(b) increase to 51 weeks the maximum term of imprisonment to which a

person may be made liable on conviction of a summary offence under

the power.

(3) An order made by virtue of paragraph (b) of that subsection may amend the

relevant enactment in question so as to increase the maximum term of

imprisonment to which a person may be made liable on summary conviction

of an offence under the power to 12 months.

(4) Schedule 27 (which amends the maximum penalties which may be imposed by

virtue of certain enabling powers) shall have effect.

(5) The power conferred by subsection (1) shall not apply to the enactments

amended under Schedule 27.

(6) An order under subsection (1) may make such supplementary, incidental or

consequential provision as the Secretary of State considers necessary or

expedient, including provision amending any relevant enactment.

(7) None of the following—

(a) an order under subsection (1), or

(b) Schedule 27,

affects the penalty for any offence committed before the commencement of that

order or Schedule (as the case may be).

(8) In subsection (1) “subordinate legislation” has the same meaning as in the

Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30).

(9) In this section “relevant enactment” means any enactment contained in an Act

passed before or in the same Session as this Act.

284 Increase in penalties for drug-related offences

(1) Schedule 28 (increase in penalties for certain drug-related offences) shall have

effect.

(2) That Schedule does not affect the penalty for any offence committed before the

commencement of that Schedule.

285 Increase in penalties for certain driving-related offences

(1) In section 12A of the Theft Act 1968 (c. 60) (aggravated vehicle-taking), in

subsection (4), for “five years” there is substituted “fourteen years”.

(2) Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53) (prosecution

and punishment of offences) is amended in accordance with subsections (3)

and (4).

(3) In the entry relating to section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) (causing

death by dangerous driving), in column 4, for “10 years” there is substituted

“14 years”.
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(4) In the entry relating to section 3A of that Act (causing death by careless driving

when under influence of drink or drugs), in column 4, for “10 years” there is

substituted “14 years”.

(5) Part I of Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order

1996 (S.I. 1996/1320 (N.I. 10)) (prosecution and punishment of offences) is

amended in accordance with subsections (6) and (7).

(6) In the entry relating to Article 9 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order

1995 (S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18)) (causing death or grievous bodily injury by

dangerous driving), in column 4, for “10 years” there is substituted “14 years”.

(7) In the entry relating to Article 14 of that Order (causing death or grievous

bodily injury by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs),

in column 4, for “10 years” there is substituted “14 years”.

(8) This section does not affect the penalty for any offence committed before the

commencement of this section.

286 Increase in penalties for offences under section 174 of Road Traffic Act 1988

(1) In Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53)

(prosecution and punishment of offences), in the entry relating to section 174

of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) (false statements and withholding material

information), for columns (3) and (4) there is substituted—

(2) Section 282(3) (increase in maximum term that may be imposed on summary

conviction of offence triable either way) has effect in relation to the entry

amended by subsection (1) as it has effect in relation to any other enactment

contained in an Act passed before this Act.

(3) This section does not apply in relation to any offence committed before the

commencement of this section.

Firearms offences

287 Minimum sentence for certain firearms offences

After section 51 of the Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27) there is inserted the following

section—

“51A Minimum sentence for certain offences under s. 5

(1) This section applies where—

"(a) Summarily (a) 6 months

or the

statutory

maximum

or both

(b) On

indictment

(b) 2 years or a

fine or

both.”
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(a) an individual is convicted of—

(i) an offence under section 5(1)(a), (ab), (aba), (ac), (ad),

(ae), (af) or (c) of this Act, or

(ii) an offence under section 5(1A)(a) of this Act, and

(b) the offence was committed after the commencement of this

section and at a time when he was aged 16 or over.

(2) The court shall impose an appropriate custodial sentence (or order for

detention) for a term of at least the required minimum term (with or

without a fine) unless the court is of the opinion that there are

exceptional circumstances relating to the offence or to the offender

which justify its not doing so.

(3) Where an offence is found to have been committed over a period of two

or more days, or at some time during a period of two or more days, it

shall be taken for the purposes of this section to have been committed

on the last of those days.

(4) In this section “appropriate custodial sentence (or order for detention)”

means—

(a) in relation to England and Wales—

(i) in the case of an offender who is aged 18 or over when

convicted, a sentence of imprisonment, and

(ii) in the case of an offender who is aged under 18 at that

time, a sentence of detention under section 91 of the

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000;

(b) in relation to Scotland—

(i) in the case of an offender who is aged 21 or over when

convicted, a sentence of imprisonment,

(ii) in the case of an offender who is aged under 21 at that

time (not being an offender mentioned in sub-paragraph

(iii)), a sentence of detention under section 207 of the

Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, and

(iii) in the case of an offender who is aged under 18 at that

time and is subject to a supervision requirement, an

order for detention under section 44, or sentence of

detention under section 208, of that Act.

(5) In this section “the required minimum term” means—

(a) in relation to England and Wales—

(i) in the case of an offender who was aged 18 or over when

he committed the offence, five years, and

(ii) in the case of an offender who was under 18 at that time,

three years, and

(b) in relation to Scotland—

(i) in the case of an offender who was aged 21 or over when

he committed the offence, five years, and

(ii) in the case of an offender who was aged under 21 at that

time, three years.”

288 Certain firearms offences to be triable only on indictment

In Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27) (prosecution and

punishment of offences) for the entries relating to offences under section 5(1)
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(possessing or distributing prohibited weapons or ammunition) and section

5(1A) (possessing or distributing other prohibited weapons) there is

substituted—

289 Power to sentence young offender to detention in respect of certain firearms 

offences: England and Wales

(1) Section 91 of the Sentencing Act (offenders under 18 convicted of certain

serious offences: power to detain for specified period) is amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (1) there is inserted—

“(1A) Subsection (3) below also applies where—

(a) a person aged under 18 is convicted on indictment of an

offence— 

(i) under subsection (1)(a), (ab), (aba), (ac), (ad), (ae), (af) or

(c) of section 5 of the Firearms Act 1968 (prohibited

weapons), or

(ii) under subsection (1A)(a) of that section,

(b) the offence was committed after the commencement of section

51A of that Act and at a time when he was aged 16 or over, and

“Section

5(1)(a), (ab),

(aba), (ac),

(ad), (ae), (af)

or (c)

Possessing or

distributing

prohibited

weapons or

ammunition.

On indictment 10 years or a

fine, or both.

Section 5(1)(b) Possessing or

distributing

prohibited

weapon

designed for

discharge of

noxious liquid

etc.

 (a) Summary 6 months or a

fine of the

statutory

maximum, or

both.

(b) On indictment 10 years or a

fine or both.

Section

5(1A)(a)

Possessing or

distributing

firearm

disguised as

other object.

On indictment 10 years or a

fine, or both.

Section

5(1A)(b), (c),

(d), (e), (f) or

(g)

Possessing or

distributing

other

prohibited

weapons.

(a) Summary 6 months or a

fine of the

statutory

maximum, or

both.

(b) On indictment 10 years or a

fine, or both.”
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(c) the court is of the opinion mentioned in section 51A(2) of that

Act (exceptional circumstances which justify its not imposing

required custodial sentence).”

(3) After subsection (4) there is inserted—

“(5) Where subsection (2) of section 51A of the Firearms Act 1968 requires

the imposition of a sentence of detention under this section for a term

of at least the required minimum term (within the meaning of that

section), the court shall sentence the offender to be detained for such

period, of at least that term but not exceeding the maximum term of

imprisonment with which the offence is punishable in the case of a

person aged 18 or over, as may be specified in the sentence.”.

290 Power to sentence young offender to detention in respect of certain firearms 

offences: Scotland

(1) The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 49(3) (children’s hearing for purpose of obtaining advice as to

treatment of child), at the end there is added “except that where the

circumstances are such as are mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section

51A(1) of the Firearms Act 1968 it shall itself dispose of the case”.

(3) In section 208 (detention of children convicted on indictment), the existing

provisions become subsection (1); and after that subsection there is added—

“(2) Subsection (1) does not apply where the circumstances are such as are

mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 51A(1) of the Firearms

Act 1968.”.

291 Power by order to exclude application of minimum sentence to those under 18

(1) The Secretary of State may by order—

(a) amend section 51A(1)(b) of the Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27) by substituting

for the word “16” the word “18”,

(b) repeal section 91(1A)(c) and (5) of the Sentencing Act,

(c) amend subsection (3) of section 49 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland)

Act 1995 by repealing the exception to that subsection,

(d) repeal section 208(2) of that Act, and

(e) make such other provision as he considers necessary or expedient in

consequence of, or in connection with, the provision made by virtue of

paragraphs (a) to (d).

(2) The provision that may be made by virtue of subsection (1 )(e) includes, in

particular, provision amending or repealing any provision of an Act

(whenever passed), including any provision of this Act.

292 Sentencing for firearms offences in Northern Ireland

Schedule 29 (which contains amendments of the Firearms (Northern Ireland)

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293 Increase in penalty for offences relating to importation or exportation of 

certain firearms

(1) The Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 50 (penalty for improper importation of goods), for subsection (5A)

there is substituted—

“(5A) In the case of—

(a) an offence under subsection (2) or (3) above committed in Great

Britain in connection with a prohibition or restriction on the

importation of any weapon or ammunition that is of a kind

mentioned in section 5(1)(a), (ab), (aba), (ac), (ad), (ae), (af) or (c)

or (1A)(a) of the Firearms Act 1968, 

(b) any such offence committed in Northern Ireland in connection

with a prohibition or restriction on the importation of any

weapon or ammunition that is of a kind mentioned in Article

6(1)(a), (ab), (ac), (ad), (ae) or (c) or (1A)(a) of the Firearms

(Northern Ireland) Order 1981, or

(c) any such offence committed in connection with the prohibition

contained in section 20 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act

1981,

subsection (4)(b) above shall have effect as if for the words “7 years”

there were substituted the words “10 years”.”

(3) In section 68 (offences in relation to exportation of prohibited or restricted

goods) for subsection (4A) there is substituted—

“(4A) In the case of—

(a) an offence under subsection (2) or (3) above committed in Great

Britain in connection with a prohibition or restriction on the

exportation of any weapon or ammunition that is of a kind

mentioned in section 5(1)(a), (ab), (aba), (ac), (ad), (ae), (af) or (c)

or (1A)(a) of the Firearms Act 1968, 

(b) any such offence committed in Northern Ireland in connection

with a prohibition or restriction on the exportation of any

weapon or ammunition that is of a kind mentioned in Article

6(1)(a), (ab), (ac), (ad), (ae) or (c) or (1A)(a) of the Firearms

(Northern Ireland) Order 1981, or

(c) any such offence committed in connection with the prohibition

contained in section 21 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act

1981,

subsection (3)(b) above shall have effect as if for the words “7 years”

there were substituted the words “10 years”.”

(4) In section 170 (penalty for fraudulent evasion of duty, etc), for subsection (4A)

there is substituted—

“(4A) In the case of—

(a) an offence under subsection (2) or (3) above committed in Great

Britain in connection with a prohibition or restriction on the

importation or exportation of any weapon or ammunition that

is of a kind mentioned in section 5(1)(a), (ab), (aba), (ac), (ad),

(ae), (af) or (c) or (1A)(a) of the Firearms Act 1968, 

(b) any such offence committed in Northern Ireland in connection

with a prohibition or restriction on the importation or
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exportation of any weapon or ammunition that is of a kind

mentioned in Article 6(1)(a), (ab), (ac), (ad), (ae) or (c) or (1A)(a)

of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, or

(c) any such offence committed in connection with the prohibitions

contained in sections 20 and 21 of the Forgery and

Counterfeiting Act 1981,

subsection (3)(b) above shall have effect as if for the words “7 years”

there were substituted the words “10 years”.”

(5) This section does not affect the penalty for any offence committed before the

commencement of this section.

Offenders transferred to mental hospital

294 Duration of directions under Mental Health Act 1983 in relation to offenders

(1) Section 50 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20) (further provisions as to

prisoners under sentence) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for “the expiration of that person’s sentence” there is

substituted “his release date”.

(3) For subsections (2) and (3) there is substituted—

“(2) A restriction direction in the case of a person serving a sentence of

imprisonment shall cease to have effect, if it has not previously done so,

on his release date.

(3) In this section, references to a person’s release date are to the day (if

any) on which he would be entitled to be released (whether

unconditionally or on licence) from any prison or other institution in

which he might have been detained if the transfer direction had not

been given; and in determining that day there shall be disregarded—

(a) any powers that would be exercisable by the Parole Board if he

were detained in such a prison or other institution, and

(b) any practice of the Secretary of State in relation to the early

release under discretionary powers of persons detained in such

a prison or other institution.”.

295 Access to Parole Board for certain patients serving prison sentences

In section 74 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (restricted patients subject to

restriction directions) after subsection (5) there is inserted—

“(5A) Where the tribunal have made a recommendation under subsection

(1)(b) above in the case of a patient who is subject to a restriction

direction or a limitation direction— 

(a) the fact that the restriction direction or limitation direction

remains in force does not prevent the making of any application

or reference to the Parole Board by or in respect of him or the

exercise by him of any power to require the Secretary of State to

refer his case to the Parole Board, and

(b) if the Parole Board make a direction or recommendation by

virtue of which the patient would become entitled to be

released (whether unconditionally or on licence) from any
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prison or other institution in which he might have been

detained if he had not been removed to hospital, the restriction

direction or limitation direction shall cease to have effect at the

time when he would become entitled to be so released.”

296 Duration of directions under Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 in 

relation to offenders

(1) Article 56 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/

595 (N.I. 4)) (further provisions as to prisoners under sentence) is amended as

follows.

(2) In paragraph (1), for “the expiration of that person’s sentence” there is

substituted “his release date”.

(3) For paragraphs (2) and (3) there is substituted—

“(2) A restriction direction in the case of a person serving a sentence of

imprisonment shall cease to have effect, if it has not previously done so,

on his release date.

(3) In this Article, references to a person’s release date are to the day (if

any) on which he would be entitled to be released (whether

unconditionally or on licence) from any prison or juvenile justice centre

in which he might have been detained if the transfer direction had not

been given; and in determining that day any powers that would be

exercisable by the Sentence Review Commissioners or the Life Sentence

Review Commissioners if he were detained in such a prison or juvenile

justice centre shall be disregarded.”

297 Access to Sentence Review Commissioners and Life Sentence Review 

Commissioners for certain Northern Ireland patients

In Article 79 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (restricted

patients subject to restriction directions) after paragraph (5) there is inserted—

“(5A) Where the tribunal have made a recommendation under paragraph

(1)(b) in the case of a patient who is subject to a restriction direction—

(a) the fact that the restriction direction remains in force does not

prevent—

(i) the making of any application or reference to the Life

Sentence Review Commissioners by or in respect of him

or the exercise by him of any power to require the

Secretary of State to refer his case to those

Commissioners, or

(ii) the making of any application by him to the Sentence

Review Commissioners, and

(b) if—

(i) the Life Sentence Review Commissioners give a

direction by virtue of which the patient would become

entitled to be released (whether unconditionally or on

licence) from any prison or juvenile justice centre in

which he might have been detained if the transfer

direction had not been given, or
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(ii) the Sentence Review Commissioners grant a declaration

by virtue of which he would become so entitled,

the restriction direction shall cease to have effect at the time at

which he would become so entitled.”.

Term of detention and training order

298 Term of detention and training order

(1) Section 101 of the Sentencing Act (which relates to detention and training

orders) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for “subsection (2)” there is substituted “subsections (2) and

(2A)”.

(3) After subsection (2) there is inserted—

“(2A) Where—

(a) the offence is a summary offence,

(b) the maximum term of imprisonment that a court could (in the

case of an offender aged 18 or over) impose for the offence is 51

weeks,

the term of a detention and training order may not exceed 6 months.”

Disqualification from working with children

299 Disqualification from working with children

Schedule 30 (which contains amendments of Part 2 of the Criminal Justice and

Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43) relating to disqualification orders under that

Part) shall have effect.

Fine defaulters

300 Power to impose unpaid work requirement or curfew requirement on fine 

defaulter

(1) Subsection (2) applies in any case where, in respect of a person aged 16 or over,

a magistrates’ court—

(a) has power under Part 3 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) to

issue a warrant of commitment for default in paying a sum adjudged to

be paid by a conviction (other than a sum ordered to be paid under

section 6 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)), or

(b) would, but for section 89 of the Sentencing Act (restrictions on custodial

sentences for persons under 18), have power to issue such a warrant for

such default.

(2) The magistrates’ court may, instead of issuing a warrant of commitment or, as

the case may be, proceeding under section 81 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act

1980 (enforcement of fines imposed on young offender), order the person in

default to comply with—

(a) an unpaid work requirement (as defined by section 199), or

(b) a curfew requirement (as defined by section 204).
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(3) In this Part “default order” means an order under subsection (2).

(4) Subsections (3) and (4) of section 177 (which relate to electronic monitoring)

have effect in relation to a default order as they have effect in relation to a

community order.

(5) Where a magistrates’ court has power to make a default order, it may, if it

thinks it expedient to do so, postpone the making of the order until such time

and on such conditions (if any) as it thinks just.

(6) Schedule 8 (breach, revocation or amendment of community order), Schedule

9 (transfer of community orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland) and Chapter

4 (further provisions about orders under Chapters 2 and 3) have effect in

relation to default orders as they have effect in relation to community orders,

but subject to the modifications contained in Schedule 31.

(7) Where a default order has been made for default in paying any sum—

(a) on payment of the whole sum to any person authorised to receive it, the

order shall cease to have effect, and

(b) on payment of a part of the sum to any such person, the total number

of hours or days to which the order relates is to be taken to be reduced

by a proportion corresponding to that which the part paid bears to the

whole sum.

(8) In calculating any reduction required by subsection (7)(b), any fraction of a day

or hour is to be disregarded.

301 Fine defaulters: driving disqualification

(1) Subsection (2) applies in any case where a magistrates’ court—

(a) has power under Part 3 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) to

issue a warrant of commitment for default in paying a sum adjudged to

be paid by a conviction (other than a sum ordered to be paid under

section 6 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)), or

(b) would, but for section 89 of the Sentencing Act (restrictions on custodial

sentences for persons under 18), have power to issue such a warrant for

such default.

(2) The magistrates’ court may, instead of issuing a warrant of commitment or, as

the case may be, proceeding under section 81 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act

1980 (enforcement of fines imposed on young offenders), order the person in

default to be disqualified, for such period not exceeding twelve months as it

thinks fit, for holding or obtaining a driving licence.

(3) Where an order has been made under subsection (2) for default in paying any

sum—

(a) on payment of the whole sum to any person authorised to receive it, the

order shall cease to have effect, and

(b) on payment of part of the sum to any such person, the total number of

weeks or months to which the order relates is to be taken to be reduced

by a proportion corresponding to that which the part paid bears to the

whole sum.

(4) In calculating any reduction required by subsection (3)(b) any fraction of a

week or month is to be disregarded.
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(5) The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (2) by substituting, for

the period there specified, such other period as may be specified in the order.

(6) A court which makes an order under this section disqualifying a person for

holding or obtaining a driving licence shall require him to produce—

(a) any such licence held by him together with its counterpart; or

(b) in the case where he holds a Community licence (within the meaning of

Part 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52)), his Community licence and

its counterpart (if any).

(7) In this section—

“driving licence” means a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under

Part 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988;

“counterpart”—

(a) in relation to a driving licence, has the meaning given in relation

to such a licence by section 108(1) of that Act; and

(b) in relation to a Community licence, has the meaning given by

section 99B of that Act.

CHAPTER 9

SUPPLEMENTARY

302 Execution of process between England and Wales and Scotland

Section 4 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Process) Act 1881 (c. 24) (execution of

process of English and Welsh courts in Scotland) applies to any process issued

by a magistrates’ court under—

paragraph 7(2) or (4), 13(6) or 25(1) of Schedule 8,

paragraph 12 of Schedule 9, 

paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 10, or

paragraph 6(2) or (4), 12(1) or 20(1) of Schedule 12,

as it applies to process issued under the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1 980 by a

magistrates’ court.

303 Sentencing: repeals

The following enactments (which are superseded by the provisions of this Part)

shall cease to have effect—

(a) Part 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) (early release of prisoners),

(b) in the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c. 43)—

(i) section 29 (power of Secretary of State to release life prisoners to

whom section 28 of that Act does not apply),

(ii) section 33 (transferred prisoners), and

(iii) sections 35 and 40 (fine defaulters),

(c) sections 80 and 81 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)

(sentencing guidelines), and

(d) in the Sentencing Act—

(i) Chapter 3 of Part 4 (community orders available only where

offender 16 or over),

(ii) section 85 (sexual or violent offences: extension of custodial

term for licence purposes),
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(iii) sections 87 and 88 (remand in custody),

(iv) section 109 (life sentence for second serious offence), and

(v) Chapter 5 of Part 5 (suspended sentences).

304 Amendments relating to sentencing

Schedule 32 (which contains amendments related to the provisions of this Part)

shall have effect.

305 Interpretation of Part 12

(1) In this Part, except where the contrary intention appears—

“accredited programme” has the meaning given by section 202(2);

“activity requirement”, in relation to a community order, custody plus

order, intermittent custody order or suspended sentence order, has the

meaning given by section 201;

“alcohol treatment requirement”, in relation to a community order or

suspended sentence order, has the meaning given by section 212;

“the appropriate officer of the court” means, in relation to a magistrates’

court, the clerk of the court;

“associated”, in relation to offences, is to be read in accordance with

section 161(1) of the Sentencing Act;

“attendance centre” has the meaning given by section 221(2);

“attendance centre requirement”, in relation to a community order,

custody plus order, intermittent custody order or suspended sentence

order, has the meaning given by section 214;

“community order” has the meaning given by section 177(1);

“community requirement”, in relation to a suspended sentence order, has

the meaning given by section 189(7);

“community sentence” has the meaning given by section 147(1);

“court” (without more), except in Chapter 7, does not include a service

court;

“curfew requirement”, in relation to a community order, custody plus

order, intermittent custody order or suspended sentence order, has the

meaning given by section 204;

“custodial sentence” has the meaning given by section 76 of the

Sentencing Act;

“custody plus order” has the meaning given by section 181(4);

“default order” has the meaning given by section 300(3);

“drug rehabilitation requirement”, in relation to a community order or

suspended sentence order, has the meaning given by section 209;

“electronic monitoring requirement”, in relation to a community order,

custody plus order, intermittent custody order or suspended sentence

order, has the meaning given by section 215;

“exclusion requirement”, in relation to a community order, custody plus

order, intermittent custody order or suspended sentence order, has the

meaning given by section 205;

“guardian” has the same meaning as in the Children and Young Persons

Act 1933 (c. 12);

“intermittent custody order” has the meaning given by section 183(2);

“licence” means a licence under Chapter 6;
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“local probation board” means a local probation board established under

section 4 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43);

“mental health treatment requirement”, in relation to a community order

or suspended sentence order, has the meaning given by section 207;

“pre-sentence report” has the meaning given by section 158(1);

“programme requirement”, in relation to a community order, custody

plus order, intermittent custody order or suspended sentence order,

has the meaning given by section 202;

“prohibited activity requirement”, in relation to a community order,

custody plus order, intermittent custody order or suspended sentence

order, has the meaning given by section 203;

“residence requirement”, in relation to a community order or suspended

sentence order, has the meaning given by section 206;

“responsible officer”, in relation to an offender to whom a community

order, a custody plus order, an intermittent custody order or a

suspended sentence order relates, has the meaning given by section

197;

“sentence of imprisonment” does not include a committal—

(a) in default of payment of any sum of money,

(b) for want of sufficient distress to satisfy any sum of money, or

(c) for failure to do or abstain from doing anything required to be

done or left undone,

and references to sentencing an offender to imprisonment are to be read

accordingly;

“the Sentencing Act” means the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing)

Act 2000 (c. 6);

“service court” means—

(a) a court-martial constituted under the Army Act 1955

(3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18), the Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19) or

the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53);

(b) a summary appeal court constituted under section 83ZA of the

Army Act 1955, section 83ZA of the Air Force Act 1955 or

section 52FF of the Naval Discipline Act 1957;

(c) the Courts-Martial Appeal Court; or

(d) a Standing Civilian Court;

“service disciplinary proceedings” means—

(a) any proceedings under the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act

1955 or the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (whether before a courtmartial or any other court or person authorised under any of

those Acts to award a punishment in respect of any offence),

and

(b) any proceedings before a Standing Civilian Court;

“supervision requirement”, in relation to a community order, custody

plus order, intermittent custody order or suspended sentence order,

has the meaning given by section 213;

“suspended sentence” and “suspended sentence order” have the meaning

given by section 189(7);

“unpaid work requirement”, in relation to a community order, custody

plus order, intermittent custody order or suspended sentence order,

has the meaning given by section 199;
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“youth offending team” means a team established under section 39 of the

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37).

(2) For the purposes of any provision of this Part which requires the determination

of the age of a person by the court or the Secretary of State, his age is to be taken

to be that which it appears to the court or (as the case may be) the Secretary of

State to be after considering any available evidence.

(3) Any reference in this Part to an offence punishable with imprisonment is to be

read without regard to any prohibition or restriction imposed by or under any

Act on the imprisonment of young offenders.

(4) For the purposes of this Part—

(a) a sentence falls to be imposed under subsection (2) of section 51A of the

Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27) if it is required by that subsection and the

court is not of the opinion there mentioned,

(b) a sentence falls to be imposed under section 110(2) or 111(2) of the

Sentencing Act if it is required by that provision and the court is not of

the opinion there mentioned, 

(c) a sentence falls to be imposed under section 225 or 227 if, because the

court is of the opinion mentioned in subsection (1)(b) of that section, the

court is obliged to pass a sentence complying with that section, 

(d) a sentence falls to be imposed under section 226 if, because the court is

of the opinion mentioned in subsection (1)(b) of that section and

considers that the case falls within subsection (2) or (3) of that section,

the court is obliged to pass a sentence complying with that section, and

(e) a sentence falls to be imposed under section 228 if, because the court is

of the opinion mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(i) and (ii) of that section,

the court is obliged to pass a sentence complying with that section.

PART 13

MISCELLANEOUS

Detention of suspected terrorists

306 Limit on period of detention without charge of suspected terrorists

(1) Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) (detention) is amended as follows.

(2) At the beginning of paragraph 29(3) (duration of warrants of further detention)

there is inserted “Subject to paragraph 36(3A),”.

(3) In sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 36 (extension of warrants)— 

(a) at the beginning there is inserted “Subject to sub-paragraph (3A),”, and

(b) for the words from “beginning” onwards there is substituted

“beginning with the relevant time”.

(4) After that sub-paragraph there is inserted—

“(3A) Where the period specified in a warrant of further detention—

(a) ends at the end of the period of seven days beginning with

the relevant time, or

(b) by virtue of a previous extension (or further extension) under

this sub-paragraph, ends after the end of that period,
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the specified period may, on an application under this paragraph, be

extended or further extended to a period ending not later than the

end of the period of fourteen days beginning with the relevant time.

(3B) In this paragraph “the relevant time”, in relation to a person,

means—

(a) the time of his arrest under section 41, or

(b) if he was being detained under Schedule 7 when he was

arrested under section 41, the time when his examination

under that Schedule began.”

Enforcement of legislation on endangered species

307 Enforcement of regulations implementing Community legislation on 

endangered species

(1) In this section—

“the 1972 Act” means the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68);

“relevant Community instrument” means—

(a) Council Regulation 338/97/EC on the protection of species of

wild fauna and flora by regulating the trade therein, and

(b) Commission Regulation 1808/01/EC on the implementation of

the Council Regulation mentioned in paragraph (a).

(2) Regulations made under section 2(2) of the 1972 Act for the purpose of

implementing any relevant Community instrument may, notwithstanding

paragraph 1(1)(d) of Schedule 2 to the 1972 Act, create offences punishable on

conviction on indictment with imprisonment for a term not exceeding five

years.

(3) In relation to Scotland and Northern Ireland, regulations made under section

2(2) of the 1972 Act for the purpose of implementing any relevant Community

instrument may, notwithstanding paragraph 1(1)(d) of Schedule 2 to the 1972

Act, create offences punishable on summary conviction with imprisonment for

a term not exceeding six months.

(4) In Scotland, a constable may arrest without a warrant a person—

(a) who has committed or attempted to commit an offence under

regulations made under section 2(2) of the 1972 Act for the purpose of

implementing any relevant Community instrument, or

(b) whom he has reasonable grounds for suspecting to have committed or

to have attempted to commit such an offence.

(5) Until the coming into force of paragraph 3 of Schedule 27 (which amends

paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1972 Act), subsection (3) has effect—

(a) with the omission of the words “in relation to Scotland and Northern

Ireland”, and

(b) as if, in relation to England and Wales, the definition of “relevant

Community instrument” also included Council Directive 92/43/EEC

on the conservation of natural habitats and wild fauna and flora as

amended by the Act of Accession to the European Union of Austria,

Finland and Sweden and by Council Directive 97/62/EC.

(6) Any reference in this section to a Community instrument is to be read—

(a) as a reference to that instrument as amended from time to time, and
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(b) where any provision of that instrument has been repealed, as including

a reference to any instrument that re-enacts the repealed provision

(with or without amendment).

Miscellaneous provisions about criminal proceedings

308 Non-appearance of defendant: plea of guilty

In section 12 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) (non-appearance of

accused: plea of guilty) subsection (1)(a)(i) (which excludes offences

punishable with imprisonment for term exceeding 3 months) is omitted.

309 Preparatory hearings for serious offences not involving fraud

In section 29 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25)

(power to order preparatory hearings) in subsection (1) (preparatory hearing

may be held in complex or lengthy trial) after “complexity” there is inserted “a

case of such seriousness”.

310 Preparatory hearings to deal with severance and joinder of charges

(1) In section 7(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c. 38) (which sets out the

purposes of preparatory hearings in fraud cases) after paragraph (d) there is

inserted “or

(e) considering questions as to the severance or joinder of charges.”

(2) In section 9(3) of that Act (determinations as to the admissibility of evidence

etc) after paragraph (c) there is inserted “and

(d) any question as to the severance or joinder of charges.”

(3) In section 9(11) of that Act (appeals against orders or rulings under section

9(3)(b) or (c)) for “or (c)” there is substituted “(c) or (d)”.

(4) In section 29(2) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996

(purposes of preparatory hearings in non-fraud cases) after paragraph (d)

there is inserted—

“(e) considering questions as to the severance or joinder of

charges,”.

(5) In section 31(3) of that Act (rulings as to the admissibility of evidence etc) after

paragraph (b) there is inserted—

“(c) any question as to the severance or joinder of charges.”

311 Reporting restrictions for preparatory hearings

(1) The Criminal Justice Act 1987 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 11(1) (restrictions on reporting) for “Great

Britain” there is substituted “the United Kingdom”.

(3) In section 11A (offences in connection with reporting) after subsection (3) there

is inserted—

“(3A) Proceedings for an offence under this section shall not be instituted in

Northern Ireland otherwise than by or with the consent of the Attorney

General for Northern Ireland.”
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(4) In section 17(3) (extent) after “sections 2 and 3;” there is inserted “sections 11

and 11A;”.

(5) The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25) is amended as

follows.

(6) In paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 37(1) (restrictions on reporting) for “Great

Britain” there is substituted “the United Kingdom”.

(7) In section 38 (offences in connection with reporting) after subsection (3) there

is inserted—

“(3A) Proceedings for an offence under this section shall not be instituted in

Northern Ireland otherwise than by or with the consent of the Attorney

General for Northern Ireland.”

(8) In paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 41(1) (restrictions on reporting) for “Great

Britain” there is substituted “the United Kingdom”.

(9) In section 79(3) (extent) after “Parts III” there is inserted “(other than sections

37 and 38)”.

(10) In Schedule 4 (modifications for Northern Ireland) paragraph 16 is omitted.

312 Awards of costs

(1) The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 16(4A) (defence costs on an appeal under section 9(11) of Criminal

Justice Act 1987 (c. 38) may be met out of central funds) after “1987” there is

inserted “or section 35(1) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act

1996”.

(3) In section 18(2) (award of costs against accused in case of dismissal of appeal

under section 9(11) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 etc) after paragraph (c)

there is inserted “or

(d) an appeal or application for leave to appeal under section 35(1)

of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996.”

313 Extension of investigations by Criminal Cases Review Commission in 

England and Wales

(1) Section 23A of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19) (power to order

investigations by Criminal Cases Review Commission) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) after “conviction” there is inserted “or an application for leave

to appeal against conviction,”.

(3) In paragraph (a) of that subsection—

(a) at the beginning there is inserted “in the case of an appeal,”, and

(b) for “case”, in both places where it occurs, there is substituted “appeal”.

(4) After paragraph (a) of that subsection there is inserted—

“(aa) in the case of an application for leave to appeal, the matter is

relevant to the determination of the application and ought, if

possible, to be resolved before the application is determined;”.

(5) After that subsection there is inserted—
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“(1A) A direction under subsection (1) above may not be given by a single

judge, notwithstanding that, in the case of an application for leave to

appeal, the application may be determined by a single judge as

provided for by section 31 of this Act.”

(6) After subsection (4) there is inserted—

“(5) In this section “respondent” includes a person who will be a respondent

if leave to appeal is granted.”

314 Extension of investigations by Criminal Cases Review Commission in 

Northern Ireland

(1) Section 25A of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47) (power

to order investigations by Criminal Cases Review Commission) is amended as

follows.

(2) In subsection (1) after “conviction” there is inserted “or an application for leave

to appeal against conviction,”.

(3) In paragraph (a) of that subsection—

(a) at the beginning there is inserted “in the case of an appeal,”, and

(b) for “case”, in both places where it occurs, there is substituted “appeal”.

(4) After paragraph (a) of that subsection there is inserted—

“(aa) in the case of an application for leave to appeal, the matter is

relevant to the determination of the application and ought, if

possible, to be resolved before the application is determined;”.

(5) After that subsection there is inserted—

“(1A) A direction under subsection (1) above may not be given by a single

judge, notwithstanding that, in the case of an application for leave to

appeal, the application may be determined by a single judge as

provided for by section 45 below.”

(6) After subsection (4) there is inserted—

“(5) In this section “respondent” includes a person who will be a respondent

if leave to appeal is granted.”

315 Appeals following reference by Criminal Cases Review Commission

(1) Section 14 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 (c. 35) (further provision about

references by Criminal Cases Review Commission) is amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (4) there is inserted—

“(4A) Subject to subsection (4B), where a reference under section 9 or 10 is

treated as an appeal against any conviction, verdict, finding or

sentence, the appeal may not be on any ground which is not related to

any reason given by the Commission for making the reference.

(4B) The Court of Appeal may give leave for an appeal mentioned in

subsection (4A) to be on a ground relating to the conviction, verdict,

finding or sentence which is not related to any reason given by the

Commission for making the reference.”

(3) In subsection (5) for “any of sections 9 to” there is substituted “section 11 or”.
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316 Power to substitute conviction of alternative offence on appeal in England 

and Wales

(1) The Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 3 (power to substitute conviction of alternative offence) in subsection

(1) after “an offence” there is inserted “to which he did not plead guilty”.

(3) After section 3 there is inserted—

“3A Power to substitute conviction of alternative offence after guilty plea

(1) This section applies on an appeal against conviction where—

(a) an appellant has been convicted of an offence to which he

pleaded guilty,

(b) if he had not so pleaded, he could on the indictment have

pleaded, or been found, guilty of some other offence, and

(c) it appears to the Court of Appeal that the plea of guilty indicates

an admission by the appellant of facts which prove him guilty

of the other offence.

(2) The Court of Appeal may, instead of allowing or dismissing the appeal,

substitute for the appellant’s plea of guilty a plea of guilty of the other

offence and pass such sentence in substitution for the sentence passed

at the trial as may be authorised by law for the other offence, not being

a sentence of greater severity.”

317 Power to substitute conviction of alternative offence on appeal in Northern 

Ireland

(1) The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 3 (power to substitute conviction of alternative offence) in subsection

(1) after “an offence” there is inserted “to which he did not plead guilty”.

(3) After section 3 there is inserted—

“3A Power to substitute conviction of alternative offence after guilty plea

(1) This section applies where—

(a) an appellant has been convicted of an offence to which he

pleaded guilty,

(b) if he had not so pleaded, he could on the indictment have

pleaded, or been found, guilty of some other offence, and

(c) it appears to the Court of Appeal that the plea of guilty indicates

an admission by the appellant of facts which prove him guilty

of that other offence.

(2) The Court may, instead of allowing or dismissing the appeal, substitute

for the appellant’s plea of guilty a plea of guilty of that other offence

and pass such sentence in substitution for the sentence passed at the

trial as may be warranted in law by the plea so substituted.”

318 Substitution of conviction on different charge on appeal from court-martial

(1) The Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (c. 20) is amended as follows.
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(2) In section 14 (substitution of conviction on different charge) in subsection (1)

after “an offence” there is inserted “to which he did not plead guilty”.

(3) After section 14 there is inserted—

“14A Substitution of conviction on different charge after guilty plea

(1) This section applies where—

(a) an appellant has been convicted of an offence to which he

pleaded guilty,

(b) if he had not so pleaded, he could lawfully have pleaded, or

been found, guilty of some other offence, and

(c) it appears to the Appeal Court on an appeal against conviction

that the plea of guilty indicates an admission by the appellant of

facts which prove him guilty of that other offence.

(2) The Appeal Court may, instead of allowing or dismissing the appeal,

substitute for the appellant’s plea of guilty a plea of guilty of the other

offence, and may pass on the appellant, in substitution for the sentence

passed on him by the court-martial, such sentence as they think proper,

being a sentence warranted by the relevant Service Act for that other

offence, but not a sentence of greater severity.”

319 Appeals against sentences in England and Wales

(1) The Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 10 (appeal against sentence in certain cases) for subsection (3) there

is substituted—

“(3) An offender dealt with for an offence before the Crown Court in a

proceeding to which subsection (2) of this section applies may appeal

to the Court of Appeal against any sentence passed on him for the

offence by the Crown Court.”

(3) In section 11 (supplementary provisions as to appeal against sentence) after

subsection (6) there is inserted—

“(7) For the purposes of this section, any two or more sentences are to be

treated as passed in the same proceeding if—

(a) they are passed on the same day; or

(b) they are passed on different days but the court in passing any

one of them states that it is treating that one together with the

other or others as substantially one sentence.”

Outraging public decency

320 Offence of outraging public decency triable either way

(1) After paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)

(offences triable either way by virtue of section 17) there is inserted—

“1A An offence at common law of outraging public decency.”

(2) This section does not apply in relation to any offence committed before the

commencement of this section.
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Jury service

321 Jury service

Schedule 33 (jury service) shall have effect.

Individual support orders

322 Individual support orders

After section 1A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) there is inserted—

“1AA Individual support orders

(1) Where a court makes an anti-social behaviour order in respect of a

defendant who is a child or young person when that order is made, it

must consider whether the individual support conditions are fulfilled.

(2) If it is satisfied that those conditions are fulfilled, the court must make

an order under this section (“an individual support order”) which—

(a) requires the defendant to comply, for a period not exceeding six

months, with such requirements as are specified in the order;

and

(b) requires the defendant to comply with any directions given by

the responsible officer with a view to the implementation of the

requirements under paragraph (a) above.

(3) The individual support conditions are—

(a) that an individual support order would be desirable in the

interests of preventing any repetition of the kind of behaviour

which led to the making of the anti-social behaviour order;

(b) that the defendant is not already subject to an individual

support order; and

(c) that the court has been notified by the Secretary of State that

arrangements for implementing individual support orders are

available in the area in which it appears to it that the defendant

resides or will reside and the notice has not been withdrawn.

(4) If the court is not satisfied that the individual support conditions are

fulfilled, it shall state in open court that it is not so satisfied and why it

is not.

(5) The requirements that may be specified under subsection (2)(a) above

are those that the court considers desirable in the interests of

preventing any repetition of the kind of behaviour which led to the

making of the anti-social behaviour order.

(6) Requirements included in an individual support order, or directions

given under such an order by a responsible officer, may require the

defendant to do all or any of the following things—

(a) to participate in activities specified in the requirements or

directions at a time or times so specified;

(b) to present himself to a person or persons so specified at a place

or places and at a time or times so specified;
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(c) to comply with any arrangements for his education so specified.

(7) But requirements included in, or directions given under, such an order

may not require the defendant to attend (whether at the same place or

at different places) on more than two days in any week; and “week”

here means a period of seven days beginning with a Sunday.

(8) Requirements included in, and directions given under, an individual

support order shall, as far as practicable, be such as to avoid—

(a) any conflict with the defendant’s religious beliefs; and

(b) any interference with the times, if any, at which he normally

works or attends school or any other educational establishment.

(9) Before making an individual support order, the court shall obtain from

a social worker of a local authority social services department or a

member of a youth offending team any information which it considers

necessary in order—

(a) to determine whether the individual support conditions are

fulfilled, or

(b) to determine what requirements should be imposed by an

individual support order if made,

and shall consider that information.

(10) In this section and section 1AB below “responsible officer”, in relation

to an individual support order, means one of the following who is

specified in the order, namely—

(a) a social worker of a local authority social services department;

(b) a person nominated by a person appointed as chief education

officer under section 532 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56);

(c) a member of a youth offending team.

1AB Individual support orders: explanation, breach, amendment etc

(1) Before making an individual support order, the court shall explain to

the defendant in ordinary language—

(a) the effect of the order and of the requirements proposed to be

included in it;

(b) the consequences which may follow (under subsection (3)

below) if he fails to comply with any of those requirements; and

(c) that the court has power (under subsection (6) below) to review

the order on the application either of the defendant or of the

responsible officer.

(2) The power of the Secretary of State under section 174(4) of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003 includes power by order to—

(a) prescribe cases in which subsection (1) above does not apply;

and

(b) prescribe cases in which the explanation referred to in that

subsection may be made in the absence of the defendant, or may

be provided in written form.

(3) If the person in respect of whom an individual support order is made

fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement

included in the order, he is guilty of an offence and liable on summary

conviction to a fine not exceeding—
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(a) if he is aged 14 or over at the date of his conviction, £1,000;

(b) if he is aged under 14 then, £250.

(4) No referral order under section 16(2) or (3) of the Powers of Criminal

Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (referral of young offenders to youth

offender panels) may be made in respect of an offence under subsection

(3) above.

(5) If the anti-social behaviour order as a result of which an individual

support order was made ceases to have effect, the individual support

order (if it has not previously ceased to have effect) ceases to have effect

when the anti-social behaviour order does.

(6) On an application made by complaint by—

(a) the person subject to an individual support order, or

(b) the responsible officer,

the court which made the individual support order may vary or

discharge it by a further order.

(7) If the anti-social behaviour order as a result of which an individual

support order was made is varied, the court varying the anti-social

behaviour order may by a further order vary or discharge the

individual support order.”

323 Individual support orders: consequential amendments

(1) The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) is amended as mentioned in

subsections (2) to (5).

(2) In section 4 of that Act (appeals against orders)—

(a) in subsection (1) after “an anti-social behaviour order” there is inserted

“, an individual support order”, and

(b) in subsection (3) after “1(8)” there is inserted “, 1AB(6)”.

(3) In section 18(1) of that Act (interpretation of Chapter 1)—

(a) after the definition of “curfew notice” there is inserted—

““individual support order” has the meaning given by section

1AA(2) above;”, and

(b) in the definition of “responsible officer”, before paragraph (a) there is

inserted—

“(za) in relation to an individual support order, has the

meaning given by section 1AA(10) above;”.

(4) In section 18(4) of that Act (cases where social worker or member of a youth

offending team to give supervision or directions)—

(a) after “directions under” there is inserted “an individual support order

or”, and

(b) for “the child or, as the case may be, the parent” there is substituted “the

child, defendant or parent, as the case may be,”.

(5) In section 38 of that Act (local provision of youth justice services), in subsection

(4)(f) after “in relation to” there is inserted “individual support orders,”.

(6) In section 143(2) (provisions in which sums may be altered) of the Magistrates’

Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), after paragraph (d) there is inserted—
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“(da) section 1AB(3) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (failure to

comply with individual support order);”.

Parenting orders and referral orders

324 Parenting orders and referral orders

Schedule 34 (parenting orders and referral orders) shall have effect.

Assessing etc. risks posed by sexual or violent offenders

325 Arrangements for assessing etc risks posed by certain offenders

(1) In this section—

“relevant sexual or violent offender” has the meaning given by section

327;

“responsible authority”, in relation to any area, means the chief officer of

police, the local probation board for that area and the Minister of the

Crown exercising functions in relation to prisons, acting jointly.

(2) The responsible authority for each area must establish arrangements for the

purpose of assessing and managing the risks posed in that area by—

(a) relevant sexual and violent offenders, and

(b) other persons who, by reason of offences committed by them (wherever

committed), are considered by the responsible authority to be persons

who may cause serious harm to the public.

(3) In establishing those arrangements, the responsible authority must act in cooperation with the persons specified in subsection (6); and it is the duty of

those persons to co-operate in the establishment by the responsible authority

of those arrangements, to the extent that such co-operation is compatible with

the exercise by those persons of their functions under any other enactment.

(4) Co-operation under subsection (3) may include the exchange of information.

(5) The responsible authority for each area (“the relevant area”) and the persons

specified in subsection (6) must together draw up a memorandum setting out

the ways in which they are to co-operate.

(6) The persons referred to in subsections (3) and (5) are—

(a) every youth offending team established for an area any part of which

falls within the relevant area,

(b) the Ministers of the Crown exercising functions in relation to social

security, child support, war pensions, employment and training,

(c) every local education authority any part of whose area falls within the

relevant area,

(d) every local housing authority or social services authority any part of

whose area falls within the relevant area,

(e) every registered social landlord which provides or manages residential

accommodation in the relevant area in which persons falling within

subsection (2)(a) or (b) reside or may reside,

(f) every Health Authority or Strategic Health Authority any part of

whose area falls within the relevant area,
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(g) every Primary Care Trust or Local Health Board any part of whose area

falls within the relevant area,

(h) every NHS trust any part of whose area falls within the relevant area,

and

(i) every person who is designated by the Secretary of State by order for

the purposes of this paragraph as a provider of electronic monitoring

services.

(7) The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (6) by adding or

removing any person or description of person.

(8) The Secretary of State may issue guidance to responsible authorities on the

discharge of the functions conferred by this section and section 326.

(9) In this section—

“local education authority” has the same meaning as in the Education Act

1996 (c. 56);

“local housing authority” has the same meaning as in the Housing Act

1985 (c. 68);

“Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the

Crown Act 1975 (c. 26);

“NHS trust” has the same meaning as in the National Health Service Act

1977 (c. 49);

“prison” has the same meaning as in the Prison Act 1952 (c. 52);

“registered social landlord” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the

Housing Act 1996 (c. 52);

“social services authority” means a local authority for the purposes of the

Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42).

326 Review of arrangements

(1) The responsible authority for each area must keep the arrangements

established by it under section 325 under review with a view to monitoring

their effectiveness and making any changes to them that appear necessary or

expedient.

(2) The responsible authority for any area must exercise their functions under

subsection (1) in consultation with persons appointed by the Secretary of State

as lay advisers in relation to that authority.

(3) The Secretary of State must appoint two lay advisers under subsection (2) in

relation to each responsible authority.

(4) The responsible authority must pay to or in respect of the persons so appointed

such allowances as the Secretary of State may determine.

(5) As soon as practicable after the end of each period of 12 months beginning with

1st April, the responsible authority for each area must—

(a) prepare a report on the discharge by it during that period of the

functions conferred by section 325 and this section, and

(b) publish the report in that area.

(6) The report must include—

(a) details of the arrangements established by the responsible authority,

and
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(b) information of such descriptions as the Secretary of State has notified to

the responsible authority that he wishes to be included in the report.

327 Section 325: interpretation

(1) For the purposes of section 325, a person is a relevant sexual or violent offender

if he falls within one or more of subsections (2) to (5).

(2) A person falls within this subsection if he is subject to the notification

requirements of Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42).

(3) A person falls within this subsection if—

(a) he is convicted by a court in England or Wales of murder or an offence

specified in Schedule 15, and

(b) one of the following sentences is imposed on him in respect of the

conviction—

(i) a sentence of imprisonment for a term of 12 months or more,

(ii) a sentence of detention in a young offender institution for a

term of 12 months or more,

(iii) a sentence of detention during Her Majesty’s pleasure,

(iv) a sentence of detention for public protection under section 226,

(v) a sentence of detention for a period of 12 months or more under

section 91 of the Sentencing Act (offenders under 18 convicted

of certain serious offences),

(vi) a sentence of detention under section 228,

(vii) a detention and training order for a term of 12 months or more,

or

(viii) a hospital or guardianship order within the meaning of the

Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20).

(4) A person falls within this subsection if—

(a) he is found not guilty by a court in England and Wales of murder or an

offence specified in Schedule 15 by reason of insanity or to be under a

disability and to have done the act charged against him in respect of

such an offence, and

(b) one of the following orders is made in respect of the act charged against

him as the offence—

(i) an order that he be admitted to hospital, or

(ii) a guardianship order within the meaning of the Mental Health

Act 1983.

(5) A person falls within this subsection if—

(a) the first condition set out in section 28(2) or 29(2) of the Criminal Justice

and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43) or the second condition set out in

section 28(3) or 29(3) of that Act is satisfied in his case, or

(b) an order under section 29A of that Act has been made in respect of him.

(6) In this section “court” does not include a service court, as defined by section

305(1).
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Criminal record certificates

328 Criminal record certificates: amendments of Part 5 of Police Act 1997

Schedule 35 (which contains amendments of Part 5 of the Police Act 1997

(c. 50)) shall have effect.

Civil proceedings brought by offenders

329 Civil proceedings for trespass to the person brought by offender

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a person (“the claimant”) claims that another person (“the defendant”)

did an act amounting to trespass to the claimant’s person, and

(b) the claimant has been convicted in the United Kingdom of an

imprisonable offence committed on the same occasion as that on which

the act is alleged to have been done.

(2) Civil proceedings relating to the claim may be brought only with the

permission of the court.

(3) The court may give permission for the proceedings to be brought only if there

is evidence that either—

(a) the condition in subsection (5) is not met, or

(b) in all the circumstances, the defendant’s act was grossly

disproportionate.

(4) If the court gives permission and the proceedings are brought, it is a defence

for the defendant to prove both—

(a) that the condition in subsection (5) is met, and

(b) that, in all the circumstances, his act was not grossly disproportionate.

(5) The condition referred to in subsection (3)(a) and (4)(a) is that the defendant

did the act only because—

(a) he believed that the claimant—

(i) was about to commit an offence,

(ii) was in the course of committing an offence, or

(iii) had committed an offence immediately beforehand; and

(b) he believed that the act was necessary to—

(i) defend himself or another person,

(ii) protect or recover property,

(iii) prevent the commission or continuation of an offence, or

(iv) apprehend, or secure the conviction, of the claimant after he had

committed an offence;

or was necessary to assist in achieving any of those things.

(6) Subsection (4) is without prejudice to any other defence.

(7) Where—

(a) in service disciplinary proceedings, as defined by section 305(1), a

person has been found guilty of an offence under section 70 of the

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(3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19) or section 42 of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53),

and

(b) the corresponding civil offence (within the meaning of that Act) was an

imprisonable offence,

he is to be treated for the purposes of this section as having been convicted in

the United Kingdom of the corresponding civil offence.

(8) In this section—

(a) the reference to trespass to the person is a reference to—

(i) assault,

(ii) battery, or

(iii) false imprisonment;

(b) references to a defendant’s belief are to his honest belief, whether or not

the belief was also reasonable;

(c) “court” means the High Court or a county court; and

(d) “imprisonable offence” means an offence which, in the case of a person

aged 18 or over, is punishable by imprisonment.

PART 14

GENERAL

330 Orders and rules

(1) This section applies to—

(a) any power conferred by this Act on the Secretary of State to make an

order or rules;

(b) the power conferred by section 168 on the Lord Chancellor to make an

order.

(2) The power is exercisable by statutory instrument.

(3) The power—

(a) may be exercised so as to make different provision for different

purposes or different areas, and

(b) may be exercised either for all the purposes to which the power

extends, or for those purposes subject to specified exceptions, or only

for specified purposes.

(4) The power includes power to make—

(a) any supplementary, incidental or consequential provision, and

(b) any transitory, transitional or saving provision,

which the Minister making the instrument considers necessary or expedient.

(5) A statutory instrument containing—

(a) an order under any of the following provisions—

section 25(5),

section 103,

section 161(7),

section 178,

section 197(3),

section 223,

section 246(5),
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section 260,

section 267,

section 269(6),

section 281(2),

section 283(1),

section 291,

section 301(5),

section 325(7), and

paragraph 5 of Schedule 31,

(b) an order under section 336(3) bringing section 43 into force,

(c) an order making any provision by virtue of section 333(2)(b) which

adds to, replaces or omits any part of the text of an Act, or

(d) rules under section 240(4)(a),

may only be made if a draft of the statutory instrument has been laid before,

and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

(6) Any other statutory instrument made in the exercise of a power to which this

section applies is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either

House of Parliament.

(7) Subsection (6) does not apply to a statutory instrument containing only an

order made under one or more of the following provisions—

section 202(3)(b),

section 215(3),

section 253(5),

section 325(6)(i), and

section 336.

331 Further minor and consequential amendments 

Schedule 36 (further minor and consequential amendments) shall have effect.

332 Repeals

Schedule 37 (repeals) shall have effect.

333 Supplementary and consequential provision, etc.

(1) The Secretary of State may by order make—

(a) any supplementary, incidental or consequential provision, and

(b) any transitory, transitional or saving provision,

which he considers necessary or expedient for the purposes of, in consequence

of, or for giving full effect to any provision of this Act.

(2) An order under subsection (1) may, in particular—

(a) provide for any provision of this Act which comes into force before

another such provision has come into force to have effect, until that

other provision has come into force, with such modifications as are

specified in the order, and

(b) amend or repeal—

(i) any Act passed before, or in the same Session as, this Act, and

(ii) subordinate legislation made before the passing of this Act.
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(3) Nothing in this section limits the power by virtue of section 330(4)(b) to include

transitional or saving provision in an order under section 336.

(4) The amendments that may be made under subsection (2)(b) are in addition to

those made by or under any other provision of this Act.

(5) In this section “subordinate legislation” has the same meaning as in the

Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30).

(6) Schedule 38 (which contains transitory and transitional provisions and

savings) shall have effect.

334 Provision for Northern Ireland

(1) An Order in Council under section 85 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (c. 47)

(provision dealing with certain reserved matters) which contains a statement

that it is made only for purposes corresponding to those of any provisions of

this Act specified in subsection (2)—

(a) shall not be subject to subsections (3) to (9) of that section (affirmative

resolution of both Houses of Parliament), but

(b) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either

House of Parliament.

(2) The provisions are—

(a) in Part 1, sections 1, 3(3), 4, 7 to 10 and 12 and paragraphs 1, 2, 5 to 10

and 20 of Schedule 1, and

(b) Parts 8, 9 and 11.

(3) In relation to any time when section 1 of the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (c. 1) is

in force (suspension of devolved government in Northern Ireland)—

(a) the reference in subsection (1) above to section 85 of the Northern

Ireland Act 1998 shall be read as a reference to paragraph 1 of the

Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000 (legislation by Order in

Council during suspension), and

(b) the reference in subsection (1)(a) above to subsections (3) to (9) of that

section shall be read as a reference to paragraph 2 of that Schedule.

(4) The reference in section 41(2) of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (c. 26)

(transfer of certain functions to Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern

Ireland) to any function of the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of

consenting to the institution of criminal proceedings includes any such

function which is conferred by an amendment made by this Act.

(5) Any reference to any provision of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act

1980 (c. 47) in the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/435

(N.I. 10)) is to be read as a reference to that provision as amended by this Act.

335 Expenses

There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a) any expenditure incurred by a Minister of the Crown by virtue of this

Act, and

(b) any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money

so provided under any other enactment.
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336 Commencement

(1) The following provisions of this Act come into force on the passing of this

Act—

section 168(1) and (2),

section 183(8),

section 307(1) to (3), (5) and (6),

section 330,

section 333(1) to (5),

sections 334 and 335,

this section and sections 337, 338 and 339, and

the repeal in Part 9 of Schedule 37 of section 81(2) and (3) of the

Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37) (and section 332 so far

as relating to that repeal), and

paragraphs 1 and 6 of Schedule 38 (and section 333(6) so far as relating to

those paragraphs).

(2) The following provisions of this Act come into force at the end of the period of

four weeks beginning with the day on which this Act is passed—

Chapter 7 of Part 12 (and Schedules 21 and 22);

section 303(b)(i) and (ii);

paragraphs 42, 43(3), 66, 83(1) to (3), 84 and 109(2), (3)(b), (4) and (5) of

Schedule 32 (and section 304 so far as relating to those provisions);

Part 8 of Schedule 37 (and section 332 so far as relating to that Part of that

Schedule).

(3) The remaining provisions of this Act come into force in accordance with

provision made by the Secretary of State by order.

(4) Different provision may be made for different purposes and different areas.

337 Extent

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section and to section 338, this Act

extends to England and Wales only.

(2) The following provisions extend also to Scotland and Northern Ireland—

sections 71 and 72;

sections 82 and 83;

section 180 and Schedule 9;

section 188 and Schedule 11;

section 194 and Schedule 13;

section 293;

section 306

section 307;

section 311;

this Part, except sections 331, 332 and 334(5);

paragraphs 19, 70 and 71 of Schedule 3;

paragraph 12(3) of Schedule 12;

paragraphs 3, 6, 7 and 8 of Schedule 27;

paragraphs 6 to 8 of Schedule 31.
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(3) The following provisions extend also to Scotland—

section 50(14);

section 286;

sections 287, 288, and 291;

section 302;

paragraph 2 of Schedule 23;

paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 of Schedule 27;

paragraph 7 of Schedule 38.

(4) Section 290 extends to Scotland only.

(5) The following provisions extend also to Northern Ireland—

Part 5;

Part 7;

sections 75 to 81;

sections 84 to 93;

sections 95 to 97;

section 315;

Schedule 5.

(6) The following provisions extend to Northern Ireland only—

section 292 and Schedule 29;

sections 296 and 297;

section 314;

section 317;

section 334(5).

(7) The amendment or repeal of any enactment by any provision of—

(a) Part 1,

(b) section 285,

(c) Part 2 of Schedule 3 (except as mentioned in subsection (8)),

(d) Schedule 27,

(e) Schedule 28,

(f) Part 1 of Schedule 32,

(g) Parts 1 to 4 and 6 of Schedule 36, and

(h) Parts 1 to 4, 6 to 8, 10 and 12 of Schedule 37 (except as mentioned in

subsection (9)),

extends to the part or parts of the United Kingdom to which the enactment

extends.

(8) Paragraphs 29, 30, 31, 39, 41, 50, 53 and 63 of Schedule 3 do not extend to

Northern Ireland.

(9) The repeals in Part 4 of Schedule 37 relating to—

(a) the Bankers’ Books Evidence Act 1879 (c. 11),

(b) the Explosive Substances Act 1883 (c. 3),

(c) the Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965 (c. 45),

(d) the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2), and

(e) the Contempt of Court Act 1981 (c. 49),

do not extend to Northern Ireland.
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(10) The provisions mentioned in subsection (11), so far as relating to proceedings

before a particular service court, have the same extent as the Act under which

the court is constituted.

(11) Those provisions are—

section 113 and Schedule 6;

section 135 and Schedule 7.

(12) Nothing in subsection (1) affects —

(a) the extent of Chapter 7 of Part 12 so far as relating to sentences passed

by a court-martial, or

(b) the extent of section 299 and Schedule 30 so far as relating to the making

of orders by, or orders made by, courts-martial or the Courts-Martial

Appeal Court.

(13) Any provision of this Act which— 

(a) relates to any enactment contained in—

(i) the Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18),

(ii) the Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19),

(iii) the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53),

(iv) the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968 (c. 20),

(v) the Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52),

(vi) section 113 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60),

(vii) the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14), or

(viii) the Armed Forces Act 2001 (c. 19), and

(b) is not itself contained in Schedule 25 or Part 9 of Schedule 37,

has the same extent as the enactment to which it relates.

338 Channel Islands and Isle of Man

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), Her Majesty may by Order in Council extend

any provision of this Act, with such modifications as appear to Her Majesty in

Council to be appropriate, to any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.

(2) Subsection (1) does not authorise the extension to any place of a provision of

this Act so far as the provision amends an enactment that does not itself extend

there and is not itself capable of being extended there in the exercise of a power

conferred on Her Majesty in Council.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to any provision that extends to the

Channel Islands or the Isle of Man by virtue of any of subsections (10) to (13)

of section 337.

(4) Subsection (4) of section 330 applies to the power to make an Order in Council

under subsection (1) as it applies to any power of the Secretary of State to make

an order under this Act, but as if references in that subsection to the Minister

making the instrument were references to Her Majesty in Council.

339 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Section 12

AMENDMENTS RELATED TO PART 1

The 1984 Act

1The 1984 Act is amended as follows.

2 In section 18 (entry and search after arrest), for subsection (5) there is

substituted—

“(5) A constable may conduct a search under subsection (1)—

(a) before the person is taken to a police station or released on

bail under section 30A, and

(b) without obtaining an authorisation under subsection (4),

if the condition in subsection (5A) is satisfied.

(5A) The condition is that the presence of the person at a place (other than

a police station) is necessary for the effective investigation of the

offence.”

3 In section 21 (access and copying), at the end there is inserted—

“(9) The references to a constable in subsections (1), (2), (3)(a) and (5)

include a person authorised under section 16(2) to accompany a

constable executing a warrant.”

4 In section 22 (retention), at the end there is inserted—

“(7) The reference in subsection (1) to anything seized by a constable

includes anything seized by a person authorised under section 16(2)

to accompany a constable executing a warrant.”

5 In section 34 (limitation on police detention), for subsection (7) there is

substituted—

“(7) For the purposes of this Part a person who—

(a) attends a police station to answer to bail granted under

section 30A, 

(b) returns to a police station to answer to bail granted under this

Part, or

(c) is arrested under section 30D or 46A,

is to be treated as arrested for an offence and that offence is the

offence in connection with which he was granted bail.”

6 In section 35(1) (designated police stations), for “section 30(3) and (5) above”

there is substituted “sections 30(3) and (5), 30A(5) and 30D(2)”.
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7 In section 36 (custody officers at police stations), after subsection (7) there is

inserted—

“(7A) Subject to subsection (7B), subsection (7) applies where a person

attends a police station which is not a designated station to answer

to bail granted under section 30A as it applies where a person is

taken to such a station.

(7B) Where subsection (7) applies because of subsection (7A), the

reference in subsection (7)(b) to the officer who took him to the

station is to be read as a reference to the officer who granted him

bail.”

8 In section 41(2) (calculation of periods of time), after paragraph (c) there is

inserted—

“(ca) in the case of a person who attends a police station to answer

to bail granted under section 30A, the time when he arrives at

the police station;”.

9 In section 45A(2)(a) (functions which may be performed by videoconferencing), after “taken to” there is inserted “, or answering to bail at,”.

10 In section 47 (bail after arrest)—

(a) in subsection (6), after “granted bail” there is inserted “under this

Part”, and

(b) in subsection (7), after “released on bail” there is inserted “under this

Part”.

Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c. 38)

11 In section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (director’s investigation

powers), after subsection (6) there is inserted—

“(6A) Where an appropriate person accompanies a constable, he may

exercise the powers conferred by subsection (5) but only in the

company, and under the supervision, of the constable.”

12 In subsection (7) of that section (meaning of appropriate person), for

“subsection (6) above” there is substituted “this section”.

13 In subsection (8D) of that section (references to evidence obtained by

Director), after “by a constable” there is inserted “or by an appropriate

person”.

Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16)

14 In section 56 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (property seized by

constables etc.), after subsection (4) there is inserted—

“(4A) Subsection (1)(a) includes property seized on any premises—

(a) by a person authorised under section 16(2) of the 1984 Act to

accompany a constable executing a warrant, or

(b) by a person accompanying a constable under section 2(6) of

the Criminal Justice Act 1987 in the execution of a warrant

under section 2(4) of that Act.”
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Armed Forces Act 2001 (c. 19)

15 In section 2(9) of the Armed Forces Act 2001 (offences for purpose of

definition of prohibited article), at the end of paragraph (d) there is inserted

“; and

(e) offences under section 1 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971

(destroying or damaging property).”

Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30)

16 Schedule 4 to the Police Reform Act 2002 (powers exercisable by police

civilians) is amended as follows.

17 In paragraph 17 (access to excluded and special procedure material) after

paragraph (b) there is inserted—

“(bb) section 15 of that Act (safeguards) shall have effect in relation to

the issue of any warrant under paragraph 12 of that Schedule to

that person as it has effect in relation to the issue of a warrant

under that paragraph to a constable;

(bc) section 16 of that Act (execution of warrants) shall have effect in

relation to any warrant to enter and search premises that is issued

under paragraph 12 of that Schedule (whether to that person or to

any other person) in respect of premises in the relevant police area

as if references in that section to a constable included references to

that person;”.

18 In paragraph 20 (access and copying in case of things seized by constables)

after “by a constable” there is inserted “or by a person authorised to

accompany him under section 16(2) of that Act”.

19 After paragraph 24 (extended powers of seizure) there is inserted—

“Persons accompanying investigating officers

24A (1) This paragraph applies where a person (“an authorised person”) is

authorised by virtue of section 16(2) of the 1984 Act to accompany

an investigating officer designated for the purposes of paragraph

16 (or 17) in the execution of a warrant.

(2) The reference in paragraph 16(h) (or 17(e)) to the seizure of

anything by a designated person in exercise of a particular power

includes a reference to the seizure of anything by the authorised

person in exercise of that power by virtue of section 16(2A) of the

1984 Act.

(3) In relation to any such seizure, paragraph 16(h) (or 17(e)) is to be

read as if it provided for the references to a constable and to an

officer in section 21(1) and (2) of the 1984 Act to include references

to the authorised person.

(4) The reference in paragraph 16(i) (or 17(f)) to anything seized by a

designated person in exercise of a particular power includes a

reference to anything seized by the authorised person in exercise

of that power by virtue of section 16(2A) of the 1984 Act.

(5) In relation to anything so seized, paragraph 16(i)(ii) (or 17(f)(ii)) is

to be read as if it provided for—
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(a) the references to the supervision of a constable in

subsections (3) and (4) of section 21 of the 1984 Act to

include references to the supervision of a person

designated for the purposes of paragraph 16 (or paragraph

17), and

(b) the reference to a constable in subsection (5) of that section

to include a reference to such a person or an authorised

person accompanying him.

 (6) Where an authorised person accompanies an investigating officer

who is also designated for the purposes of paragraph 24, the

references in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of that paragraph to the

designated person include references to the authorised person.”

20 In paragraph 34 (powers of escort officer to take arrested person to prison),

in sub-paragraph (1)(a), for “subsection (1) of section 30” there is substituted

“subsection (1A) of section 30”.

SCHEDULE 2 Section 28

CHARGING OR RELEASE OF PERSONS IN POLICE DETENTION

1The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) is amended as follows.

2 (1) Section 37 (duties of custody officers before charge) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (7) for paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted—

“(a) shall be released without charge and on bail for the purpose

of enabling the Director of Public Prosecutions to make a

decision under section 37B below,

(b) shall be released without charge and on bail but not for that

purpose,

(c) shall be released without charge and without bail, or

(d) shall be charged.”

(3) After that subsection there is inserted—

“(7A) The decision as to how a person is to be dealt with under subsection

(7) above shall be that of the custody officer.

(7B) Where a person is released under subsection (7)(a) above, it shall be

the duty of the custody officer to inform him that he is being released

to enable the Director of Public Prosecutions to make a decision

under section 37B below.”

(4) In subsection (8)(a) after “(7)(b)” there is inserted “or (c)”.

3 After that section there is inserted—

“37A Guidance 

(1) The Director of Public Prosecutions may issue guidance—

(a) for the purpose of enabling custody officers to decide how

persons should be dealt with under section 37(7) above or

37C(2) below, and
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(b) as to the information to be sent to the Director of Public

Prosecutions under section 37B(1) below.

(2) The Director of Public Prosecutions may from time to time revise

guidance issued under this section.

(3) Custody officers are to have regard to guidance under this section in

deciding how persons should be dealt with under section 37(7)

above or 37C(2) below.

(4) A report under section 9 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985

(report by DPP to Attorney General) must set out the provisions of

any guidance issued, and any revisions to guidance made, in the year

to which the report relates.

(5) The Director of Public Prosecutions must publish in such manner as

he thinks fit—

(a) any guidance issued under this section, and

(b) any revisions made to such guidance.

(6) Guidance under this section may make different provision for

different cases, circumstances or areas.

37B Consultation with the Director of Public Prosecutions

(1) Where a person is released on bail under section 37(7)(a) above, an

officer involved in the investigation of the offence shall, as soon as is

practicable, send to the Director of Public Prosecutions such

information as may be specified in guidance under section 37A

above.

(2) The Director of Public Prosecutions shall decide whether there is

sufficient evidence to charge the person with an offence.

(3) If he decides that there is sufficient evidence to charge the person

with an offence, he shall decide—

(a) whether or not the person should be charged and, if so, the

offence with which he should be charged, and

(b) whether or not the person should be given a caution and, if

so, the offence in respect of which he should be given a

caution.

(4) The Director of Public Prosecutions shall give written notice of his

decision to an officer involved in the investigation of the offence.

(5) If his decision is—

(a) that there is not sufficient evidence to charge the person with

an offence, or

(b) that there is sufficient evidence to charge the person with an

offence but that the person should not be charged with an

offence or given a caution in respect of an offence,

a custody officer shall give the person notice in writing that he is not

to be prosecuted.

(6) If the decision of the Director of Public Prosecutions is that the

person should be charged with an offence, or given a caution in
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respect of an offence, the person shall be charged or cautioned

accordingly.

(7) But if his decision is that the person should be given a caution in

respect of the offence and it proves not to be possible to give the

person such a caution, he shall instead be charged with the offence.

(8) For the purposes of this section, a person is to be charged with an

offence either—

(a) when he is in police detention after returning to a police

station to answer bail or is otherwise in police detention at a

police station, or

(b) in accordance with section 29 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

(9) In this section “caution” includes—

(a) a conditional caution within the meaning of Part 3 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003, and

(b) a warning or reprimand under section 65 of the Crime and

Disorder Act 1998.

37C Breach of bail following release under section 37(7)(a)

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a person released on bail under section 37(7)(a) above or

subsection (2)(b) below is arrested under section 46A below

in respect of that bail, and

(b) at the time of his detention following that arrest at the police

station mentioned in section 46A(2) below, notice under

section 37B(4) above has not been given.

(2) The person arrested—

(a) shall be charged, or

(b) shall be released without charge, either on bail or without

bail.

(3) The decision as to how a person is to be dealt with under subsection

(2) above shall be that of a custody officer.

(4) A person released on bail under subsection (2)(b) above shall be

released on bail subject to the same conditions (if any) which applied

immediately before his arrest.

37D Release under section 37(7)(a): further provision

(1) Where a person is released on bail under section 37(7)(a) or section

37C(2)(b) above, a custody officer may subsequently appoint a

different time, or an additional time, at which the person is to attend

at the police station to answer bail.

(2) The custody officer shall give the person notice in writing of the

exercise of the power under subsection (1).

(3) The exercise of the power under subsection (1) shall not affect the

conditions (if any) to which bail is subject.
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(4) Where a person released on bail under section 37(7)(a) or 37C(2)(b)

above returns to a police station to answer bail or is otherwise in

police detention at a police station, he may be kept in police

detention to enable him to be dealt with in accordance with section

37B or 37C above or to enable the power under subsection (1) above

to be exercised.

(5) If the person is not in a fit state to enable him to be so dealt with or to

enable that power to be exercised, he may be kept in police detention

until he is.

(6) Where a person is kept in police detention by virtue of subsection (4)

or (5) above, section 37(1) to (3) and (7) above (and section 40(8)

below so far as it relates to section 37(1) to (3)) shall not apply to the

offence in connection with which he was released on bail under

section 37(7)(a) or 37C(2)(b) above.”

4 In section 40 (review of police detention) in subsection (9) after “37(9)” there

is inserted “or 37D(5)”.

5 In section 46A (power of arrest for failure to answer police bail) after

subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) A person who has been released on bail under section 37(7)(a) or

37C(2)(b) above may be arrested without warrant by a constable if

the constable has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person

has broken any of the conditions of bail.”

6 (1) Section 47 (bail after arrest) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) (release on bail under Part 4 shall be release on bail granted

in accordance with certain provisions of the Bail Act 1976) for “Subject to

subsection (2) below” there is substituted “Subject to the following

provisions of this section”.

(3) In subsection (1A) (bail conditions may be imposed when a person is

released under section 38(1)) after “section”, in the first place where it occurs,

there is inserted “37(7)(a) above or section”.

(4) After that subsection there is inserted—

“(1B) No application may be made under section 5B of the Bail Act 1976 if

a person is released on bail under section 37(7)(a) or 37C(2)(b) above.

(1C) Subsections (1D) to (1F) below apply where a person released on bail

under section 37(7)(a) or 37C(2)(b) above is on bail subject to

conditions.

(1D) The person shall not be entitled to make an application under section

43B of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.

(1E) A magistrates’ court may, on an application by or on behalf of the

person, vary the conditions of bail; and in this subsection “vary” has

the same meaning as in the Bail Act 1976.

(1F) Where a magistrates’ court varies the conditions of bail under

subsection (1E) above, that bail shall not lapse but shall continue

subject to the conditions as so varied.”
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SCHEDULE 3 Section 41

ALLOCATION OF CASES TRIABLE EITHER WAY, AND SENDING CASES TO THE CROWN COURT

ETC

PART 1

PRINCIPAL AMENDMENTS

Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)

1The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 is amended as follows.

2 (1) Section 17A (initial indication as to plea) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (b) of subsection (4) there is substituted—

“(b) he may (unless section 17D(2) below were to apply) be

committed to the Crown Court under section 3 or (if

applicable) 3A of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing)

Act 2000 if the court is of such opinion as is mentioned in

subsection (2) of the applicable section.”

(3) After subsection (9) there is inserted—

“(10) If in respect of the offence the court receives a notice under section

51B or 51C of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (which relate to

serious or complex fraud cases and to certain cases involving

children respectively), the preceding provisions of this section and

the provisions of section 17B below shall not apply, and the court

shall proceed in relation to the offence in accordance with section 51

or, as the case may be, section 51A of that Act.”

3 After section 17C there is inserted—

“17D Maximum penalty under section 17A(6) or 17B(2)(c) for certain 

offences

(1) If—

(a) the offence is a scheduled offence (as defined in section 22(1)

below);

(b) the court proceeds in relation to the offence in accordance

with section 17A(6) or 17B(2)(c) above; and

(c) the court convicts the accused of the offence,

the court shall consider whether, having regard to any

representations made by him or by the prosecutor, the value

involved (as defined in section 22(10) below) appears to the court to

exceed the relevant sum (as specified for the purposes of section 22

below).

(2) If it appears to the court clear that the value involved does not exceed

the relevant sum, or it appears to the court for any reason not clear

whether the value involved does or does not exceed the relevant

sum—

(a) subject to subsection (4) below, the court shall not have

power to impose on the accused in respect of the offence a

sentence in excess of the limits mentioned in section 33(1)(a)

below; and
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(b) sections 3 and 4 of the Powers of Criminal Courts

(Sentencing) Act 2000 shall not apply as regards that offence.

(3) Subsections (9) to (12) of section 22 below shall apply for the

purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section

(reading the reference to subsection (1) in section 22(9) as a reference

to subsection (1) of this section).

(4) Subsection (2)(a) above does not apply to an offence under section

12A of the Theft Act 1968 (aggravated vehicle-taking).

17E Functions under sections 17A to 17D capable of exercise by single 

justice

(1) The functions of a magistrates’ court under sections 17A to 17D

above may be discharged by a single justice.

(2) Subsection (1) above shall not be taken as authorising—

(a) the summary trial of an information (otherwise than in

accordance with section 17A(6) or 17B(2)(c) above); or

(b) the imposition of a sentence,

by a magistrates’ court composed of fewer than two justices.”

4 In section 18 (initial procedure on information against adult for offence

triable either way), for subsection (5) there is substituted—

“(5) The functions of a magistrates’ court under sections 19 to 23 below

may be discharged by a single justice, but this subsection shall not be

taken as authorising—

(a) the summary trial of an information (otherwise than in

accordance with section 20(7) below); or

(b) the imposition of a sentence,

by a magistrates’ court composed of fewer than two justices.”

5 For section 19 (court to begin by considering which mode of trial appears

more suitable) there is substituted—

“19 Decision as to allocation

(1) The court shall decide whether the offence appears to it more

suitable for summary trial or for trial on indictment.

(2) Before making a decision under this section, the court— 

(a) shall give the prosecution an opportunity to inform the court

of the accused’s previous convictions (if any); and

(b) shall give the prosecution and the accused an opportunity to

make representations as to whether summary trial or trial on

indictment would be more suitable.

(3) In making a decision under this section, the court shall consider—

(a) whether the sentence which a magistrates’ court would have

power to impose for the offence would be adequate; and

(b) any representations made by the prosecution or the accused

under subsection (2)(b) above,
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and shall have regard to any allocation guidelines (or revised

allocation guidelines) issued as definitive guidelines under section

170 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.

(4) Where—

(a) the accused is charged with two or more offences; and

(b) it appears to the court that the charges for the offences could

be joined in the same indictment or that the offences arise out

of the same or connected circumstances,

subsection (3)(a) above shall have effect as if references to the

sentence which a magistrates’ court would have power to impose for

the offence were a reference to the maximum aggregate sentence

which a magistrates’ court would have power to impose for all of the

offences taken together.

(5) In this section any reference to a previous conviction is a reference

to—

(a) a previous conviction by a court in the United Kingdom; or

(b) a previous finding of guilt in—

(i) any proceedings under the Army Act 1955, the Air

Force Act 1955 or the Naval Discipline Act 1957

(whether before a court-martial or any other court or

person authorised under any of those Acts to award a

punishment in respect of any offence); or

(ii) any proceedings before a Standing Civilian Court.

(6) If, in respect of the offence, the court receives a notice under section

51B or 51C of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (which relate to

serious or complex fraud cases and to certain cases involving

children respectively), the preceding provisions of this section and

sections 20, 20A and 21 below shall not apply, and the court shall

proceed in relation to the offence in accordance with section 51(1) of

that Act.”

6 For section 20 (procedure where summary trial appears more suitable) there

is substituted—

“20 Procedure where summary trial appears more suitable

(1) If the court decides under section 19 above that the offence appears

to it more suitable for summary trial, the following provisions of this

section shall apply (unless they are excluded by section 23 below).

(2) The court shall explain to the accused in ordinary language—

(a) that it appears to the court more suitable for him to be tried

summarily for the offence;

(b) that he can either consent to be so tried or, if he wishes, be

tried on indictment; and

(c) in the case of a specified offence (within the meaning of

section 224 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003), that if he is tried

summarily and is convicted by the court, he may be

committed for sentence to the Crown Court under section 3A

of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 if the

committing court is of such opinion as is mentioned in

subsection (2) of that section.
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(3) The accused may then request an indication (“an indication of

sentence”) of whether a custodial sentence or non-custodial sentence

would be more likely to be imposed if he were to be tried summarily

for the offence and to plead guilty.

(4) If the accused requests an indication of sentence, the court may, but

need not, give such an indication.

(5) If the accused requests and the court gives an indication of sentence,

the court shall ask the accused whether he wishes, on the basis of the

indication, to reconsider the indication of plea which was given, or is

taken to have been given, under section 17A or 17B above.

(6) If the accused indicates that he wishes to reconsider the indication

under section 17A or 17B above, the court shall ask the accused

whether (if the offence were to proceed to trial) he would plead

guilty or not guilty.

(7) If the accused indicates that he would plead guilty the court shall

proceed as if—

(a) the proceedings constituted from that time the summary trial

of the information; and

(b) section 9(1) above were complied with and he pleaded guilty

under it.

(8) Subsection (9) below applies where—

(a) the court does not give an indication of sentence (whether

because the accused does not request one or because the court

does not agree to give one);

(b) the accused either—

(i) does not indicate, in accordance with subsection (5)

above, that he wishes; or

(ii) indicates, in accordance with subsection (5) above,

that he does not wish,

to reconsider the indication of plea under section 17A or 17B

above; or

(c) the accused does not indicate, in accordance with subsection

(6) above, that he would plead guilty.

(9) The court shall ask the accused whether he consents to be tried

summarily or wishes to be tried on indictment and—

(a) if he consents to be tried summarily, shall proceed to the

summary trial of the information; and

(b) if he does not so consent, shall proceed in relation to the

offence in accordance with section 51(1) of the Crime and

Disorder Act 1998.

20A Procedure where summary trial appears more suitable: supplementary

(1) Where the case is dealt with in accordance with section 20(7) above,

no court (whether a magistrates’ court or not) may impose a

custodial sentence for the offence unless such a sentence was

indicated in the indication of sentence referred to in section 20 above.

(2) Subsection (1) above is subject to sections 3A(4), 4(8) and 5(3) of the

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000.
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(3) Except as provided in subsection (1) above—

(a) an indication of sentence shall not be binding on any court

(whether a magistrates’ court or not); and

(b) no sentence may be challenged or be the subject of appeal in

any court on the ground that it is not consistent with an

indication of sentence.

(4) Subject to section 20(7) above, the following shall not for any purpose

be taken to constitute the taking of a plea—

(a) asking the accused under section 20 above whether (if the

offence were to proceed to trial) he would plead guilty or not

guilty; or

(b) an indication by the accused under that section of how he

would plead.

(5) Where the court gives an indication of sentence under section 20

above, it shall cause each such indication to be entered in the register.

(6) In this section and in section 20 above, references to a custodial

sentence are to a custodial sentence within the meaning of section 76

of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000, and

references to a non-custodial sentence shall be construed

accordingly.”

7 For section 21 (procedure where trial on indictment appears more suitable)

there is substituted—

“21 Procedure where trial on indictment appears more suitable

If the court decides under section 19 above that the offence appears

to it more suitable for trial on indictment, the court shall tell the

accused that the court has decided that it is more suitable for him to

be tried on indictment, and shall proceed in relation to the offence in

accordance with section 51(1) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.”

8 (1) Section 23 (power of court, with consent of legally represented accused, to

proceed in his absence) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (4)—

(a) for the words preceding paragraph (a) there is substituted “If the

court decides under section 19 above that the offence appears to it

more suitable for trial on indictment then—”, and

(b) in paragraph (b), for the words from “to inquire” to the end there is

substituted “in relation to the offence in accordance with section

51(1) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.”.

(3) For subsection (5) there is substituted—

“(5) If the court decides under section 19 above that the offence appears

to it more suitable for trial on indictment, section 21 above shall not

apply and the court shall proceed in relation to the offence in

accordance with section 51(1) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.”

9 (1) Section 24 (summary trial of information against child or young persons for

indictable offence), as amended by section 42 of this Act, is amended as

follows.

(2) For subsection (1) there is substituted—
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“(1) Where a person under the age of 18 years appears or is brought

before a magistrates’ court on an information charging him with an

indictable offence he shall, subject to sections 51 and 51A of the

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and to sections 24A and 24B below, be

tried summarily.”

(3) Subsections (1A) and (2) are omitted.

10 After section 24 there is inserted—

“24A Child or young person to indicate intention as to plea in certain cases

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a person under the age of 18 years appears or is brought

before a magistrates’ court on an information charging him

with an offence other than one falling within section 51A(12)

of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”); and

(b) but for the application of the following provisions of this

section, the court would be required at that stage, by virtue of

section 51(7) or (8) or 51A(3)(b), (4) or (5) of the 1998 Act to

determine, in relation to the offence, whether to send the

person to the Crown Court for trial (or to determine any

matter, the effect of which would be to determine whether he

is sent to the Crown Court for trial).

(2) Where this section applies, the court shall, before proceeding to

make any such determination as is referred to in subsection (1)(b)

above (the “relevant determination”), follow the procedure set out in

this section.

(3) Everything that the court is required to do under the following

provisions of this section must be done with the accused person in

court.

(4) The court shall cause the charge to be written down, if this has not

already been done, and to be read to the accused.

(5) The court shall then explain to the accused in ordinary language that

he may indicate whether (if the offence were to proceed to trial) he

would plead guilty or not guilty, and that if he indicates that he

would plead guilty—

(a) the court must proceed as mentioned in subsection (7) below;

and

(b) (in cases where the offence is one mentioned in section 91(1)

of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000) he

may be sent to the Crown Court for sentencing under section

3B or (if applicable) 3C of that Act if the court is of such

opinion as is mentioned in subsection (2) of the applicable

section.

(6) The court shall then ask the accused whether (if the offence were to

proceed to trial) he would plead guilty or not guilty.

(7) If the accused indicates that he would plead guilty, the court shall

proceed as if—

(a) the proceedings constituted from the beginning the summary

trial of the information; and
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(b) section 9(1) above was complied with and he pleaded guilty

under it,

and, accordingly, the court shall not (and shall not be required to)

proceed to make the relevant determination or to proceed further

under section 51 or (as the case may be) section 51A of the 1998 Act

in relation to the offence.

(8) If the accused indicates that he would plead not guilty, the court

shall proceed to make the relevant determination and this section

shall cease to apply.

(9) If the accused in fact fails to indicate how he would plead, for the

purposes of this section he shall be taken to indicate that he would

plead not guilty.

(10) Subject to subsection (7) above, the following shall not for any

purpose be taken to constitute the taking of a plea—

(a) asking the accused under this section whether (if the offence

were to proceed to trial) he would plead guilty or not guilty;

(b) an indication by the accused under this section of how he

would plead.

24B Intention as to plea by child or young person: absence of accused

(1) This section shall have effect where—

(a) a person under the age of 18 years appears or is brought

before a magistrates’ court on an information charging him

with an offence other than one falling within section 51A(12)

of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998;

(b) but for the application of the following provisions of this

section, the court would be required at that stage to make one

of the determinations referred to in paragraph (b) of section

24A(1) above (“the relevant determination”);

(c) the accused is represented by a legal representative;

(d) the court considers that by reason of the accused’s disorderly

conduct before the court it is not practicable for proceedings

under section 24A above to be conducted in his presence; and

(e) the court considers that it should proceed in the absence of

the accused.

(2) In such a case—

(a) the court shall cause the charge to be written down, if this has

not already been done, and to be read to the representative;

(b) the court shall ask the representative whether (if the offence

were to proceed to trial) the accused would plead guilty or

not guilty;

(c) if the representative indicates that the accused would plead

guilty the court shall proceed as if the proceedings

constituted from the beginning the summary trial of the

information, and as if section 9(1) above was complied with

and the accused pleaded guilty under it;

(d) if the representative indicates that the accused would plead

not guilty the court shall proceed to make the relevant

determination and this section shall cease to apply.
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(3) If the representative in fact fails to indicate how the accused would

plead, for the purposes of this section he shall be taken to indicate

that the accused would plead not guilty.

(4) Subject to subsection (2)(c) above, the following shall not for any

purpose be taken to constitute the taking of a plea—

(a) asking the representative under this section whether (if the

offence were to proceed to trial) the accused would plead

guilty or not guilty;

(b) an indication by the representative under this section of how

the accused would plead.

24C Intention as to plea by child or young person: adjournment

(1) A magistrates’ court proceeding under section 24A or 24B above

may adjourn the proceedings at any time, and on doing so on any

occasion when the accused is present may remand the accused.

(2) Where the court remands the accused, the time fixed for the

resumption of proceedings shall be that at which he is required to

appear or be brought before the court in pursuance of the remand or

would be required to be brought before the court but for section

128(3A) below.

24D Functions under sections 24A to 24C capable of exercise by single 

justice

(1) The functions of a magistrates’ court under sections 24A to 24C

above may be discharged by a single justice.

(2) Subsection (1) above shall not be taken as authorising—

(a) the summary trial of an information (other than a summary

trial by virtue of section 24A(7) or 24B(2)(c) above); or

(b) the imposition of a sentence,

by a magistrates’ court composed of fewer than two justices.”

11 (1) Section 25 (power to change from summary trial to committal proceedings

and vice versa), as amended by section 42 of this Act, is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for “(2) to (4)” there is substituted “(2) to (2D)”.

(3) For subsection (2) there is substituted—

“(2) Where the court is required under section 20(9) above to proceed to

the summary trial of the information, the prosecution may apply to

the court for the offence to be tried on indictment instead.

(2A) An application under subsection (2) above—

(a) must be made before the summary trial begins; and

(b) must be dealt with by the court before any other application

or issue in relation to the summary trial is dealt with.

(2B) The court may grant an application under subsection (2) above but

only if it is satisfied that the sentence which a magistrates’ court

would have power to impose for the offence would be inadequate.

(2C) Where—
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(a) the accused is charged on the same occasion with two or

more offences; and

(b) it appears to the court that they constitute or form part of a

series of two or more offences of the same or a similar

character,

subsection (2B) above shall have effect as if references to the sentence

which a magistrates’ court would have power to impose for the

offence were a reference to the maximum aggregate sentence which

a magistrates’ court would have power to impose for all of the

offences taken together.

(2D) Where the court grants an application under subsection (2) above, it

shall proceed in relation to the offence in accordance with section

51(1) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.”

(4) Subsections (3) to (8) are omitted.

12 For subsections (1) and (2) of section 26 (power to issue summons to accused

in certain circumstances) there is substituted—

“(1) Where, in the circumstances mentioned in section 23(1)(a) above, the

court is not satisfied that there is good reason for proceeding in the

absence of the accused, the justice or any of the justices of which the

court is composed may issue a summons directed to the accused

requiring his presence before the court.

(2) In a case within subsection (1) above, if the accused is not present at

the time and place appointed for the proceedings under section 19 or

section 22(1) above, the court may issue a warrant for his arrest.”

13 In section 33 (maximum penalties on summary conviction in pursuance of

section 22), in subsection (1), paragraph (b) and the word “and” immediately

preceding it are omitted.

14 Section 42 (restriction on justices sitting after dealing with bail) shall cease to

have effect.

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)

15 The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 is amended as follows.

16 In section 50 (early administrative hearings), in subsection (1) (court may

consist of single justice unless accused falls to be dealt with under section

51), the words “unless the accused falls to be dealt with under section 51

below” are omitted.

17 After section 50 there is inserted—

“50A Order of consideration for either-way offences

(1) Where an adult appears or is brought before a magistrates’ court

charged with an either-way offence (the “relevant offence”), the

court shall proceed in the manner described in this section.

(2) If notice is given in respect of the relevant offence under section 51B

or 51C below, the court shall deal with the offence as provided in

section 51 below.
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(3) Otherwise—

(a) if the adult (or another adult with whom the adult is charged

jointly with the relevant offence) is or has been sent to the

Crown Court for trial for an offence under section 51(2)(a) or

51(2)(c) below—

(i) the court shall first consider the relevant offence

under subsection (3), (4), (5) or, as the case may be, (6)

of section 51 below and, where applicable, deal with

it under that subsection;

(ii) if the adult is not sent to the Crown Court for trial for

the relevant offence by virtue of sub-paragraph (i)

above, the court shall then proceed to deal with the

relevant offence in accordance with sections 17A to 23

of the 1980 Act;

(b) in all other cases—

(i) the court shall first consider the relevant offence

under sections 17A to 20 (excluding subsections (8)

and (9) of section 20) of the 1980 Act;

(ii) if, by virtue of sub-paragraph (i) above, the court

would be required to proceed in relation to the

offence as mentioned in section 17A(6), 17B(2)(c) or

20(7) of that Act (indication of guilty plea), it shall

proceed as so required (and, accordingly, shall not

consider the offence under section 51 or 51A below);

(iii) if sub-paragraph (ii) above does not apply—

(a) the court shall consider the relevant offence

under sections 51 and 51A below and, where

applicable, deal with it under the relevant

section;

(b) if the adult is not sent to the Crown Court for

trial for the relevant offence by virtue of

paragraph (a) of this sub-paragraph, the court

shall then proceed to deal with the relevant

offence as contemplated by section 20(9) or, as

the case may be, section 21 of the 1980 Act.

(4) Subsection (3) above is subject to any requirement to proceed as

mentioned in subsections (2) or (6)(a) of section 22 of the 1980 Act

(certain offences where value involved is small).

(5) Nothing in this section shall prevent the court from committing the

adult to the Crown Court for sentence pursuant to any enactment, if

he is convicted of the relevant offence.”

18 For section 51 (no committal proceedings for indictable-only offences) there

is substituted—

“51 Sending cases to the Crown Court: adults

(1) Where an adult appears or is brought before a magistrates’ court

(“the court”) charged with an offence and any of the conditions

mentioned in subsection (2) below is satisfied, the court shall send

him forthwith to the Crown Court for trial for the offence.

(2) Those conditions are—
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(a) that the offence is an offence triable only on indictment other

than one in respect of which notice has been given under

section 51B or 51C below;

(b) that the offence is an either-way offence and the court is

required under section 20(9)(b), 21, 23(4)(b) or (5) or 25(2D) of

the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 to proceed in relation to the

offence in accordance with subsection (1) above;

(c) that notice is given to the court under section 51B or 51C

below in respect of the offence.

(3) Where the court sends an adult for trial under subsection (1) above,

it shall at the same time send him to the Crown Court for trial for any

either-way or summary offence with which he is charged and

which—

(a) (if it is an either-way offence) appears to the court to be

related to the offence mentioned in subsection (1) above; or

(b) (if it is a summary offence) appears to the court to be related

to the offence mentioned in subsection (1) above or to the

either-way offence, and which fulfils the requisite condition

(as defined in subsection (11) below).

(4) Where an adult who has been sent for trial under subsection (1)

above subsequently appears or is brought before a magistrates’ court

charged with an either-way or summary offence which—

(a) appears to the court to be related to the offence mentioned in

subsection (1) above; and

(b) (in the case of a summary offence) fulfils the requisite

condition,

the court may send him forthwith to the Crown Court for trial for the

either-way or summary offence.

(5) Where—

(a) the court sends an adult (“A”) for trial under subsection (1) or

(3) above;

(b) another adult appears or is brought before the court on the

same or a subsequent occasion charged jointly with A with an

either-way offence; and

(c) that offence appears to the court to be related to an offence for

which A was sent for trial under subsection (1) or (3) above,

the court shall where it is the same occasion, and may where it is a

subsequent occasion, send the other adult forthwith to the Crown

Court for trial for the either-way offence.

(6) Where the court sends an adult for trial under subsection (5) above,

it shall at the same time send him to the Crown Court for trial for any

either-way or summary offence with which he is charged and

which—

(a) (if it is an either-way offence) appears to the court to be

related to the offence for which he is sent for trial; and

(b) (if it is a summary offence) appears to the court to be related

to the offence for which he is sent for trial or to the either-way

offence, and which fulfils the requisite condition.

(7) Where—
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(a) the court sends an adult (“A”) for trial under subsection (1),

(3) or (5) above; and

(b) a child or young person appears or is brought before the

court on the same or a subsequent occasion charged jointly

with A with an indictable offence for which A is sent for trial

under subsection (1), (3) or (5) above, or an indictable offence

which appears to the court to be related to that offence,

the court shall, if it considers it necessary in the interests of justice to

do so, send the child or young person forthwith to the Crown Court

for trial for the indictable offence.

(8) Where the court sends a child or young person for trial under

subsection (7) above, it may at the same time send him to the Crown

Court for trial for any indictable or summary offence with which he

is charged and which—

(a) (if it is an indictable offence) appears to the court to be related

to the offence for which he is sent for trial; and

(b) (if it is a summary offence) appears to the court to be related

to the offence for which he is sent for trial or to the indictable

offence, and which fulfils the requisite condition.

(9) Subsections (7) and (8) above are subject to sections 24A and 24B of

the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (which provide for certain cases

involving children and young persons to be tried summarily).

(10) The trial of the information charging any summary offence for which

a person is sent for trial under this section shall be treated as if the

court had adjourned it under section 10 of the 1980 Act and had not

fixed the time and place for its resumption.

(11) A summary offence fulfils the requisite condition if it is punishable

with imprisonment or involves obligatory or discretionary

disqualification from driving.

(12) In the case of an adult charged with an offence—

(a) if the offence satisfies paragraph (c) of subsection (2) above,

the offence shall be dealt with under subsection (1) above and

not under any other provision of this section or section 51A

below;

(b) subject to paragraph (a) above, if the offence is one in respect

of which the court is required to, or would decide to, send the

adult to the Crown Court under—

(i) subsection (5) above; or

(ii) subsection (6) of section 51A below,

the offence shall be dealt with under that subsection and not under

any other provision of this section or section 51A below.

(13) The functions of a magistrates’ court under this section, and its

related functions under section 51D below, may be discharged by a

single justice.
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51A Sending cases to the Crown Court: children and young persons

(1) This section is subject to sections 24A and 24B of the Magistrates’

Courts Act 1980 (which provide for certain offences involving

children or young persons to be tried summarily).

(2) Where a child or young person appears or is brought before a

magistrates’ court (“the court”) charged with an offence and any of

the conditions mentioned in subsection (3) below is satisfied, the

court shall send him forthwith to the Crown Court for trial for the

offence.

(3) Those conditions are—

(a) that the offence falls within subsection (12) below;

(b) that the offence is such as is mentioned in subsection (1) of

section 91 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act

2000 (other than one mentioned in paragraph (d) below in

relation to which it appears to the court as mentioned there)

and the court considers that if he is found guilty of the offence

it ought to be possible to sentence him in pursuance of

subsection (3) of that section;

(c) that notice is given to the court under section 51B or 51C

below in respect of the offence;

(d) that the offence is a specified offence (within the meaning of

section 224 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) and it appears to

the court that if he is found guilty of the offence the criteria

for the imposition of a sentence under section 226(3) or 228(2)

of that Act would be met.

(4) Where the court sends a child or young person for trial under

subsection (2) above, it may at the same time send him to the Crown

Court for trial for any indictable or summary offence with which he

is charged and which—

(a) (if it is an indictable offence) appears to the court to be related

to the offence mentioned in subsection (2) above; or

(b) (if it is a summary offence) appears to the court to be related

to the offence mentioned in subsection (2) above or to the

indictable offence, and which fulfils the requisite condition

(as defined in subsection (9) below).

(5) Where a child or young person who has been sent for trial under

subsection (2) above subsequently appears or is brought before a

magistrates’ court charged with an indictable or summary offence

which—

(a) appears to the court to be related to the offence mentioned in

subsection (2) above; and

(b) (in the case of a summary offence) fulfils the requisite

condition,

the court may send him forthwith to the Crown Court for trial for the

indictable or summary offence.

(6) Where—

(a) the court sends a child or young person (“C”) for trial under

subsection (2) or (4) above; and
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(b) an adult appears or is brought before the court on the same

or a subsequent occasion charged jointly with C with an

either-way offence for which C is sent for trial under

subsection (2) or (4) above, or an either-way offence which

appears to the court to be related to that offence,

the court shall where it is the same occasion, and may where it is a

subsequent occasion, send the adult forthwith to the Crown Court

for trial for the either-way offence.

(7) Where the court sends an adult for trial under subsection (6) above,

it shall at the same time send him to the Crown Court for trial for any

either-way or summary offence with which he is charged and

which—

(a) (if it is an either-way offence) appears to the court to be

related to the offence for which he was sent for trial; and

(b) (if it is a summary offence) appears to the court to be related

to the offence for which he was sent for trial or to the eitherway offence, and which fulfils the requisite condition.

(8) The trial of the information charging any summary offence for which

a person is sent for trial under this section shall be treated as if the

court had adjourned it under section 10 of the 1980 Act and had not

fixed the time and place for its resumption.

(9) A summary offence fulfils the requisite condition if it is punishable

with imprisonment or involves obligatory or discretionary

disqualification from driving.

(10) In the case of a child or young person charged with an offence—

(a) if the offence satisfies any of the conditions in subsection (3)

above, the offence shall be dealt with under subsection (2)

above and not under any other provision of this section or

section 51 above;

(b) subject to paragraph (a) above, if the offence is one in respect

of which the requirements of subsection (7) of section 51

above for sending the child or young person to the Crown

Court are satisfied, the offence shall be dealt with under that

subsection and not under any other provision of this section

or section 51 above.

(11) The functions of a magistrates’ court under this section, and its

related functions under section 51D below, may be discharged by a

single justice.

(12) An offence falls within this subsection if—

(a) it is an offence of homicide; or

(b) each of the requirements of section 51A(1) of the Firearms Act

1968 would be satisfied with respect to—

(i) the offence; and

(ii) the person charged with it,

if he were convicted of the offence.
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51B Notices in serious or complex fraud cases

(1) A notice may be given by a designated authority under this section

in respect of an indictable offence if the authority is of the opinion

that the evidence of the offence charged—

(a) is sufficient for the person charged to be put on trial for the

offence; and

(b) reveals a case of fraud of such seriousness or complexity that

it is appropriate that the management of the case should

without delay be taken over by the Crown Court.

(2) That opinion must be certified by the designated authority in the

notice.

(3) The notice must also specify the proposed place of trial, and in

selecting that place the designated authority must have regard to the

same matters as are specified in paragraphs (a) to (c) of section

51D(4) below.

(4) A notice under this section must be given to the magistrates’ court at

which the person charged appears or before which he is brought.

(5) Such a notice must be given to the magistrates’ court before any

summary trial begins.

(6) The effect of such a notice is that the functions of the magistrates’

court cease in relation to the case, except—

(a) for the purposes of section 51D below;

(b) as provided by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Access to

Justice Act 1999; and

(c) as provided by section 52 below.

(7) The functions of a designated authority under this section may be

exercised by an officer of the authority acting on behalf of the

authority.

(8) A decision to give a notice under this section shall not be subject to

appeal or liable to be questioned in any court (whether a magistrates’

court or not).

(9) In this section “designated authority” means—

(a) the Director of Public Prosecutions;

(b) the Director of the Serious Fraud Office;

(c) the Commissioners of the Inland Revenue;

(d) the Commissioners of Customs and Excise; or

(e) the Secretary of State.

51C Notices in certain cases involving children

(1) A notice may be given by the Director of Public Prosecutions under

this section in respect of an offence falling within subsection (3)

below if he is of the opinion—

(a) that the evidence of the offence would be sufficient for the

person charged to be put on trial for the offence;

(b) that a child would be called as a witness at the trial; and
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(c) that, for the purpose of avoiding any prejudice to the welfare

of the child, the case should be taken over and proceeded

with without delay by the Crown Court.

(2) That opinion must be certified by the Director of Public Prosecutions

in the notice.

(3) This subsection applies to an offence—

(a) which involves an assault on, or injury or a threat of injury to,

a person;

(b) under section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933

(cruelty to persons under 16);

(c) under the Sexual Offences Act 1956, the Protection of

Children Act 1978 or the Sexual Offences Act 2003;

(d) of kidnapping or false imprisonment, or an offence under

section 1 or 2 of the Child Abduction Act 1984;

(e) which consists of attempting or conspiring to commit, or of

aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring or inciting the

commission of, an offence falling within paragraph (a), (b),

(c) or (d) above.

(4) Subsections (4), (5) and (6) of section 51B above apply for the

purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that.

(5) The functions of the Director of Public Prosecutions under this

section may be exercised by an officer acting on behalf of the

Director.

(6) A decision to give a notice under this section shall not be subject to

appeal or liable to be questioned in any court (whether a magistrates’

court or not).

(7) In this section “child” means—

(a) a person who is under the age of 17; or

(b) any person of whom a video recording (as defined in section

63(1) of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999)

was made when he was under the age of 17 with a view to its

admission as his evidence in chief in the trial referred to in

subsection (1) above.

51D Notice of offence and place of trial

(1) The court shall specify in a notice—

(a) the offence or offences for which a person is sent for trial

under section 51 or 51A above; and

(b) the place at which he is to be tried (which, if a notice has been

given under section 51B above, must be the place specified in

that notice).

(2) A copy of the notice shall be served on the accused and given to the

Crown Court sitting at that place.

(3) In a case where a person is sent for trial under section 51 or 51A

above for more than one offence, the court shall specify in that notice,

for each offence—

(a) the subsection under which the person is so sent; and
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(b) if applicable, the offence to which that offence appears to the

court to be related.

(4) Where the court selects the place of trial for the purposes of

subsection (1) above, it shall have regard to—

(a) the convenience of the defence, the prosecution and the

witnesses;

(b) the desirability of expediting the trial; and

(c) any direction given by or on behalf of the Lord Chief Justice

with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor under section

75(1) of the Supreme Court Act 1981.

51E Interpretation of sections 50A to 51D

For the purposes of sections 50A to 51D above—

(a) “adult” means a person aged 18 or over, and references to an

adult include a corporation;

(b) “either-way offence” means an offence triable either way;

(c) an either-way offence is related to an indictable offence if the

charge for the either-way offence could be joined in the same

indictment as the charge for the indictable offence;

(d) a summary offence is related to an indictable offence if it

arises out of circumstances which are the same as or

connected with those giving rise to the indictable offence.”

19 (1) After section 52 there is inserted—

“52A Restrictions on reporting

(1) Except as provided by this section, it shall not be lawful—

(a) to publish in the United Kingdom a written report of any

allocation or sending proceedings in England and Wales; or 

(b) to include in a relevant programme for reception in the

United Kingdom a report of any such proceedings,

if (in either case) the report contains any matter other than that

permitted by this section.

(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, a magistrates’ court may,

with reference to any allocation or sending proceedings, order that

subsection (1) above shall not apply to reports of those proceedings.

(3) Where there is only one accused and he objects to the making of an

order under subsection (2) above, the court shall make the order if,

and only if, it is satisfied, after hearing the representations of the

accused, that it is in the interests of justice to do so.

(4) Where in the case of two or more accused one of them objects to the

making of an order under subsection (2) above, the court shall make

the order if, and only if, it is satisfied, after hearing the

representations of the accused, that it is in the interests of justice to

do so.

(5) An order under subsection (2) above shall not apply to reports of

proceedings under subsection (3) or (4) above, but any decision of the

court to make or not to make such an order may be contained in
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reports published or included in a relevant programme before the

time authorised by subsection (6) below.

(6) It shall not be unlawful under this section to publish or include in a

relevant programme a report of allocation or sending proceedings

containing any matter other than that permitted by subsection (7)

below—

(a) where, in relation to the accused (or all of them, if there are

more than one), the magistrates’ court is required to proceed

as mentioned in section 20(7) of the 1980 Act, after the court

is so required;

(b) where, in relation to the accused (or any of them, if there are

more than one), the court proceeds other than as mentioned

there, after conclusion of his trial or, as the case may be, the

trial of the last to be tried.

(7) The following matters may be contained in a report of allocation or

sending proceedings published or included in a relevant programme

without an order under subsection (2) above before the time

authorised by subsection (6) above—

(a) the identity of the court and the name of the justice or justices;

(b) the name, age, home address and occupation of the accused;

(c) in the case of an accused charged with an offence in respect

of which notice has been given to the court under section 51B

above, any relevant business information;

(d) the offence or offences, or a summary of them, with which the

accused is or are charged;

(e) the names of counsel and solicitors engaged in the

proceedings;

(f) where the proceedings are adjourned, the date and place to

which they are adjourned;

(g) the arrangements as to bail;

(h) whether a right to representation funded by the Legal

Services Commission as part of the Criminal Defence Service

was granted to the accused or any of the accused.

(8) The addresses that may be published or included in a relevant

programme under subsection (7) above are addresses—

(a) at any relevant time; and

(b) at the time of their publication or inclusion in a relevant

programme.

(9) The following is relevant business information for the purposes of

subsection (7) above—

(a) any address used by the accused for carrying on a business

on his own account;

(b) the name of any business which he was carrying on on his

own account at any relevant time;

(c) the name of any firm in which he was a partner at any

relevant time or by which he was engaged at any such time;

(d) the address of any such firm;

(e) the name of any company of which he was a director at any

relevant time or by which he was otherwise engaged at any

such time;
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(f) the address of the registered or principal office of any such

company;

(g) any working address of the accused in his capacity as a

person engaged by any such company;

and here “engaged” means engaged under a contract of service or a

contract for services.

(10) Subsection (1) above shall be in addition to, and not in derogation

from, the provisions of any other enactment with respect to the

publication of reports of court proceedings.

(11) In this section—

“allocation or sending proceedings” means, in relation to an

information charging an indictable offence—

(a) any proceedings in the magistrates’ court at which

matters are considered under any of the following

provisions—

(i) sections 19 to 23 of the 1980 Act;

(ii) section 51, 51A or 52 above;

(b) any proceedings in the magistrates’ court before the

court proceeds to consider any matter mentioned in

paragraph (a) above; and

(c) any proceedings in the magistrates’ court at which an

application under section 25(2) of the 1980 Act is

considered;

“publish”, in relation to a report, means publish the report,

either by itself or as part of a newspaper or periodical, for

distribution to the public;

“relevant programme” means a programme included in a

programme service (within the meaning of the Broadcasting

Act 1990);

“relevant time” means a time when events giving rise to the

charges to which the proceedings relate occurred.

52B Offences in connection with reporting

(1) If a report is published or included in a relevant programme in

contravention of section 52A above, each of the following persons is

guilty of an offence—

(a) in the case of a publication of a written report as part of a

newspaper or periodical, any proprietor, editor or publisher

of the newspaper or periodical;

(b) in the case of a publication of a written report otherwise than

as part of a newspaper or periodical, the person who

publishes it;

(c) in the case of the inclusion of a report in a relevant

programme, any body corporate which is engaged in

providing the service in which the programme is included

and any person having functions in relation to the

programme corresponding to those of the editor of a

newspaper.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary

conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
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(3) Proceedings for an offence under this section shall not, in England

and Wales, be instituted otherwise than by or with the consent of the

Attorney General.

(4) Proceedings for an offence under this section shall not, in Northern

Ireland, be instituted otherwise than by or with the consent of the

Attorney General for Northern Ireland.

(5) Subsection (11) of section 52A above applies for the purposes of this

section as it applies for the purposes of that section.”.

(2) In section 121 (short title, commencement and extent)—

(a) in subsection (6), after paragraph (b) there is inserted—

“(bb) sections 52A and 52B;”, and

(b) in subsection (8), after “(5) above,” there is inserted “sections 52A and

52B above,”.

20 (1) Schedule 3 (procedure where persons are sent for trial under section 51 of

the Crime and Disorder Act 1998) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1(1)— 

(a) after “51” there is inserted “or 51A”, and

(b) in paragraph (b), for “subsection (7) of that section” there is

substituted “section 51D(1) of this Act”.

(3) In paragraph 2—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)—

(i) after “51” there is inserted “or 51A”, and

(ii) for “subsection (7) of that section” there is substituted

“section 51D(1) of this Act”, and

(b) sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) are omitted.

(4) In paragraph 4, in sub-paragraph (1)(a), after “51” there is inserted “or 51A”.

(5) In paragraph 5, in sub-paragraph (2), after “51” there is inserted “or 51A”.

(6) Paragraph 6 is amended as follows—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), after “51” there is inserted “or 51A”,

(b) in sub-paragraph (2), for the words from the second “offence” to the

end there is substituted “indictable offence for which he was sent for

trial or, as the case may be, any of the indictable offences for which

he was so sent”, and

(c) in sub-paragraph (9), for “indictable-only” there is substituted

“indictable”.

(7) In paragraph 7—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a), after “51” there is inserted “or 51A”,

(b) in sub-paragraph (1)(b), for “offence that is triable only on

indictment” there is substituted “main offence”,

(c) in sub-paragraph (3), after “each” there is inserted “remaining”,

(d) in sub-paragraph (7), for “consider” there is substituted “decide”,

and

(e) after sub-paragraph (8) there is inserted—

“(9) In this paragraph, a “main offence” is—

(a) an offence for which the person has been sent to the

Crown Court for trial under section 51(1) of this

Act; or
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(b) an offence—

(i) for which the person has been sent to the

Crown Court for trial under subsection (5)

of section 51 or subsection (6) of section 51A

of this Act (“the applicable subsection”);

and

(ii) in respect of which the conditions for

sending him to the Crown Court for trial

under the applicable subsection (as set out

in paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 51(5) or

paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 51A(6))

continue to be satisfied.”

(8) In paragraph 8—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a), after “51” there is inserted “or 51A”,

(b) in sub-paragraph (1)(b), for “offence that is triable only on

indictment” there is substituted “main offence (within the meaning

of paragraph 7 above)”,

(c) in sub-paragraph (2)(a), after “each” there is inserted “remaining”,

and

(d) in sub-paragraph (2)(d), for “consider” there is substituted “decide”.

(9) In paragraph 9—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for “consider” there is substituted “decide”,

and

(b) for sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), there is substituted—

“(2) Before deciding the question, the court—

(a) shall give the prosecution an opportunity to inform

the court of the accused’s previous convictions (if

any); and

(b) shall give the prosecution and the accused an

opportunity to make representations as to whether

summary trial or trial on indictment would be

more suitable.

(3) In deciding the question, the court shall consider—

(a) whether the sentence which a magistrates’ court

would have power to impose for the offence would

be adequate; and

(b) any representations made by the prosecution or the

accused under sub-paragraph (2)(b) above,

and shall have regard to any allocation guidelines (or

revised allocation guidelines) issued as definitive

guidelines under section 170 of the Criminal Justice Act

2003.

(4) Where—

(a) the accused is charged on the same occasion with

two or more offences; and

(b) it appears to the court that they constitute or form

part of a series of two or more offences of the same

or a similar character;

sub-paragraph (3)(a) above shall have effect as if references

to the sentence which a magistrates’ court would have
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power to impose for the offence were a reference to the

maximum aggregate sentence which a magistrates’ court

would have power to impose for all of the offences taken

together.

(5) In this paragraph any reference to a previous conviction is

a reference to—

(a) a previous conviction by a court in the United

Kingdom, or

(b) a previous finding of guilt in—

(i) any proceedings under the Army Act 1955,

the Air Force Act 1955 or the Naval

Discipline Act 1957 (whether before a courtmartial or any other court or person

authorised under any of those Acts to

award a punishment in respect of any

offence), or

(ii) any proceedings before a Standing Civilian

Court.”

(10) In paragraph 10—

(a) for sub-paragraph (2), there is substituted—

“(2) The court shall explain to the accused in ordinary

language—

(a) that it appears to the court more suitable for him to

be tried summarily for the offence;

(b) that he can either consent to be so tried or, if he

wishes, be tried on indictment; and

(c) in the case of a specified offence (within the

meaning of section 224 of the Criminal Justice Act

2003), that if he is tried summarily and is convicted

by the court, he may be committed for sentence to

the Crown Court under section 3A of the Powers of

Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 if the

committing court is of such opinion as is

mentioned in subsection (2) of that section.”, and

(b) in sub-paragraph (3), for “by a jury” there is substituted “on

indictment”.

(11) In paragraph 11, in sub-paragraph (a), for “by a jury” there is substituted “on

indictment”.

(12) Paragraph 12 shall cease to have effect.

(13) In paragraph 13—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a), after “51” there is inserted “or 51A”,

(b) in sub-paragraph (1)(b), for “offence that is triable only on

indictment” there is substituted “main offence”,

(c) in sub-paragraph (2), the words from “unless” to the end are omitted,

and

(d) for sub-paragraph (3) there is substituted—

“(3) In this paragraph, a “main offence” is—

(a) an offence for which the child or young person has

been sent to the Crown Court for trial under section

51A(2) of this Act; or
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(b) an offence—

(i) for which the child or young person has

been sent to the Crown Court for trial under

subsection (7) of section 51 of this Act; and

(ii) in respect of which the conditions for

sending him to the Crown Court for trial

under that subsection (as set out in

paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection)

continue to be satisfied.”

(14) In paragraph 15, in each of sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), for “considered”

there is substituted “decided”.

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)

21The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 is amended as follows.

22 For section 3 (committal for sentence on summary trial of offence triable

either way) there is substituted—

“3 Committal for sentence on indication of guilty plea to serious offence 

triable either way

(1) Subject to subsection (4) below, this section applies where—

(a) a person aged 18 or over appears or is brought before a

magistrates’ court (“the court”) on an information charging

him with an offence triable either way (“the offence”);

(b) he or his representative indicates under section 17A or (as the

case may be) 17B of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (initial

procedure: accused to indicate intention as to plea), but not

section 20(7) of that Act, that he would plead guilty if the

offence were to proceed to trial; and

(c) proceeding as if section 9(1) of that Act were complied with

and he pleaded guilty under it, the court convicts him of the

offence.

(2) If the court is of the opinion that—

(a) the offence; or

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

associated with it,

was so serious that the Crown Court should, in the court’s opinion,

have the power to deal with the offender in any way it could deal

with him if he had been convicted on indictment, the court may

commit him in custody or on bail to the Crown Court for sentence in

accordance with section 5(1) below.

(3) Where the court commits a person under subsection (2) above,

section 6 below (which enables a magistrates’ court, where it

commits a person under this section in respect of an offence, also to

commit him to the Crown Court to be dealt with in respect of certain

other offences) shall apply accordingly.

(4) This section does not apply in relation to an offence as regards which

this section is excluded by section 17D of the Magistrates’ Courts Act

1980 (certain offences where value involved is small).
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(5) The preceding provisions of this section shall apply in relation to a

corporation as if—

(a) the corporation were an individual aged 18 or over; and

(b) in subsection (2) above, the words “in custody or on bail”

were omitted.”

23 After section 3 there is inserted—

“3A Committal for sentence of dangerous adult offenders

(1) This section applies where on the summary trial of a specified

offence triable either way a person aged 18 or over is convicted of the

offence.

(2) If, in relation to the offence, it appears to the court that the criteria for

the imposition of a sentence under section 225(3) or 227(2) of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003 would be met, the court must commit the

offender in custody or on bail to the Crown Court for sentence in

accordance with section 5(1) below.

(3) Where the court commits a person under subsection (2) above,

section 6 below (which enables a magistrates’ court, where it

commits a person under this section in respect of an offence, also to

commit him to the Crown Court to be dealt with in respect of certain

other offences) shall apply accordingly.

(4) In reaching any decision under or taking any step contemplated by

this section—

(a) the court shall not be bound by any indication of sentence

given in respect of the offence under section 20 of the

Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (procedure where summary

trial appears more suitable); and

(b) nothing the court does under this section may be challenged

or be the subject of any appeal in any court on the ground that

it is not consistent with an indication of sentence.

(5) Nothing in this section shall prevent the court from committing a

specified offence to the Crown Court for sentence under section 3

above if the provisions of that section are satisfied.

(6) In this section, references to a specified offence are to a specified

offence within the meaning of section 224 of the Criminal Justice Act

2003.

3B Committal for sentence on indication of guilty plea by child or young 

person

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a person aged under 18 appears or is brought before a

magistrates’ court (“the court”) on an information charging

him with an offence mentioned in subsection (1) of section 91

below (“the offence”);

(b) he or his representative indicates under section 24A or (as the

case may be) 24B of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (child or

young person to indicate intention as to plea in certain cases)
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that he would plead guilty if the offence were to proceed to

trial; and

(c) proceeding as if section 9(1) of that Act were complied with

and he pleaded guilty under it, the court convicts him of the

offence.

(2) If the court is of the opinion that— 

(a) the offence; or

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

associated with it,

was such that the Crown Court should, in the court’s opinion, have

power to deal with the offender as if the provisions of section 91(3)

below applied, the court may commit him in custody or on bail to the

Crown Court for sentence in accordance with section 5A(1) below.

(3) Where the court commits a person under subsection (2) above,

section 6 below (which enables a magistrates’ court, where it

commits a person under this section in respect of an offence, also to

commit him to the Crown Court to be dealt with in respect of certain

other offences) shall apply accordingly.

3C Committal for sentence of dangerous young offenders

(1) This section applies where on the summary trial of a specified

offence a person aged under 18 is convicted of the offence.

(2) If, in relation to the offence, it appears to the court that the criteria for

the imposition of a sentence under section 226(3) or 228(2) of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003 would be met, the court must commit the

offender in custody or on bail to the Crown Court for sentence in

accordance with section 5A(1) below.

(3) Where the court commits a person under subsection (2) above,

section 6 below (which enables a magistrates’ court, where it

commits a person under this section in respect of an offence, also to

commit him to the Crown Court to be dealt with in respect of certain

other offences) shall apply accordingly.

(4) Nothing in this section shall prevent the court from committing a

specified offence to the Crown Court for sentence under section 3B

above if the provisions of that section are satisfied.

(5) In this section, references to a specified offence are to a specified

offence within the meaning of section 224 of the Criminal Justice Act

2003.”

24 (1) Section 4 (committal for sentence on indication of guilty plea to offence

triable either way) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (1)(b), there is substituted—

“(b) he or (where applicable) his representative indicates under

section 17A, 17B or 20(7) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

that he would plead guilty if the offence were to proceed to

trial; and”.

(3) In subsection (1)(c), for “the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980” there is

substituted “that Act”.
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(4) After subsection (1) there is inserted—

“(1A) But this section does not apply to an offence as regards which this

section is excluded by section 17D of that Act (certain offences where

value involved is small).”

(5) For subsection (3), there is substituted—

“(3) If the power conferred by subsection (2) above is not exercisable but

the court is still to determine to, or to determine whether to, send the

offender to the Crown Court for trial under section 51 or 51A of the

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 for one or more related offences—

(a) it shall adjourn the proceedings relating to the offence until

after it has made those determinations; and

(b) if it sends the offender to the Crown Court for trial for one or

more related offences, it may then exercise that power.”

(6) In subsection (4)(b), after “section 3(2)” there is inserted “or, as the case may

be, section 3A(2)”.

(7) After subsection (7) there is inserted—

“(8) In reaching any decision under or taking any step contemplated by

this section—

(a) the court shall not be bound by any indication of sentence

given in respect of the offence under section 20 of the

Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (procedure where summary

trial appears more suitable); and

(b) nothing the court does under this section may be challenged

or be the subject of any appeal in any court on the ground that

it is not consistent with an indication of sentence.”

25 After section 4 there is inserted—

“4A Committal for sentence on indication of guilty plea by child or young 

person with related offences

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a person aged under 18 appears or brought before a

magistrates’ court (“the court”) on an information charging

him with an offence mentioned in subsection (1) of section 91

below (“the offence”);

(b) he or his representative indicates under section 24A or (as the

case may be) 24B of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (child or

young person to indicate intention as to plea in certain cases)

that he would plead guilty if the offence were to proceed to

trial; and

(c) proceeding as if section 9(1) of that Act were complied with

and he pleaded guilty under it, the court convicts him of the

offence.

(2) If the court has sent the offender to the Crown Court for trial for one

or more related offences, that is to say one or more offences which, in

its opinion, are related to the offence, it may commit him in custody

or on bail to the Crown Court to be dealt with in respect of the

offence in accordance with section 5A(1) below.
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(3) If the power conferred by subsection (2) above is not exercisable but

the court is still to determine to, or to determine whether to, send the

offender to the Crown Court for trial under section 51 or 51A of the

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 for one or more related offences—

(a) it shall adjourn the proceedings relating to the offence until

after it has made those determinations; and

(b) if it sends the offender to the Crown Court for trial for one or

more related offences, it may then exercise that power.

(4) Where the court—

(a) under subsection (2) above commits the offender to the

Crown Court to be dealt with in respect of the offence; and

(b) does not state that, in its opinion, it also has power so to

commit him under section 3B(2) or, as the case may be,

section 3C(2) above,

section 5A(1) below shall not apply unless he is convicted before the

Crown Court of one or more of the related offences.

(5) Where section 5A(1) below does not apply, the Crown Court may

deal with the offender in respect of the offence in any way in which

the magistrates’ court could deal with him if it had just convicted

him of the offence.

(6) Where the court commits a person under subsection (2) above,

section 6 below (which enables a magistrates’ court, where it

commits a person under this section in respect of an offence, also to

commit him to the Crown Court to be dealt with in respect of certain

other offences) shall apply accordingly.

(7) Section 4(7) above applies for the purposes of this section as it applies

for the purposes of that section.”

26 For section 5 (power of Crown Court on committal for sentence under

sections 3 and 4) there is substituted—

“5 Power of Crown Court on committal for sentence under sections 3, 3A 

and 4

(1) Where an offender is committed by a magistrates’ court for sentence

under section 3, 3A or 4 above, the Crown Court shall inquire into the

circumstances of the case and may deal with the offender in any way

in which it could deal with him if he had just been convicted of the

offence on indictment before the court.

(2) In relation to committals under section 4 above, subsection (1) above

has effect subject to section 4(4) and (5) above.

(3) Section 20A(1) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (which relates to

the effect of an indication of sentence under section 20 of that Act)

shall not apply in respect of any specified offence (within the

meaning of section 224 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003)—

(a) in respect of which the offender is committed under section

3A(2) above; or

(b) in respect of which—

(i) the offender is committed under section 4(2) above;

and
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(ii) the court states under section 4(4) above that, in its

opinion, it also has power to commit the offender

under section 3A(2) above.”

27 After section 5 there is inserted—

“5A Power of Crown Court on committal for sentence under sections 3B, 

3C and 4A

(1) Where an offender is committed by a magistrates’ court for sentence

under section 3B, 3C or 4A above, the Crown Court shall inquire into

the circumstances of the case and may deal with the offender in any

way in which it could deal with him if he had just been convicted of

the offence on indictment before the court.

(2) In relation to committals under section 4A above, subsection (1 )

above has effect subject to section 4A(4) and (5) above.”

28 In section 6 (committal for sentence in certain cases where offender

committed in respect of another offence), in subsection (4)(b), for “3 and 4”

there is substituted “3 to 4A”.

PART 2

MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act 1878 (c. 73)

29 In section 4 of the Territorial Waters Jurisdiction Act 1878 (provisions as to

procedure), in the paragraph beginning “Proceedings before a justice of the

peace”, for the words from the beginning to “his trial” there is substituted—

“Any stage of proceedings—

(a) before the summary trial of the offence; or

(b) before the offender has been sent for trial for the offence,”.

Bankers’ Books Evidence Act 1879 (c. 11)

30 (1) The Bankers’ Books Evidence Act 1879 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 4 (proof that book is a banker’s book), the paragraph beginning

“Where the proceedings” is omitted.

(3) In section 5 (verification of copy), the paragraph beginning “Where the

proceedings” is omitted.

Explosive Substances Act 1883 (c. 3)

31In section 6 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 (inquiry by AttorneyGeneral, and apprehension of absconding witnesses), subsection (3) is

omitted.

Criminal Justice Act 1925 (c. 86)

32 In section 49 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 (interpretation, etc), subsection

(2) is omitted.
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Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12)

33 In section 42 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (extension of

power to take deposition of child or young person), in subsection (2)(a), for

“committed” in both places there is substituted “sent”.

Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1933 (c. 36)

34 (1) Section 2 of the Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act

1933 (procedure for indictment of offenders) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for “committed” there is substituted “sent”,

(b) paragraphs (aa) to (ac) are omitted,

(c) for paragraph (i) there is substituted—

“(i) where the person charged has been sent for trial, the

bill of indictment against him may include, either in

substitution for or in addition to any count charging

an offence specified in the notice under section 57D(1)

of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, any counts

founded on material which, in pursuance of

regulations made under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to

that Act, was served on the person charged, being

counts which may lawfully be joined in the same

indictment;”,

(d) paragraphs (iA) and (iB) are omitted,

(e) in paragraph (ii), for “the committal” there is substituted “such

notice”, and

(f) the words from “and in paragraph (iA)” to the end are omitted.

(3) In subsection (3)(b), for “committed” there is substituted “sent”.

Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58)

35 (1) The Criminal Justice Act 1948 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 27 (remand and committal of persons aged 17 to 20), in subsection

(1), for “commits him for trial or” there is substituted “sends him to the

Crown Court for trial or commits him there for”.

(3) In section 41 (evidence by certificate), subsection (5A) is omitted.

(4) In section 80 (interpretation), the definition of “Court of summary

jurisdiction” is omitted.

Prison Act 1952 (c. 52)

36 Until their repeal by (respectively) section 59 of, and paragraph 10(a)(ii) of

Schedule 7 to, the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000, paragraph

(a) of subsection (1), and paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (2), of section

43 of the Prison Act 1952 (remand centres, detention centres and youth

custody centres) are to have effect as if references to being committed for

trial were references to being sent for trial.
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Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18)

37 In section 187 of the Army Act 1955 (proceedings before a civil court where

persons suspected of illegal absence), at the end of subsection (4) there is

inserted—

“The references in this subsection to provisions of the Magistrates’

Courts Act 1980 and to corresponding enactments are to be taken to

refer to those provisions and enactments as if no amendment to them

had been made by the Criminal Justice Act 2003.”

Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19)

38 In section 187 of the Air Force Act 1955 (proceedings before a civil court

where persons suspected of illegal absence), at the end of subsection (4)

there is inserted—

“The references in this subsection to provisions of the Magistrates’

Courts Act 1980 and to corresponding enactments are to be taken to

refer to those provisions and enactments as if no amendment to them

had been made by the Criminal Justice Act 2003.” 

Geneva Conventions Act 1957 (c. 52)

39 In section 5 of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 (reduction of sentence and

custody of protected persons)—

(a) in subsection (1), for “committal” there is substituted “having been

sent”,

(b) in subsection (2), for “committal”, where it first appears, there is

substituted “having been sent”.

Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53)

40 In section 109 of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (proceedings before summary

courts), at the end of subsection (4) there is inserted—

“The references in this subsection to provisions are to be taken to

refer to those provisions as if no amendment to them had been made

by the Criminal Justice Act 2003.”

Backing of Warrants (Republic of Ireland) Act 1965 (c. 45)

41In paragraph 4 of the Schedule to the Backing of Warrants (Republic of

Ireland) Act 1965 (supplementary procedures as to proceedings under

section 2)—

(a) the words “and section 2 of the Poor Prisoners Defence Act 1930

(legal aid before examining justices)” are omitted, and

(b) for “it had determined not to commit for trial” there is substituted

“the offence were to be dealt with summarily and the court had

dismissed the information”.

Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965 (c. 69)

42 In section 2 of the Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965

(issue of witness summons on application to Crown Court)—

(a) for subsection (4) there is substituted—
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“(4) Where a person has been sent for trial for any offence to

which the proceedings concerned relate, an application must

be made as soon as is reasonably practicable after service on

that person, in pursuance of regulations made under

paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act

1998, of the documents relevant to that offence.”, and

(b) subsection (5) is omitted.

Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80)

43 (1) The Criminal Justice Act 1967 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 9 (proof by written statement), in subsection (1), the words “, other

than committal proceedings,” are omitted.

(3) In section 36 (interpretation), in subsection (1), the definition of “committal

proceedings” is omitted.

Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19)

44 (1) The Criminal Appeal Act 1968 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 1 (right of appeal), in subsection (3), for “committed him” there is

substituted “sent him to the Crown Court”.

(3) In section 9 (appeal against sentence following conviction on indictment), in

subsection (2), the words from “section 41” to “either way offence” are

omitted.

Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27)

45 In Schedule 6 to the Firearms Act 1968 (prosecution and punishment of

offences), in Part 2, paragraph 3 is omitted.

Theft Act 1968 (c. 60)

46 In section 27 of the Theft Act 1968 (evidence and procedure on charge of theft

or handling stolen goods), subsection (4A) is omitted.

Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71)

47 In section 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1972 (admissibility of written

statements outside England and Wales), subsections (1A) to (1C) are

omitted.

Bail Act 1976 (c. 63)

48 (1) The Bail Act 1976 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 3 (general provisions)—

(a) in subsection (8)—

(i) for “committed” there is substituted “sent”, and

(ii) after “for trial or” there is inserted “committed him on bail to

the Crown Court”, and

(b) subsections (8A) and (8B), and the subsection (10) inserted by

paragraph 12(b) of Schedule 9 to the Criminal Justice and Public

Order Act 1994 (c. 33), are omitted.
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(3) In section 5 (supplementary provisions about decisions on bail)—

(a) in subsection (6)(a), for “committing” there is substituted “sending”,

and

(b) in subsection (6A)(a)—

(i) after “under” there is inserted “section 52(5) of the Crime and

Disorder Act 1998,”,

(ii) sub-paragraph (i) is omitted,

(iii) after sub-paragraph (ii) there is inserted—

“(iia) section 17C (intention as to plea:

adjournment);”, and

(iv) at the end of sub-paragraph (iii) there is inserted “or

(iv) section 24C (intention as to plea by

child or young person:

adjournment),”.

(4) In section 6 (offence of absconding by person released on bail), in subsection

(6)(b), for “commits” there is substituted “sends”.

(5) In section 9 (offence of agreeing to indemnify sureties in criminal

proceedings), in subsection (3)(b), for “commits” there is substituted

“sends”.

Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)

49 In Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (words and expressions

defined)—

(a) in the definition of “Committed for trial”, paragraph (a) is omitted,

(b) after the entry for “Secretary of State” there is inserted—

““Sent for trial” means, in relation to England and Wales, sent

by a magistrates’ court to the Crown Court for trial pursuant

to section 51 or 51A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.”

Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2)

50 In section 147 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979

(proceedings for offences), subsection (2) is omitted.

Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)

51(1) The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 2, as substituted by the Courts Act 2003 (trial of summary

offences), in subsection (2), for “as examining justices over” there is

substituted “under sections 51 and 51A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998

in respect of”.

(3) Sections 4 to 8 (which relate to committal proceedings) shall cease to have

effect and the cross-heading preceding section 4 is omitted.

(4) In section 8B, as inserted by the Courts Act 2003 (effect of rulings at pre-trial

hearing), in subsection (6), the words “commits or” are omitted.

(5) In section 29 (power of magistrates’ court to remit a person under 17 for trial

to a juvenile court in certain circumstances), in subsection (2)(b)(i), for the

words from “proceeds” to the end there is substituted “sends him to the

Crown Court for trial under section 51 or 51A of the Crime and Disorder Act

1998; and”.
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(6) The following sections shall cease to have effect—

(a) section 97A (summons or warrant as to committal proceedings),

(b) section 103 (evidence of persons under 14 in committal proceedings

for assault, sexual offences etc), and

(c) section 106 (false written statements tendered in evidence).

(7) In section 128 (remand in custody or on bail)—

(a) in subsection (1)(b), the words “inquiring into or” are omitted,

(b) in subsection (1A)(a)—

(i) “5,” is omitted, and

(ii) for “or 18(4)” there is substituted “, 18(4) or 24C”,

(c) in subsection (3A)—

(i) “5,” is omitted, and

(ii) for “or 18(4)” there is substituted “, 18(4) or 24C”,

(d) in subsection (3C)(a)—

(i) “5,” is omitted, and

(ii) for “or 18(4)” there is substituted “, 18(4) or 24C”, and

(e) in subsection (3E)(a)—

(i) “5,” is omitted, and

(ii) for “or 18(4)” there is substituted “, 18(4) or 24C”.

(8) In section 129 (further remand), in subsection (4)—

(a) for “commits a person” there is substituted “sends a person to the

Crown Court”, and

(b) for “committed” there is substituted “sent”.

(9) In section 130 (transfer of remand hearings), in subsection (1)—

(a) “5,” is omitted, and

(b) for “or 18(4)” there is substituted “, 18(4) or 24C”.

(10) In section 145 (rules: supplementary provisions), in subsection (1),

paragraph (f) is omitted.

(11) In section 150 (interpretation of other terms), in subsection (1), the definition

of “committal proceedings” is omitted.

(12) In section 155 (short title, extent and commencement), in subsection (2)(a),

the words “8 (except subsection (9))” are omitted.

(13) In Schedule 3 (corporations)—

(a) in paragraph 2, sub-paragraph (a) is omitted,

(b) in paragraph 6, for “inquiry into, and trial of,” there is substituted

“trial of”.

(14) In Schedule 5 (transfer of remand hearings)—

(a) paragraph 2 is omitted, and

(b) in paragraph 5, for “5, 10 or 18(4)” there is substituted “10, 17C, 18(4)

or 24C”.

Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (c. 47)

52 In section 2 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (application of procedures

and other provisions to offences under section 1), in subsection (2)(g), the

words “or committed for trial” are omitted.
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Contempt of Court Act 1981 (c. 49)

53 In section 4 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 (contemporary reports of

proceedings), in subsection (3), for paragraph (b) there is substituted—

“(b) in the case of a report of allocation or sending proceedings of

which publication is permitted by virtue only of subsection

(6) of section 52A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (“the

1998 Act”), if published as soon as practicable after

publication is so permitted;

(c) in the case of a report of an application of which publication

is permitted by virtue only of sub-paragraph (5) or (7) of

paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the 1998 Act, if published as

soon as practicable after publication is so permitted.”

Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54)

54 (1) The Supreme Court Act 1981 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 76 (committal for trial: alteration of place of trial)—

(a) in subsection (1 ), for the words from “varying” (where it first

appears) to “to Crown Court)” there is substituted “substituting

some other place for the place specified in a notice under section

51D(1) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (a “section 51D notice”)”,

(b) in subsection (3), for the words “fixed by the magistrates’ court, as

specified in a notice under a relevant transfer provision” there is

substituted “specified in a section 51D notice”,

(c) subsection (5) is omitted, and

(d) in the heading, for “Committal” there is substituted “Sending”.

(3) In section 77 (committal for trial: date of trial)—

(a) in subsection (1), for “committal for trial or the giving of a notice of

transfer under a relevant transfer provision” there is substituted

“being sent for trial”,

(b) in subsection (2), for “committed by a magistrates’ court or in respect

of whom a notice of transfer under a relevant transfer provision has

been given” there is substituted “sent for trial”,

(c) in subsection (3), for “of committal for trial or of a notice of transfer”

there is substituted “when the defendant is sent for trial”,

(d) subsection (4) is omitted, and

(e) in the heading, for “Committal” there is substituted “Sending”.

(4) In section 80 (process to compel appearance), in subsection (2), for

“committed” there is substituted “sent”.

(5) In section 81—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) in paragraph (a)—

(a) the words “who has been committed in custody for

appearance before the Crown Court or in relation to

whose case a notice of transfer has been given under

a relevant transfer provision or” are omitted, and

(b) after “51” there is inserted “or 51A”,

(ii) in paragraph (g), sub-paragraph (i) is omitted, and

(b) subsection (7) is omitted.
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Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)

55 (1) The Mental Health Act 1983 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 43 (power of magistrates’ court to commit for restriction order),

for subsection (4) there is substituted—

“(4) The powers of a magistrates’ court under section 3 or 3B of the

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (which enable such

a court to commit an offender to the Crown Court where the court is

of the opinion, or it appears to the court, as mentioned in the section

in question) shall also be exercisable by a magistrates’ court where it

is of that opinion (or it so appears to it) unless a hospital order is

made in the offender’s case with a restriction order.”

(3) In section 52 (further provisions as to persons remanded by magistrates’

courts)—

(a) in subsection (2), for “committed” there is substituted “sent”,

(b) in subsection (5), for “committed” there is substituted “sent”, 

(c) in subsection (6), for “committed” there is substituted “sent”, and

(d) in subsection (7), for the words from “inquire” to “1980” there is

substituted “send him to the Crown Court for trial under section 51

or 51A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998”, and in paragraph (b) of

that subsection, the words “where the court proceeds under

subsection (1) of that section” are omitted.

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60)

56 (1) The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 62 (intimate samples), in subsection (10)—

(a) sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) is omitted, and

(b) in paragraph (aa), for sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) there is substituted

“paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998

(applications for dismissal); and”.

(3) In section 71 (microfilm copies), the paragraph beginning “Where the

proceedings” is omitted.

(4) In section 76 (confessions), subsection (9) is omitted.

(5) In section 78 (exclusion of unfair evidence), subsection (3) is omitted.

Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23)

57 (1) The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 7A (powers of non-legal staff), for subsection (6) there is

substituted—

“(6) This section applies to an offence if it is triable only on indictment or

is an offence for which the accused has been sent for trial.”

(3) In section 16 (defence costs)—

(a) in subsection (1), paragraph (b) is omitted, and

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) in paragraph (a), for “committed” there is substituted “sent”,

and

(ii) paragraph (aa) is omitted, and
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(c) subsection (12) is omitted.

(4) In section 21 (interpretation), in subsection (6)(b), for “committed” there is

substituted “sent”.

(5) In section 22 (power of Secretary of State to set time limits in relation to

preliminary stages of criminal proceedings), in subsection (11)—

(a) in paragraph (a) of the definition of “appropriate court”, for

“committed for trial, sent for trial under section 51 of the Crime and

Disorder Act 1998” there is substituted “sent for trial”,

(b) for the definition of “custody of the Crown Court” there is

substituted—

““custody of the Crown Court” includes custody to which a

person is committed in pursuance of—

(a) section 43A of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

(magistrates’ court dealing with a person brought

before it following his arrest in pursuance of a

warrant issued by the Crown Court); or

(b) section 52 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998

(provisions supplementing section 51);”.

(6) In section 23 (discontinuance of proceedings in magistrates’ court), in

subsection (2), for paragraphs (a) to (c) there is substituted—

“(a) any stage of the proceedings after the court has begun to hear

evidence for the prosecution at a summary trial of the

offence; or

(b) any stage of the proceedings after the accused has been sent

for trial for the offence.”

(7) In section 23A (discontinuance of proceedings after accused has been sent

for trial)—

(a) in paragraph (b) of subsection (1), the words from “under” to “1998”

are omitted, and

(b) in subsection (2), for “51(7)” there is substituted “51D(1)”.

Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c. 38)

58 (1) The Criminal Justice Act 1987 is amended as follows.

(2) Sections 4 to 6 (which relate to the transfer of cases to the Crown Court) shall

cease to have effect.

(3) In section 11 (restrictions on reporting)—

(a) in subsection (2), paragraph (a) is omitted,

(b) subsection (3) is omitted,

(c) in subsection (7), “(3),” is omitted,

(d) in subsection (8), “(3),” is omitted,

(e) subsections (9) and (10) are omitted,

(f) in subsection (11), paragraphs (a) and (d) are omitted.

Coroners Act 1988 (c. 13)

59 (1) The Coroners Act 1988 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 16 (adjournment of inquest in event of criminal proceedings)—
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(a) in subsection (1)(b), for “charged before examining justices with”

there is substituted “sent for trial for”, and

(b) for subsection (8) there is substituted—

“(8) In this section, the “relevant criminal proceedings” means the

proceedings—

(a) before a magistrates’ court to determine whether the

person charged is to be sent to the Crown Court for

trial; or

(b) before any court to which that person is sent for trial.”

(3) In section 17 (provisions supplementary to section 16)—

(a) in subsection (2), for “committed” there is substituted “sent”, and

(b) in subsection (3)(b), for “committed” there is substituted “sent”.

Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)

60 (1) The Criminal Justice Act 1988 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 23 (first-hand hearsay), subsection (5) is omitted.

(3) In section 24 (business etc documents), subsection (5) is omitted.

(4) In section 26 (statements in certain documents), the paragraph beginning

“This section shall not apply” is omitted.

(5) In section 27 (proof of statements contained in documents), the paragraph

beginning “This section shall not apply” is omitted.

(6) In section 30 (expert reports), subsection (4A) is omitted.

(7) In section 40 (power to join in indictment count for common assault etc), in

subsection (1)—

(a) the words “were disclosed to a magistrates’ court inquiring into the

offence as examining justices or” are omitted,

(b) after “51” there is inserted “or 51A”.

(8) Section 41 (power of Crown Court to deal with summary offence where

person committed for either way offence) shall cease to have effect.

Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53)

61(1) The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 11 (evidence by certificate as to driver, user or owner), subsection

(3A) is omitted.

(3) In section 13 (admissibility of records as evidence), subsection (7) is omitted.

(4) In section 16 (documentary evidence as to specimens), subsection (6A) is

omitted.

(5) In section 20 (speeding offences etc), subsection (8A) is omitted.

Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53)

62 (1) The Criminal Justice Act 1991 is amended as follows.

(2) Section 53 (notices of transfer in certain cases involving children) shall cease

to have effect.
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(3) Schedule 6 (notices of transfer: procedures in lieu of committal) shall cease

to have effect.

Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 (c. 34)

63 In section 6 of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 (interpretation),

in subsection (3)(c), for “commits him” there is substituted “sends him to the

Crown Court”.

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)

64 (1) The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 34 (effect of accused’s failure to mention facts when questioned or

charged), in subsection (2)—

(a) paragraph (a) is omitted, and

(b) in paragraph (b), for sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii), there is substituted

“paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998”.

(3) In section 36 (effect of accused’s failure or refusal to account for objects,

substances or marks), in subsection (2)—

(a) paragraph (a) is omitted, and

(b) in paragraph (b), for sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii), there is substituted

“paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998”.

(4) In section 37 (effect of accused’s failure or refusal to account for presence at

a particular place), in subsection (2)—

(a) paragraph (a) is omitted, and

(b) in paragraph (b), for sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii), there is substituted

“paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998”.

Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14)

65 In Schedule 2 to the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (deserters and absentees

without leave), in paragraph 3, after sub-paragraph (2) there is inserted—

“(2A) The reference in sub-paragraph (2) to provisions of the

Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 is to be taken to refer to those

provisions as if no amendment to them had been made by the

Criminal Justice Act 2003.”

Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25)

66 (1) The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 1 (application of this Part), in subsection (2)—

(a) paragraphs (a) to (c) are omitted, and

(b) in paragraph (cc), the words from “under” to the end are omitted.

(3) In section 5 (compulsory disclosure by accused)—

(a) in subsection (1), for “(2) to” there is substituted “(3A) and”,

(b) subsections (2) and (3) are omitted, and

(c) in subsection (3A), in paragraph (b), for “subsection (7) of section 51”

there is substituted “subsection (1) of section 51D”.

(4) In section 13 (time limits: transitional), in subsection (1), paragraphs (a) to (c)

of the modified section 3(8) are omitted.
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(5) In section 21 (common law rules as to disclosure), in subsection (3), for

paragraphs (b) and (c) there is substituted—

“(b) the accused is sent for trial (where this Part applies by virtue

of section 1(2)(cc)),”.

(6) In section 28 (introduction to Part 3), in subsection (1)—

(a) for paragraph (a) there is substituted—

“(a) on or after the appointed day the accused is sent for

trial for the offence concerned,”, and

(b) paragraph (b) is omitted.

(7) In section 39 (meaning of pre-trial hearing), in subsection (1), for paragraph

(a) there is substituted—

“(a) after the accused has been sent for trial for the offence, and”.

(8) Section 68 (use of written statements and depositions at trial) and Schedule

2 (statements and depositions) shall cease to have effect.

Sexual Offences (Protected Material) Act 1997 (c. 39)

67 In section 9 of the Sexual Offences (Protected Material) Act 1997

(modification and amendment of certain enactments), subsection (1) is

omitted.

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)

68 The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 is amended as follows.

69 In section 52 (provisions supplementing section 51)—

(a) in subsection (1), after “51” there is inserted “or 51A”,

(b) in subsection (3), after “51” there is inserted “or 51A”,

(c) in subsection (5), after “51” there is inserted “or 51A”,

(d) in subsection (6), after “51” there is inserted “or 51A”, and

(e) in the heading, after “51” there is inserted “and 51A”.

70 In section 121 (short title, commencement and extent), in subsection (8),

before “paragraphs 7(1)” there is inserted “paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to this

Act, section 52(6) above so far as relating to that paragraph,”.

71In paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 (reporting restrictions)—

(a) in each of paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-paragraph (1), for “Great

Britain” there is substituted “the United Kingdom”,

(b) in sub-paragraph (8), after paragraph (b) there is inserted—

“(bb) where the application made by the accused under

paragraph 2(1) above relates to a charge for an

offence in respect of which notice has been given to

the court under section 51B of this Act, any relevant

business information;”,

(c) after sub-paragraph (9) there is inserted—

“(9A) The following is relevant business information for the

purposes of sub-paragraph (8) above—

(a) any address used by the accused for carrying on a

business on his own account;
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(b) the name of any business which he was carrying on

on his own account at any relevant time;

(c) the name of any firm in which he was a partner at

any relevant time or by which he was engaged at

any such time;

(d) the address of any such firm;

(e) the name of any company of which he was a

director at any relevant time or by which he was

otherwise engaged at any such time;

(f) the address of the registered or principal office of

any such company;

(g) any working address of the accused in his capacity

as a person engaged by any such company;

and here “engaged” means engaged under a contract of

service or a contract for services.”, and

(d) after sub-paragraph (11) there is inserted—

“(11A) Proceedings for an offence under this paragraph shall not,

in Northern Ireland, be instituted otherwise than by or

with the consent of the Attorney General for Northern

Ireland.”

72 In paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 (power of justice to take depositions etc), in

sub-paragraph (12), for the definition of “the relevant date” there is

substituted—

““the relevant date” means the expiry of the period referred to in

paragraph 1(1) above.”

Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23)

73 (1) The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 27 (video recorded evidence in chief), subsection (10) is omitted.

(3) In section 42 (interpretation and application of section 41), in subsection

(3)—

(a) paragraphs (a) and (b) are omitted, and

(b) in paragraph (c), after “51” there is inserted “or 51A”.

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)

74 (1) The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 8 (power and duty to remit young offenders to youth courts for

sentence), in subsection (2), for paragraph (a) there is substituted—

“(a) if the offender was sent to the Crown Court for trial under

section 51 or 51A of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, to a

youth court acting for the place where he was sent to the

Crown Court for trial;”.

(3) In section 89 (restriction on imposing imprisonment), in subsection (2)—

(a) in paragraph (b), the words “trial or” are omitted, and

(b) in paragraph (c), after “51” there is inserted “or 51A”.

(4) In section 140 (enforcement of fines etc), in subsection (1)(b)—
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(a) the words “was committed to the Crown Court to be tried or dealt

with or by which he” are omitted, and

(b) after “51” there is inserted “or 51A”.

(5) In section 148 (restitution orders), in subsection (6), for paragraph (b) there

is substituted—

“(b) such documents as were served on the offender in pursuance

of regulations made under paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the

Crime and Disorder Act 1998.”

(6) In Schedule 11, paragraph 9 is omitted.

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)

75 (1) The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 6 (making of confiscation order), in subsection (2)(b), for “section

3, 4 or 6” there is substituted “section 3, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4, 4A or 6”.

(3) In section 27 (defendant absconds after being convicted or committed), in

subsection (2)(b), for “section 3, 4 or 6” there is substituted “section 3, 3A, 3B,

3C, 4, 4A or 6”.

(4) In section 70 (committal by magistrates’ court), in subsection (5), after

“way)” there is inserted “or under section 3B(2) of that Act (committal of

child or young person)”.

SCHEDULE 4 Section 62

QUALIFYING OFFENCES FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 62

PART 1

LIST OF OFFENCES

Offences Against the Person

Murder

1Murder.

Attempted murder

2 An offence under section 1 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (c. 47) of

attempting to commit murder. 

Soliciting murder

3 An offence under section 4 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861

(c. 100).

Manslaughter

4 Manslaughter.
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Wounding or causing grievous bodily harm with intent

5 An offence under section 18 of the Offences against the Person Act 1 861

(c. 100).

Kidnapping

6 Kidnapping.

Sexual Offences

Rape

7 An offence under section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (c. 69) or section

1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42).

Attempted rape

8 An offence under section 1 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (c. 47) of

attempting to commit an offence under section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act

1956 or section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

Intercourse with a girl under thirteen

9 An offence under section 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956.

Incest by a man with a girl under thirteen

10 An offence under section 10 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 alleged to have

been committed with a girl under thirteen.

Assault by penetration

11 An offence under section 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

Causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent

12 An offence under section 4 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 where it is

alleged that the activity caused involved penetration within subsection

(4)(a) to (d) of that section.

Rape of a child under thirteen

13 An offence under section 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

Attempted rape of a child under thirteen

14 An offence under section 1 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 of attempting

to commit an offence under section 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

Assault of a child under thirteen by penetration

15 An offence under section 6 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
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Causing a child under thirteen to engage in sexual activity

16 An offence under section 8 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42) where it is

alleged that an activity involving penetration within subsection (2)(a) to (d)

of that section was caused.

Sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder impeding choice

17 An offence under section 30 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 where it is

alleged that the touching involved penetration within subsection (3)(a) to (d)

of that section.

Causing or inciting a person with a mental disorder impeding choice to engage in sexual 

activity

18 An offence under section 31 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 where it is

alleged that an activity involving penetration within subsection (3)(a) to (d)

of that section was caused.

Drugs Offences

Unlawful importation of Class A drug

19 An offence under section 50(2) of the Customs and Excise Management Act

1979 (c. 2) alleged to have been committed in respect of a Class A drug (as

defined by section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38)).

Unlawful exportation of Class A drug

20 An offence under section 68(2) of the Customs and Excise Management Act

1979 alleged to have been committed in respect of a Class A drug (as defined

by section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971).

Fraudulent evasion in respect of Class A drug

21 An offence under section 170(1) or (2) of the Customs and Excise

Management Act 1979 alleged to have been committed in respect of a Class

A drug (as defined by section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971).

Producing or being concerned in production of Class A drug

22 An offence under section 4(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 alleged to

have been committed in relation to a Class A drug (as defined by section 2

of that Act).

Supplying or offering to supply Class A drug

23 An offence under section 4(3) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 alleged to

have been committed in relation to a Class A drug (as defined by section 2

of that Act).
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Theft Offences

Robbery

24 An offence under section 8(1) of the Theft Act 1968 (c. 60) where it is alleged

that, at some time during the commission of the offence, the defendant had

in his possession a firearm or imitation firearm (as defined by section 57 of

the Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27)).

Criminal Damage Offences

Arson endangering life

25 An offence under section 1(2) of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 (c. 48)

alleged to have been committed by destroying or damaging property by fire.

Causing explosion likely to endanger life or property

26 An offence under section 2 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 (c. 3).

Intent or conspiracy to cause explosion likely to endanger life or property

27 An offence under section 3(1)(a) of the Explosive Substances Act 1883.

War Crimes and Terrorism

Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

28 An offence under section 51 or 52 of the International Criminal Court Act

2001 (c. 17).

Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions

29 An offence under section 1 of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 (c. 52).

Directing terrorist organisation

30 An offence under section 56 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11).

Hostage-taking

31An offence under section 1 of the Taking of Hostages Act 1982 (c. 28).

Hijacking and Other Offences Relating to Aviation, Maritime and Rail Security

Hijacking of aircraft

32 An offence under section 1 of the Aviation Security Act 1982 (c. 36).

Destroying, damaging or endangering the safety of an aircraft

33 An offence under section 2 of the Aviation Security Act 1982.
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Hijacking of ships

34 An offence under section 9 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990

(c. 31).

Seizing or exercising control of fixed platforms

35 An offence under section 10 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990.

Destroying ships or fixed platforms or endangering their safety

36 An offence under section 11 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990.

Hijacking of Channel Tunnel trains

37 An offence under article 4 of the Channel Tunnel (Security) Order 1994

(S.I.1994/570).

Seizing or exercising control of the Channel Tunnel system

38 An offence under article 5 of the Channel Tunnel (Security) Order 1994

(S.I.1994/570).

Conspiracy

Conspiracy

39 An offence under section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45) of conspiracy

to commit an offence listed in this Part of this Schedule.

PART 2

SUPPLEMENTARY

40 A reference in Part 1 of this Schedule to an offence includes a reference to an

offence of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of the

offence.

41A reference in Part 1 of this Schedule to an enactment includes a reference to

the enactment as enacted and as amended from time to time.
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SCHEDULE 5 Section 75

QUALIFYING OFFENCES FOR PURPOSES OF PART 10

PART 1

LIST OF OFFENCES FOR ENGLAND AND WALES

Offences Against the Person

Murder

1Murder.

Attempted murder

2 An offence under section 1 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (c. 47) of

attempting to commit murder.

Soliciting murder

3 An offence under section 4 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861

(c. 100).

Manslaughter

4 Manslaughter.

Kidnapping

5 Kidnapping.

Sexual Offences

Rape

6 An offence under section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (c. 69) or section

1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42).

Attempted rape

7 An offence under section 1 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 of attempting

to commit an offence under section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 or

section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

Intercourse with a girl under thirteen

8 An offence under section 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956.

Incest by a man with a girl under thirteen

9 An offence under section 10 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 alleged to have

been committed with a girl under thirteen.
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Assault by penetration

10 An offence under section 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42).

Causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent

11 An offence under section 4 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 where it is

alleged that the activity caused involved penetration within subsection

(4)(a) to (d) of that section.

Rape of a child under thirteen

12 An offence under section 5 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

Attempted rape of a child under thirteen

13 An offence under section 1 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (c. 47) of

attempting to commit an offence under section 5 of the Sexual Offences Act

2003.

Assault of a child under thirteen by penetration

14 An offence under section 6 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

Causing a child under thirteen to engage in sexual activity

15 An offence under section 8 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 where it is

alleged that an activity involving penetration within subsection (2)(a) to (d)

of that section was caused.

Sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder impeding choice

16 An offence under section 30 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 where it is

alleged that the touching involved penetration within subsection (3)(a) to (d)

of that section.

Causing a person with a mental disorder impeding choice to engage in sexual activity

17 An offence under section 31 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 where it is

alleged that an activity involving penetration within subsection (3)(a) to (d)

of that section was caused.

Drugs Offences

Unlawful importation of Class A drug

18 An offence under section 50(2) of the Customs and Excise Management Act

1979 (c. 2) alleged to have been committed in respect of a Class A drug (as

defined by section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38)).

Unlawful exportation of Class A drug

19 An offence under section 68(2) of the Customs and Excise Management Act

1979 alleged to have been committed in respect of a Class A drug (as defined

by section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971).
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Fraudulent evasion in respect of Class A drug

20 An offence under section 170(1) or (2) of the Customs and Excise

Management Act 1979 (c. 2) alleged to have been committed in respect of a

Class A drug (as defined by section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38)).

Producing or being concerned in production of Class A drug

21An offence under section 4(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 alleged to

have been committed in relation to a Class A drug (as defined by section 2

of that Act).

Criminal Damage Offences

Arson endangering life

22 An offence under section 1(2) of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 (c. 48)

alleged to have been committed by destroying or damaging property by fire.

Causing explosion likely to endanger life or property

23 An offence under section 2 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 (c. 3).

Intent or conspiracy to cause explosion likely to endanger life or property

24 An offence under section 3(1)(a) of the Explosive Substances Act 1883.

War Crimes and Terrorism

Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

25 An offence under section 51 or 52 of the International Criminal Court Act

2001 (c. 17).

Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions

26 An offence under section 1 of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 (c. 52).

Directing terrorist organisation

27 An offence under section 56 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11).

Hostage-taking

28 An offence under section 1 of the Taking of Hostages Act 1982 (c. 28).

Conspiracy

Conspiracy

29 An offence under section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45) of conspiracy

to commit an offence listed in this Part of this Schedule.
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PART 2

LIST OF OFFENCES FOR NORTHERN IRELAND

Offences Against the Person

Murder

30 Murder.

Attempted murder

31An offence under Article 3 of the Criminal Attempts and Conspiracy

(Northern Ireland) Order 1983 of attempting to commit murder.

Soliciting murder

32 An offence under section 4 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861

(c. 100).

Manslaughter

33 Manslaughter.

Kidnapping

34 Kidnapping.

Sexual Offences

Rape

35 Rape.

Attempted rape

36 An offence under section 2 of the Attempted Rape, etc., Act (Northern

Ireland) 1960.

Intercourse with a girl under fourteen

37 An offence under section 4 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (c. 69)

of unlawfully and carnally knowing a girl under fourteen.

Incest by a man with a girl under fourteen

38 An offence under section 1(1) of the Punishment of Incest Act 1908 (c.45)

alleged to have been committed with a girl under fourteen.
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Drugs Offences

Unlawful importation of Class A drug

39 An offence under section 50(2) of the Customs and Excise Management Act

1979 (c. 2) alleged to have been committed in respect of a Class A drug (as

defined by section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38)).

Unlawful exportation of Class A drug

40 An offence under section 68(2) of the Customs and Excise Management Act

1979 alleged to have been committed in respect of a Class A drug (as defined

by section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971).

Fraudulent evasion in respect of Class A drug

41 An offence under section 170(1) or (2) of the Customs and Excise

Management Act 1979 alleged to have been committed in respect of a Class

A drug (as defined by section 2 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971).

Producing or being concerned in production of Class A drug

42 An offence under section 4(2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 alleged to

have been committed in respect of a Class A drug (as defined by section 2 of

that Act).

Criminal Damage Offences

Arson endangering life

43 An offence under Article 3(2) of the Criminal Damage (Northern Ireland)

Order 1977 alleged to have been committed by destroying or damaging

property by fire.

Causing explosion likely to endanger life or property

44 An offence under section 2 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 (c. 3).

Intent or conspiracy to cause explosion likely to endanger life or property

45 An offence under section 3(1)(a) of the Explosive Substances Act 1883.

War Crimes and Terrorism

Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

46 An offence under section 51 or 52 of the International Criminal Court Act

2001 (c. 17).

Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions

47 An offence under section 1 of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 (c. 52).
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Directing terrorist organisation

48 An offence under section 56 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11).

Hostage-taking

49 An offence under section 1 of the Taking of Hostages Act 1982 (c. 28).

Conspiracy

Conspiracy

50 An offence under Article 9 of the Criminal Attempts and Conspiracy

(Northern Ireland) Order 1983 of conspiracy to commit an offence listed in

this Part of this Schedule.

PART 3

SUPPLEMENTARY

51A reference in this Schedule to an offence includes a reference to an offence

of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of the offence.

52 A reference in this Schedule to an enactment includes a reference to the

enactment as enacted and as amended from time to time.

SCHEDULE 6 Section 113

EVIDENCE OF BAD CHARACTER: ARMED FORCES

1 Sections 98 to 106, 109, 110 and 112, in so far as they are not applied in

relation to proceedings before service courts by provision contained in or

made under any other Act, have effect in relation to such proceedings

(whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) as they have effect in relation

to criminal proceedings.

2 Section 103, as it applies in relation to proceedings before service courts, has

effect with the substitution in subsection (4)(a) of “charge sheet” for “written

charge or indictment”.

3 (1) Section 107 has effect in relation to proceedings before courts-martial

(whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) with the following

modifications.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) for “judge and jury” substitute “court-martial”;

(b) for “the court is satisfied” substitute “the judge advocate is satisfied”;

(c) for the words after paragraph (b) substitute “the judge advocate

must either direct the court to acquit the defendant of the offence or,

if he considers that there ought to be a retrial, dissolve the court.”

(3) In subsection (2)—

(a) for “jury” substitute “court”;

(b) for “the court is satisfied” substitute “the judge advocate is satisfied”.
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(4) In subsection (3)—

(a) for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) a court is required to determine under section 115B(2)

of the Army Act 1955, section 115B(2) of the Air Force

Act 1955 or section 62B(2) of the Naval Discipline Act

1957 whether a person charged with an offence did

the act or made the omission charged,”;

(b) for “the court is satisfied” substitute “the judge advocate is satisfied”;

(c) for the words after paragraph (c) substitute “the judge advocate must

either direct the court to acquit the defendant of the offence or, if he

considers that there ought to be a rehearing, dissolve the court.”

(5) For subsection (4) substitute—

“(4) This section does not prejudice any other power a judge advocate

may have to direct a court to acquit a person of an offence or to

dissolve a court.”

4 Section 110, as it applies in relation to proceedings before service courts, has

effect with the substitution of the following for subsection (1)—

“(1) Where the court makes a relevant ruling—

(a) it must state in open court (but, in the case of a ruling by a

judge advocate in proceedings before a court-martial, in the

absence of the other members of the court) its reasons for the

ruling;

(b) if it is a Standing Civilian Court, it must cause the ruling and

the reasons for it to be entered in the note of the court’s

proceedings.”

5 Section 111 has effect as if, in subsection (7), the definition of “rules of court”

included rules regulating the practice and procedure of service courts.

6 (1) In this Schedule, and in section 107 as applied by this Schedule, “courtmartial” means a court-martial constituted under the Army Act 1955

(3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18), the Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19) or the Naval

Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53).

(2) In this Schedule “service court” means—

(a) a court-martial;

(b) a summary appeal court constituted under section 83ZA of the Army

Act 1955, section 83ZA of the Air Force Act 1955 or section 52FF of

the Naval Discipline Act 1957;

(c) the Courts-Martial Appeal Court;

(d) a Standing Civilian Court.

SCHEDULE 7 Section 135

HEARSAY EVIDENCE: ARMED FORCES

Application to proceedings before service courts

1 Sections 114 to 121, 123, 124, 126, 127 to 129 and 133 and 134, in so far as they

are not applied in relation to proceedings before service courts by provision

contained in or made under any other Act, have effect in relation to such
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proceedings (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) as they have

effect in relation to criminal proceedings.

2 (1) In their application to such proceedings those sections have effect with the

following modifications.

(2) In section 116(2)(c) for “United Kingdom” substitute “country where the

court is sitting”.

(3) In section 117 insert after subsection (7)—

“(8) In subsection (4) “criminal proceedings” includes summary

proceedings under section 76B of the Army Act 1955, section 76B of

the Air Force Act 1955 or section 52D of the Naval Discipline Act

1957; and the definition of “criminal proceedings” in section 134(1)

has effect accordingly.”

(4) In section 123(4) for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) in the case of proceedings before a court-martial, proceedings

held for the determination of the issue must take place before

the judge advocate in the absence of the other members of the

court;”.

(5) In section 127, for subsection (7) substitute—

“(7) The appropriate rules are those regulating the practice and

procedure of service courts.”

(6) In section 132(10), at the end of the definition of “rules of court” insert—

“(d) rules regulating the practice and procedure of service

courts.”

(7) In section 134 insert after subsection (1)—

“(1A) In this Part “criminal investigation” includes any investigation

which may lead—

(a) to proceedings before a court-martial or Standing Civilian

Court, or

(b) to summary proceedings under section 76B of the Army Act

1955, section 76B of the Air Force Act 1955 or section 52D of

the Naval Discipline Act 1957.”

3 (1) Section 122 has effect in relation to proceedings before courts-martial

(whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) with the following

modifications.

(2) In subsection (1) for “judge and jury” substitute “court-martial”.

(3) In subsection (2)—

(a) for “jury when they retire to consider their” substitute “court when it

retires to consider its”.

(b) for “the court” in paragraph (a) substitute “the judge advocate”;

(c) for “the jury” in paragraph (b) substitute “the court”.

4 (1) Section 125 has effect in relation to proceedings before courts-martial

(whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) with the following

modifications.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) for “judge and jury” substitute “court-martial”;

(b) for “the court is satisfied” substitute “the judge advocate is satisfied”;
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(c) for the words after paragraph (b) substitute “the judge advocate

must either direct the court to acquit the defendant of the offence or,

if he considers that there ought to be a retrial, dissolve the court.”

(3) In subsection (2)—

(a) for “jury” substitute “court”;

(b) for “the court is satisfied” substitute “the judge advocate is satisfied”.

(4) In subsection (3)—

(a) for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) a court is required to determine under section 115B(2)

of the Army Act 1955, section 115B(2) of the Air Force

Act 1955 or section 62B(2) of the Naval Discipline Act

1957 whether a person charged with an offence did

the act or made the omission charged,”;

(b) for “the court is satisfied” substitute “the judge advocate is satisfied”;

(c) for the words after paragraph (b) substitute “the judge advocate

must either direct the court to acquit the defendant of the offence or,

if he considers that there ought to be a rehearing, dissolve the court.”

(5) For subsection (4) substitute—

“(4) This section does not prejudice any other power a judge advocate

may have to direct a court to acquit a person of an offence or to

dissolve a court.”

Amendments

5 For paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Courts-Martial (Appeals) Act 1968

(c. 20) (use at retrial under Naval Discipline Act 1957 of record of evidence

given at original trial) substitute—

“1Evidence given at the retrial of any person under section 19 of this

Act shall be given orally if it was given orally at the original trial,

unless—

(a) all the parties to the retrial agree otherwise;

(b) section 116 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 applies

(admissibility of hearsay evidence where a witness is

unavailable); or

(c) the witness is unavailable to give evidence, otherwise than

as mentioned in subsection (2) of that section, and section

114(1)(d) of that Act applies (admission of hearsay

evidence under residual discretion).”

6 For paragraph 3 of that Schedule (use at retrial under Army Act 1955 of

record of evidence given at original trial) substitute—

“3 Evidence given at the retrial of any person under section 19 of this

Act shall be given orally if it was given orally at the original trial,

unless—

(a) all the parties to the retrial agree otherwise;

(b) section 116 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 applies

(admissibility of hearsay evidence where a witness is

unavailable); or

(c) the witness is unavailable to give evidence, otherwise than

as mentioned in subsection (2) of that section, and section
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114(1)(d) of that Act applies (admission of hearsay

evidence under residual discretion).”

7 For paragraph 5 of that Schedule (use at retrial under Air Force Act 1955 of

record of evidence given at original trial) substitute—

“5 Evidence given at the retrial of any person under section 19 of this

Act shall be given orally if it was given orally at the original trial,

unless—

(a) all the parties to the retrial agree otherwise;

(b) section 116 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 applies

(admissibility of hearsay evidence where a witness is

unavailable); or

(c) the witness is unavailable to give evidence, otherwise than

as mentioned in subsection (2) of that section, and section

114(1)(d) of that Act applies (admission of hearsay

evidence under residual discretion).”

Interpretation

8 In this Schedule, and in any provision of this Part as applied by this

Schedule—

“court-martial” means a court-martial constituted under the Army Act

1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18), the Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19) or

the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53);

“service court” means—

(a) a court-martial;

(b) a summary appeal court constituted under section 83ZA of

the Army Act 1955, section 83ZA of the Air Force Act 1955 or

section 52FF of the Naval Discipline Act 1957;

(c) the Courts-Martial Appeal Court;

(d) a Standing Civilian Court.

SCHEDULE 8 Section 179

BREACH, REVOCATION OR AMENDMENT OF COMMUNITY ORDER

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Interpretation

1In this Schedule—

“the offender”, in relation to a community order, means the person in

respect of whom the order is made;

“the petty sessions area concerned”, in relation to a community order,

means the petty sessions area for the time being specified in the

order;

“the responsible officer” has the meaning given by section 197.

2 In this Schedule—
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(a) references to a drug rehabilitation requirement of a community

order being subject to review are references to that requirement

being subject to review in accordance with section 210(1)(b);

(b) references to the court responsible for a community order imposing

a drug rehabilitation requirement which is subject to review are to be

construed in accordance with section 210(2).

3 For the purposes of this Schedule— 

(a) a requirement falling within any paragraph of section 177(1) is of the

same kind as any other requirement falling within that paragraph,

and

(b) an electronic monitoring requirement is a requirement of the same

kind as any requirement falling within section 177(1) to which it

relates.

Orders made on appeal

4 Where a community order has been made on appeal, it is to be taken for the

purposes of this Schedule to have been made by the Crown Court.

PART 2

BREACH OF REQUIREMENT OF ORDER

Duty to give warning

5 (1) If the responsible officer is of the opinion that the offender has failed without

reasonable excuse to comply with any of the requirements of a community

order, the officer must give him a warning under this paragraph unless—

(a) the offender has within the previous twelve months been given a

warning under this paragraph in relation to a failure to comply with

any of the requirements of the order, or

(b) the officer causes an information to be laid before a justice of the

peace in respect of the failure.

(2) A warning under this paragraph must—

(a) describe the circumstances of the failure,

(b) state that the failure is unacceptable, and

(c) inform the offender that, if within the next twelve months he again

fails to comply with any requirement of the order, he will be liable to

be brought before a court.

(3) The responsible officer must, as soon as practicable after the warning has

been given, record that fact.

(4) In relation to any community order which was made by the Crown Court

and does not include a direction that any failure to comply with the

requirements of the order is to be dealt with by a magistrates’ court, the

reference in sub-paragraph (1)(b) to a justice of the peace is to be read as a

reference to the Crown Court.

Breach of order after warning

6 (1 ) If—

(a) the responsible officer has given a warning under paragraph 5 to the

offender in respect of a community order, and
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(b) at any time within the twelve months beginning with the date on

which the warning was given, the responsible officer is of the

opinion that the offender has since that date failed without

reasonable excuse to comply with any of the requirements of the

order,

the officer must cause an information to be laid before a justice of the peace

in respect of the failure in question.

(2) In relation to any community order which was made by the Crown Court

and does not include a direction that any failure to comply with the

requirements of the order is to be dealt with by a magistrates’ court, the

reference in sub-paragraph (1) to a justice of the peace is to be read as a

reference to the Crown Court.

Issue of summons or warrant by justice of the peace

7 (1) This paragraph applies to—

(a) a community order made by a magistrates’ court, or

(b) any community order which was made by the Crown Court and

includes a direction that any failure to comply with the requirements

of the order is to be dealt with by a magistrates’ court.

(2) If at any time while a community order to which this paragraph applies is in

force it appears on information to a justice of the peace acting for the petty

sessions area concerned that the offender has failed to comply with any of

the requirements of the order, the justice may—

(a) issue a summons requiring the offender to appear at the place and

time specified in it, or

(b) if the information is in writing and on oath, issue a warrant for his

arrest.

(3) Any summons or warrant issued under this paragraph must direct the

offender to appear or be brought—

(a) in the case of a community order imposing a drug rehabilitation

requirement which is subject to review, before the magistrates’ court

responsible for the order, or

(b) in any other case, before a magistrates’ court acting for the petty

sessions area concerned.

(4) Where a summons issued under sub-paragraph (2)(a) requires the offender

to appear before a magistrates’ court and the offender does not appear in

answer to the summons, the magistrates’ court may issue a warrant for the

arrest of the offender.

Issue of summons or warrant by Crown Court

8 (1) This paragraph applies to a community order made by the Crown Court

which does not include a direction that any failure to comply with the

requirements of the order is to be dealt with by a magistrates’ court.

(2) If at any time while a community order to which this paragraph applies is in

force it appears on information to the Crown Court that the offender has

failed to comply with any of the requirements of the order, the Crown Court

may—

(a) issue a summons requiring the offender to appear at the place and

time specified in it, or
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(b) if the information is in writing and on oath, issue a warrant for his

arrest.

(3) Any summons or warrant issued under this paragraph must direct the

offender to appear or be brought before the Crown Court.

(4) Where a summons issued under sub-paragraph (2)(a) requires the offender

to appear before the Crown Court and the offender does not appear in

answer to the summons, the Crown Court may issue a warrant for the arrest

of the offender.

Powers of magistrates’ court

9 (1) If it is proved to the satisfaction of a magistrates’ court before which an

offender appears or is brought under paragraph 7 that he has failed without

reasonable excuse to comply with any of the requirements of the community

order, the court must deal with him in respect of the failure in any one of the

following ways—

(a) by amending the terms of the community order so as to impose more

onerous requirements which the court could include if it were then

making the order;

(b) where the community order was made by a magistrates’ court, by

dealing with him, for the offence in respect of which the order was

made, in any way in which the court could deal with him if he had

just been convicted by it of the offence;

(c) 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 is aged 18 or over, and

(iv) the offender has wilfully and persistently failed to comply

with the requirements of the order,

by dealing with him, in respect of that offence, by imposing a

sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks.

(2) In dealing with an offender under sub-paragraph (1), a magistrates’ court

must take into account the extent to which the offender has complied with

the requirements of the community order.

(3) In dealing with an offender under sub-paragraph (1)(a), the court may

extend the duration of particular requirements (subject to any limit imposed

by Chapter 4 of Part 12 of this Act) but may not extend the period specified

under section 177(5).

(4) In dealing with an offender under sub-paragraph (1)(b), the court may, in

the case of an offender who has wilfully and persistently failed to comply

with the requirements of the community order, impose a custodial sentence

(where the order was made in respect of an offence punishable with such a

sentence) notwithstanding anything in section 152(2).

(5) Where a magistrates’ court deals with an offender under sub-paragraph

(1)(b) or (c), it must revoke the community order if it is still in force.

(6) Where a community order was made by the Crown Court and a magistrates’

court would (apart from this sub-paragraph) be required to deal with the

offender under sub-paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c), it may instead commit him to

custody or release him on bail until he can be brought or appear before the

Crown Court.
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(7) A magistrates’ court which deals with an offender’s case under subparagraph (6) must send to the Crown Court—

(a) a certificate signed by a justice of the peace certifying that the

offender has failed to comply with the requirements of the

community order in the respect specified in the certificate, and

(b) such other particulars of the case as may be desirable;

and a certificate purporting to be so signed is admissible as evidence of the

failure before the Crown Court.

(8) A person sentenced under sub-paragraph (1)(b) or (c) for an offence may

appeal to the Crown Court against the sentence.

Powers of Crown Court

10 (1) Where under paragraph 8 or by virtue of paragraph 9(6) an offender appears

or is brought before the Crown Court and it is proved to the satisfaction of

that court that he has failed without reasonable excuse to comply with any

of the requirements of the community order, the Crown Court must deal

with him in respect of the failure in any one of the following ways—

(a) by amending the terms of the community order so as to impose more

onerous requirements which the Crown Court could impose if it

were then making the order;

(b) by dealing with him, for the offence in respect of which the order was

made, in any way in which he could have been dealt with for that

offence by the court which made the order if the order had not been

made;

(c) where— 

(i) the offence in respect of which the order was made was not

an offence punishable by imprisonment, 

(ii) the offender is aged 18 or over,

(iii) the offender has wilfully and persistently failed to comply

with the requirements of the order,

by dealing with him, in respect of that offence, by imposing a

sentence of imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks.

(2) In dealing with an offender under sub-paragraph (1), the Crown Court must

take into account the extent to which the offender has complied with the

requirements of the community order.

(3) In dealing with an offender under sub-paragraph (1)(a), the court may

extend the duration of particular requirements (subject to any limit imposed

by Chapter 4 of Part 12 of this Act) but may not extend the period specified

under section 177(5).

(4) In dealing with an offender under sub-paragraph (1)(b), the Crown Court

may, in the case of an offender who has wilfully and persistently failed to

comply with the requirements of the community order, impose a custodial

sentence (where the order was made in respect of an offence punishable with

such a sentence) notwithstanding anything in section 152(2).

(5) Where the Crown Court deals with an offender under sub-paragraph (1)(b)

or (c), it must revoke the community order if it is still in force.

(6) In proceedings before the Crown Court under this paragraph any question

whether the offender has failed to comply with the requirements of the

community order is to be determined by the court and not by the verdict of

a jury.
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Restriction of powers in paragraphs 9 and 10 where treatment required

11 (1) An offender who is required by any of the following requirements of a

community order—

(a) a mental health treatment requirement,

(b) a drug rehabilitation requirement, or

(c) an alcohol treatment requirement,

to submit to treatment for his mental condition, or his dependency on or

propensity to misuse drugs or alcohol, is not to be treated for the purposes

of paragraph 9 or 10 as having failed to comply with that requirement on the

ground only that he had refused to undergo any surgical, electrical or other

treatment if, in the opinion of the court, his refusal was reasonable having

regard to all the circumstances.

(2) A court may not under paragraph 9(1)(a) or 10(1)(a) amend a mental health

treatment requirement, a drug rehabilitation requirement or an alcohol

treatment requirement unless the offender expresses his willingness to

comply with the requirement as amended.

Supplementary

12 Where a community order was made by a magistrates’ court in the case of

an offender under 18 years of age in respect of an offence triable only on

indictment in the case of an adult, any powers exercisable under paragraph

9(1)(b) in respect of the offender after he attains the age of 18 are powers to

do either or both of the following—

(a) to impose a fine not exceeding £5,000 for the offence in respect of

which the order was made;

(b) to deal with the offender for that offence in any way in which a

magistrates’ court could deal with him if it had just convicted him of

an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding

51 weeks.

PART 3

REVOCATION OF ORDER

Revocation of order with or without re-sentencing: powers of magistrates’ court

13 (1) This paragraph applies where a community order, other than an order made

by the Crown Court and falling within paragraph 14(1)(a), is in force and on

the application of the offender or the responsible officer it appears to the

appropriate magistrates’ court that, having regard to circumstances which

have arisen since the order was made, it would be in the interests of justice—

(a) for the order to be revoked, or

(b) for the offender to be dealt with in some other way for the offence in

respect of which the order was made.

(2) The appropriate magistrates’ court may—

(a) revoke the order, or

(b) both—

(i) revoke the order, and
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(ii) deal with the offender, for the offence in respect of which the

order was made, in any way in which it could deal with him

if he had just been convicted by the court of the offence.

(3) The circumstances in which a community order may be revoked under subparagraph (2) include the offender’s making good progress or his

responding satisfactorily to supervision or treatment (as the case requires).

(4) In dealing with an offender under sub-paragraph (2)(b), a magistrates’ court

must take into account the extent to which the offender has complied with

the requirements of the community order.

(5) A person sentenced under sub-paragraph (2)(b) for an offence may appeal

to the Crown Court against the sentence.

(6) Where a magistrates’ court proposes to exercise its powers under this

paragraph otherwise than on the application of the offender, it must

summon him to appear before the court and, if he does not appear in answer

to the summons, may issue a warrant for his arrest.

(7) In this paragraph “the appropriate magistrates’ court” means—

(a) in the case of an order imposing a drug rehabilitation requirement

which is subject to review, the magistrates’ court responsible for the

order, and

(b) in the case of any other community order, a magistrates’ court acting

for the petty sessions area concerned.

Revocation of order with or without re-sentencing: powers of Crown Court

14 (1) This paragraph applies where—

(a) there is in force a community order made by the Crown Court which

does not include a direction that any failure to comply with the

requirements of the order is to be dealt with by a magistrates’ court,

and

(b) the offender or the responsible officer applies to the Crown Court for

the order to be revoked or for the offender to be dealt with in some

other way for the offence in respect of which the order was made.

(2) If it appears to the Crown Court to be in the interests of justice to do so,

having regard to circumstances which have arisen since the order was made,

the Crown Court may—

(a) revoke the order, or

(b) both—

(i) revoke the order, and

(ii) deal with the offender, for the offence in respect of which the

order was made, in any way in which he could have been

dealt with for that offence by the court which made the order

if the order had not been made.

(3) The circumstances in which a community order may be revoked under subparagraph (2) include the offender’s making good progress or his

responding satisfactorily to supervision or treatment (as the case requires).

(4) In dealing with an offender under sub-paragraph (2)(b), the Crown Court

must take into account the extent to which the offender has complied with

the requirements of the order.

(5) Where the Crown Court proposes to exercise its powers under this

paragraph otherwise than on the application of the offender, it must
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summon him to appear before the court and, if he does not appear in answer

to the summons, may issue a warrant for his arrest.

Supplementary

15 Paragraph 12 applies for the purposes of paragraphs 13 and 14 as it applies

for the purposes of paragraph 9 above, but as if for the words “paragraph

9(1)(b)” there were substituted “paragraph 13(2)(b)(ii) or 14(2)(b)(ii)”.

PART 4

AMENDMENT OF ORDER

Amendment by reason of change of residence

16 (1) This paragraph applies where, at any time while a community order is in

force in respect of an offender, the appropriate court is satisfied that the

offender proposes to change, or has changed, his residence from the petty

sessions area concerned to another petty sessions area.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), the appropriate court may, and on the

application of the responsible officer must, amend the community order by

substituting the other petty sessions area for the area specified in the order.

(3) The court may not under this paragraph amend a community order which

contains requirements which, in the opinion of the court, cannot be

complied with unless the offender continues to reside in the petty sessions

area concerned unless, in accordance with paragraph 17, it either—

(a) cancels those requirements, or

(b) substitutes for those requirements other requirements which can be

complied with if the offender ceases to reside in that area.

(4) The court may not amend under this paragraph a community order

imposing a programme requirement unless it appears to the court that the

accredited programme specified in the requirement is available in the other

petty sessions area.

(5) In this paragraph “the appropriate court” means—

(a) in relation to any community order imposing a drug rehabilitation

requirement which is subject to review, the court responsible for the

order,

(b) in relation to any community order which was made by the Crown

Court and does not include any direction that any failure to comply

with the requirements of the order is to be dealt with by a

magistrates’ court, the Crown Court, and

(c) in relation to any other community order, a magistrates’ court acting

for the petty sessions area concerned.

Amendment of requirements of community order

17 (1) The appropriate court may, on the application of the offender or the

responsible officer, by order amend a community order—

(a) by cancelling any of the requirements of the order, or

(b) by replacing any of those requirements with a requirement of the

same kind, which the court could include if it were then making the

order.
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(2) The court may not under this paragraph amend a mental health treatment

requirement, a drug rehabilitation requirement or an alcohol treatment

requirement unless the offender expresses his willingness to comply with

the requirement as amended.

(3) If the offender fails to express his willingness to comply with a mental health

treatment requirement, drug rehabilitation requirement or alcohol

treatment requirement as proposed to be amended by the court under this

paragraph, the court may—

(a) revoke the community order, and

(b) deal with him, for the offence in respect of which the order was

made, in any way in which he could have been dealt with for that

offence by the court which made the order if the order had not been

made.

(4) In dealing with the offender under sub-paragraph (3)(b), the court—

(a) must take into account the extent to which the offender has complied

with the requirements of the order, and

(b) may impose a custodial sentence (where the order was made in

respect of an offence punishable with such a sentence)

notwithstanding anything in section 152(2).

(5) Paragraph 12 applies for the purposes of this paragraph as it applies for the

purposes of paragraph 9, but as if for the words “paragraph 9(1)(b)” there

were substituted “paragraph 17(3)(b)”.

(6) In this paragraph “the appropriate court” has the same meaning as in

paragraph 16.

Amendment of treatment requirements of community order on report of practitioner

18 (1) Where the medical practitioner or other person by whom or under whose

direction an offender is, in pursuance of any requirement to which this subparagraph applies, being treated for his mental condition or his dependency

on or propensity to misuse drugs or alcohol—

(a) is of the opinion mentioned in sub-paragraph (3), or

(b) is for any reason unwilling to continue to treat or direct the treatment

of the offender,

he must make a report in writing to that effect to the responsible officer and

that officer must apply under paragraph 17 to the appropriate court for the

variation or cancellation of the requirement.

(2) The requirements to which sub-paragraph (1) applies are—

(a) a mental health treatment requirement,

(b) a drug rehabilitation requirement, and

(c) an alcohol treatment requirement.

(3) The opinion referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is—

(a) that the treatment of the offender should be continued beyond the

period specified in that behalf in the order,

(b) that the offender needs different treatment,

(c) that the offender is not susceptible to treatment, or

(d) that the offender does not require further treatment.

(4) In this paragraph “the appropriate court” has the same meaning as in

paragraph 16.
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Amendment in relation to review of drug rehabilitation requirement

19 Where the responsible officer is of the opinion that a community order

imposing a drug rehabilitation requirement which is subject to review

should be so amended as to provide for each subsequent periodic review

(required by section 211) to be made without a hearing instead of at a review

hearing, or vice versa, he must apply under paragraph 17 to the court

responsible for the order for the variation of the order.

Extension of unpaid work requirement

20 (1) Where—

(a) a community order imposing an unpaid work requirement is in force

in respect of any offender, and

(b) on the application of the offender or the responsible officer, it

appears to the appropriate court that it would be in the interests of

justice to do so having regard to circumstances which have arisen

since the order was made,

the court may, in relation to the order, extend the period of twelve months

specified in section 200(2).

(2) In this paragraph “the appropriate court” has the same meaning as in

paragraph 16.

PART 5

POWERS OF COURT IN RELATION TO ORDER FOLLOWING SUBSEQUENT CONVICTION

Powers of magistrates’ court following subsequent conviction

21(1) This paragraph applies where—

(a) an offender in respect of whom a community order made by a

magistrates’ court is in force is convicted of an offence by a

magistrates’ court, and

(b) it appears to the court that it would be in the interests of justice to

exercise its powers under this paragraph, having regard to

circumstances which have arisen since the community order was

made.

(2) The magistrates’ court may—

(a) revoke the order, or

(b) both—

(i) revoke the order, and

(ii) deal with the offender, for the offence in respect of which the

order was made, in any way in which he could have been

dealt with for that offence by the court which made the order

if the order had not been made.

(3) In dealing with an offender under sub-paragraph (2)(b), a magistrates’ court

must take into account the extent to which the offender has complied with

the requirements of the community order.

(4) A person sentenced under sub-paragraph (2)(b) for an offence may appeal

to the Crown Court against the sentence.
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22 (1) Where an offender in respect of whom a community order made by the

Crown Court is in force is convicted of an offence by a magistrates’ court, the

magistrates’ court may commit the offender in custody or release him on

bail until he can be brought before the Crown Court.

(2) Where the magistrates’ court deals with an offender’s case under subparagraph (1), it must send to the Crown Court such particulars of the case

as may be desirable.

Powers of Crown Court following subsequent conviction

23 (1) This paragraph applies where—

(a) an offender in respect of whom a community order is in force— 

(i) is convicted of an offence by the Crown Court, or

(ii) is brought or appears before the Crown Court by virtue of

paragraph 22 or having been committed by the magistrates’

court to the Crown Court for sentence, and

(b) it appears to the Crown Court that it would be in the interests of

justice to exercise its powers under this paragraph, having regard to

circumstances which have arisen since the community order was

made.

(2) The Crown Court may—

(a) revoke the order, or

(b) both—

(i) revoke the order, and

(ii) deal with the offender, for the offence in respect of which the

order was made, in any way in which he could have been

dealt with for that offence by the court which made the order

if the order had not been made.

(3) In dealing with an offender under sub-paragraph (2)(b), the Crown Court

must take into account the extent to which the offender has complied with

the requirements of the community order.

PART 6

SUPPLEMENTARY

24 (1) No order may be made under paragraph 16, and no application may be

made under paragraph 13, 17 or 20, while an appeal against the community

order is pending.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to an application under paragraph 17

which—

(a) relates to a mental health treatment requirement, a drug

rehabilitation requirement or an alcohol treatment requirement, and

(b) is made by the responsible officer with the consent of the offender.

25 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), where a court proposes to exercise its powers

under Part 4 or 5 of this Schedule, otherwise than on the application of the

offender, the court—

(a) must summon him to appear before the court, and

(b) if he does not appear in answer to the summons, may issue a warrant

for his arrest.
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(2) This paragraph does not apply to an order cancelling a requirement of a

community order or reducing the period of any requirement, or substituting

a new petty sessions area or a new place for the one specified in the order.

26 Paragraphs 9(1)(a), 10(1)(a) and 17(1)(b) have effect subject to the provisions

mentioned in subsection (2) of section 177, and to subsections (3) and (6) of

that section.

27 (1) On the making under this Schedule of an order revoking or amending a

community order, the proper officer of the court must—

(a) provide copies of the revoking or amending order to the offender

and the responsible officer,

(b) in the case of an amending order which substitutes a new petty

sessions area, provide a copy of the amending order to—

(i) the local probation board acting for that area, and

(ii) the magistrates’ court acting for that area, and

(c) in the case of an amending order which imposes or amends a

requirement specified in the first column of Schedule 14, provide a

copy of so much of the amending order as relates to that requirement

to the person specified in relation to that requirement in the second

column of that Schedule.

(2) Where under sub-paragraph (1)(b) the proper officer of the court provides a

copy of an amending order to a magistrates’ court acting for a different area,

the officer must also provide to that court such documents and information

relating to the case as it considers likely to be of assistance to a court acting

for that area in the exercise of its functions in relation to the order.

(3) In this paragraph “proper officer” means—

(a) in relation to a magistrates’ court, the justices’ chief executive for the

court; and

(b) in relation to the Crown Court, the appropriate officer.

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TRANSFER OF COMMUNITY ORDERS TO SCOTLAND OR NORTHERN IRELAND

PART 1

SCOTLAND

1(1) Where the court considering the making of a community order is satisfied

that the offender resides in Scotland, or will reside there when the order

comes into force, the court may not make a community order in respect of

the offender unless it appears to the court—

(a) in the case of an order imposing a requirement mentioned in subparagraph (2), that arrangements exist for persons to comply with

such a requirement in the locality in Scotland in which the offender

resides, or will be residing when the order comes into force, and that

provision can be made for him to comply with the requirement

under those arrangements, and

(b) in any case, that suitable arrangements for his supervision can be

made by the council constituted under section 2 of the Local
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Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39) in whose area he resides,

or will be residing when the order comes into force.

(2) The requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) are—

(a) an unpaid work requirement,

(b) an activity requirement,

(c) a programme requirement,

(d) a mental health treatment requirement,

(e) a drug rehabilitation requirement,

(f) an alcohol treatment requirement, and

(g) an electronic monitoring requirement.

(3) Where— 

(a) the appropriate court for the purposes of paragraph 16 of Schedule 8

(amendment by reason of change of residence) is satisfied that an

offender in respect of whom a community order is in force proposes

to reside or is residing in Scotland, and

(b) it appears to the court that the conditions in sub-paragraph (1)(a) and

(b) are satisfied,

the power of the court to amend the order under Part 4 of Schedule 8

includes power to amend it by requiring it to be complied with in Scotland

and the offender to be supervised in accordance with the arrangements

referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b).

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3), any reference in sub-paragraph (1)(a)

and (b) to the time when the order comes into force is to be treated as a

reference to the time when the amendment comes into force.

(5) The court may not by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) or (3) require an

attendance centre requirement to be complied with in Scotland.

(6) A community order made or amended in accordance with this paragraph

must—

(a) specify the locality in Scotland in which the offender resides or will

be residing when the order or amendment comes into force;

(b) specify as the corresponding order for the purposes of this Schedule

an order that may be made by a court in Scotland;

(c) specify as the appropriate court for the purposes of subsection (4) of

section 228 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46) a

court of summary jurisdiction (which, in the case of an offender

convicted on indictment, must be the sheriff court) having

jurisdiction in the locality specified under paragraph (a);

and section 216 (petty sessions area to be specified) does not apply in

relation to an order so made or amended.

2 (1) Where a court is considering the making or amendment of a community

order by virtue of paragraph 1, Chapter 4 of Part 12 of this Act has effect

subject to the following modifications.

(2) Any reference to the responsible officer has effect as a reference to the officer

of a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc.

(Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39) responsible for the offender’s supervision or, as

the case may be, discharging in relation to him the functions in respect of

community service orders assigned by sections 239 to 245 of the Criminal

Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.

(3) The following provisions are omitted—
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(a) subsection (7) of section 201 (activity requirement),

(b) subsection (7) of section 202 (programme requirement),

(c) subsection (4) of section 206 (residence requirement), and

(d) subsection (4) of section 218 (availability of arrangements in local

area).

(4) In section 207 (mental health treatment requirement), for subsection (2)(a)

there is substituted—

“(a) treatment as a resident patient in a hospital within the

meaning of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment)

(Scotland) Act 2003, not being a State hospital within the

meaning of that Act;”.

(5) In section 215 (electronic monitoring requirement), in subsection (3), the

words from “and” onwards are omitted.

PART 2

NORTHERN IRELAND

3 (1) Where the court considering the making of a community order is satisfied

that the offender resides in Northern Ireland, or will reside there when the

order comes into force, the court may not make a community order in

respect of the offender unless it appears to the court—

(a) in the case of an order imposing a requirement mentioned in subparagraph (2), that arrangements exist for persons to comply with

such a requirement in the petty sessions district in Northern Ireland

in which the offender resides, or will be residing when the order

comes into force, and that provision can be made for him to comply

with the requirement under those arrangements, and

(b) in any case, that suitable arrangements for his supervision can be

made by the Probation Board for Northern Ireland.

(2) The requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are—

(a) an unpaid work requirement,

(b) an activity requirement,

(c) a programme requirement,

(d) a mental health treatment requirement,

(e) a drug rehabilitation requirement,

(f) an alcohol treatment requirement,

(g) an attendance centre requirement, and

(h) an electronic monitoring requirement.

(3) Where— 

(a) the appropriate court for the purposes of paragraph 16 of Schedule 8

(amendment by reason of change of residence) is satisfied that the

offender to whom a community order relates proposes to reside or is

residing in Northern Ireland, and

(b) it appears to the court that the conditions in sub-paragraphs (1)(a)

and (b) are satisfied,

the power of the court to amend the order under Part 4 of Schedule 8

includes power to amend it by requiring it to be complied with in Northern

Ireland and the offender to be supervised in accordance with the

arrangements referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b).
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(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3), any reference in sub-paragraph (1)(a)

and (b) to the time when the order comes into force is to be treated as a

reference to the time when the amendment comes into force.

(5) A community order made or amended in accordance with this paragraph

must specify the petty sessions district in Northern Ireland in which the

offender resides or will be residing when the order or amendment comes

into force; and section 216 (petty sessions area to be specified) does not apply

in relation to an order so made or amended.

(6) A community order made or amended in accordance with this paragraph

must also specify as the corresponding order for the purposes of this

Schedule an order that may be made by a court in Northern Ireland.

4 (1) Where a court is considering the making or amendment of a community

order by virtue of paragraph 3, Chapter 4 of Part 12 of this Act has effect

subject to the following modifications.

(2) Any reference to the responsible officer has effect as a reference to the

probation officer responsible for the offender’s supervision or, as the case

may be, discharging in relation to the offender the functions conferred by

Part 2 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3160

(N.I. 24)).

(3) The following provisions are omitted—

(a) subsection (7) of section 201 (activity requirement),

(b) subsection (7) of section 202 (programme requirement),

(c) subsection (4) of section 206 (residence requirement), and

(d) subsection (4) of section 218 (availability of arrangements in local

area).

(4) In section 207 (mental health treatment requirement), for subsection (2)(a)

there is substituted—

“(a) treatment (whether as an in-patient or an out-patient) at such

hospital as may be specified in the order, being a hospital

within the meaning of the Health and Personal Social

Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, approved by the

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for

the purposes of paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 1 to the Criminal

Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I.

24));”.

(5) In section 214 (attendance centre requirement), any reference to an

attendance centre has effect as a reference to a day centre, as defined by

paragraph 3(6) of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland)

Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I. 24)).

(6) In section 215 (electronic monitoring requirement), in subsection (3), the

words from “and” onwards are omitted.

PART 3

GENERAL PROVISIONS

5 In this Part of this Schedule—

“corresponding order” means the order specified under paragraph

1(6)(b) or 3(6);

“home court” means—
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(a) if the offender resides in Scotland, or will be residing there at

the relevant time, the sheriff court having jurisdiction in the

locality in which he resides or proposes to reside, and

(b) if he resides in Northern Ireland, or will be residing there at

the relevant time, the court of summary jurisdiction acting for

the petty sessions district in which he resides or proposes to

reside;

“the local authority officer concerned”, in relation to an offender, means

the officer of a council constituted under section 2 of the Local

Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39) responsible for his

supervision or, as the case may be, discharging in relation to him the

functions in respect of community service orders assigned by

sections 239 to 245 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995

(c. 46);

“the probation officer concerned”, in relation to an offender, means the

probation officer responsible for his supervision or, as the case may

be, discharging in relation to him the functions conferred by Part 2 of

the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;

“the relevant time” means the time when the order or the amendment

to it comes into force.

6 Where a community order is made or amended in accordance with

paragraph 1 or 3, the court which makes or amends the order must provide

the home court with a copy of the order as made or amended, together with

such other documents and information relating to the case as it considers

likely to be of assistance to that court; and paragraphs (b) to (d) of subsection

(1) of section 219 (provision of copies of relevant orders) do not apply.

7 In section 220 (duty of offender to keep in touch with responsible officer) the

reference to the responsible officer is to be read in accordance with

paragraph 2(2) or 4(2).

8 Where a community order is made or amended in accordance with

paragraph 1 or 3, then, subject to the following provisions of this Part of this

Schedule—

(a) the order is to be treated as if it were a corresponding order made in

the part of the United Kingdom in which the offender resides, or will

be residing at the relevant time, and

(b) the legislation relating to such orders which has effect in that part of

the United Kingdom applies accordingly.

9 Before making or amending a community order in those circumstances the

court must explain to the offender in ordinary language—

(a) the requirements of the legislation relating to corresponding orders

which has effect in the part of the United Kingdom in which he

resides or will be residing at the relevant time, 

(b) the powers of the home court under that legislation, as modified by

this Part of this Schedule, and

(c) its own powers under this Part of this Schedule.

10 The home court may exercise in relation to the community order any power

which it could exercise in relation to the corresponding order made by a

court in the part of the United Kingdom in which the home court exercises

jurisdiction, by virtue of the legislation relating to such orders which has

effect in that part, except the following—
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(a) any power to discharge or revoke the order (other than a power to

revoke the order where the offender has been convicted of a further

offence and the court has imposed a custodial sentence),

(b) any power to deal with the offender for the offence in respect of

which the order was made,

(c) in the case of a community order imposing an unpaid work

requirement, any power to vary the order by substituting for the

number of hours of work specified in it any greater number than the

court which made the order could have specified, and

(d) in the case of a community order imposing a curfew requirement,

any power to vary the order by substituting for the period specified

in it any longer period than the court which made the order could

have specified.

11 If at any time while legislation relating to corresponding orders which has

effect in Scotland or Northern Ireland applies by virtue of paragraph 7 to a

community order made in England and Wales—

(a) it appears to the home court—

(i) if that court is in Scotland, on information from the local

authority officer concerned, or

(ii) if that court is in Northern Ireland, upon a complaint being

made to a justice of the peace acting for the petty sessions

district for the time being specified in the order,

that the offender has failed to comply with any of the requirements

of the order, or

(b) it appears to the home court—

(i) if that court is in Scotland, on the application of the offender

or of the local authority officer concerned, or

(ii) if it is in Northern Ireland, on the application of the offender

or of the probation officer concerned,

that it would be in the interests of justice for a power conferred by

paragraph 13 or 14 of Schedule 8 to be exercised,

the home court may require the offender to appear before the court which

made the order or the court which last amended the order in England and

Wales.

12 Where an offender is required by virtue of paragraph 11 to appear before a

court in England and Wales that court—

(a) may issue a warrant for his arrest, and

(b) may exercise any power which it could exercise in respect of the

community order if the offender resided in England and Wales,

and any enactment relating to the exercise of such powers has effect

accordingly, and with any reference to the responsible officer being read as

a reference to the local authority officer or probation officer concerned.

13 Paragraph 12(b) does not enable the court to amend the community order

unless—

(a) where the offender resides in Scotland, it appears to the court that the

conditions in paragraph 1(1)(a) and (b) are satisfied in relation to any

requirement to be imposed, or

(b) where the offender resides in Northern Ireland, it appears to the

court that the conditions in paragraph 3(1)(a) and (b) are satisfied in

relation to any requirement to be imposed.
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14 The preceding paragraphs of this Schedule have effect in relation to the

amendment of a community order by virtue of paragraph 12(b) as they have

effect in relation to the amendment of such an order by virtue of paragraph

1(3) or 3(3).

15 Where an offender is required by virtue of paragraph (a) of paragraph 11 to

appear before a court in England and Wales—

(a) the home court must send to that court a certificate certifying that the

offender has failed to comply with such of the requirements of the

order as may be specified in the certificate, together with such other

particulars of the case as may be desirable, and

(b) a certificate purporting to be signed by the clerk of the home court is

admissible as evidence of the failure before the court which made the

order.

SCHEDULE 10 Section 187

REVOCATION OR AMENDMENT OF CUSTODY PLUS ORDERS AND AMENDMENT OF

INTERMITTENT CUSTODY ORDERS

Interpretation

1(1) In this Schedule—

“the appropriate court” means—

(a) where the custody plus order or intermittent custody order

was made by the Crown Court, the Crown Court, and

(b) in any other case, a magistrates’ court acting for the petty

sessions area concerned;

“the offender”, in relation to a custody plus order or intermittent

custody order, means the person in respect of whom the order is

made;

“the petty sessions area concerned”, in relation to a custody plus order

or intermittent custody order, means the petty sessions area for the

time being specified in the order;

“the responsible officer” has the meaning given by section 197.

(2) In this Schedule any reference to a requirement being imposed by, or

included in, a custody plus order or intermittent custody order is to be read

as a reference to compliance with the requirement being required by the

order to be a condition of a licence.

Orders made on appeal

2 Where a custody plus order or intermittent custody order has been made on

appeal, it is to be taken for the purposes of this Schedule to have been made

by the Crown Court.

Revocation of custody plus order or removal from intermittent custody order of requirements 

as to licence conditions

3 (1) Where at any time while a custody plus order or intermittent custody order

is in force, it appears to the appropriate court on the application of the

offender or the responsible officer that, having regard to circumstances
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which have arisen since the order was made, it would be in the interests of

justice to do so, the court may—

(a) in the case of a custody plus order, revoke the order, and

(b) in the case of an intermittent custody order, amend the order so that

it contains only provision specifying periods for the purposes of

section 183(1)(b)(i).

(2) The revocation under this paragraph of a custody plus order does not affect

the sentence of imprisonment to which the order relates, except in relation

to the conditions of the licence.

Amendment by reason of change of residence

4 (1) This paragraph applies where, at any time during the term of imprisonment

to which a custody plus order or intermittent custody order relates, the

appropriate court is satisfied that the offender proposes to change, or has

changed, his residence during the licence period from the petty sessions area

concerned to another petty sessions area.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), the appropriate court may, and on the

application of the Secretary of State or the responsible officer must, amend

the custody plus order or intermittent custody order by substituting the

other petty sessions area for the area specified in the order.

(3) The court may not amend under this paragraph a custody plus order or

intermittent custody order which contains requirements which, in the

opinion of the court, cannot be complied with unless the offender resides in

the petty sessions area concerned unless, in accordance with paragraph 5, it

either—

(a) cancels those requirements, or

(b) substitutes for those requirements other requirements which can be

complied with if the offender does not reside in that area.

(4) The court may not amend under this paragraph any custody plus order or

intermittent custody order imposing a programme requirement unless it

appears to the court that the accredited programme specified in the

requirement is available in the other petty sessions area.

Amendment of requirements of custody plus order or intermittent custody order

5 (1) At any time during the term of imprisonment to which a custody plus order

or intermittent custody order relates, the appropriate court may, on the

application of the offender, the Secretary of State or the responsible officer,

by order amend any requirement of the custody plus order or intermittent

custody order—

(a) by cancelling the requirement, or

(b) by replacing it with a requirement of the same kind imposing

different obligations, which the court could include if it were then

making the order.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—

(a) a requirement falling within any paragraph of section 182(1) is of the

same kind as any other requirement falling within that paragraph,

and

(b) an electronic monitoring requirement is a requirement of the same

kind as any requirement falling within section 182(1) to which it

relates.
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(3) Sub-paragraph (1)(b) has effect subject to the provisions mentioned in

subsection (2) of section 182, and to subsections (3) and (5) of that section.

Alteration of pattern of temporary release

6 (1) At any time during the term of imprisonment to which an intermittent

custody order relates, the appropriate court may, on the application of the

offender, the Secretary of State or the responsible officer, amend the order— 

(a) so as to specify different periods for the purposes of section

183(1)(b)(i), or

(b) so as to provide that he is to remain in prison until the number of

days served by him in prison is equal to the number of custodial

days.

(2) The appropriate court may not by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) amend an

intermittent custody order unless it has received from the Secretary of State

notification that suitable prison accommodation is available for the offender

during the periods which, under the order as amended, will be custodial

periods.

(3) In this paragraph “custodial period” has the same meaning as in section

184(3).

Supplementary

7 No application may be made under paragraph 3(1), 5(1) or 6(1) while an

appeal against the sentence of which the custody plus or intermittent

custody order forms part is pending.

8 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), where a court proposes to exercise its powers

under paragraph 5 or 6, otherwise than on the application of the offender,

the court—

(a) must summon him to appear before the court, and

(b) if he does not appear in answer to the summons, may issue a warrant

for his arrest.

(2) This paragraph does not apply to an order cancelling any requirement of a

custody plus or intermittent custody order.

9 (1) On the making under this Schedule of an order revoking or amending a

custody plus order or amending an intermittent custody order, the proper

officer of the court must—

(a) provide copies of the revoking or amending order to the offender

and the responsible officer, 

(b) in the case of an amending order which substitutes a new petty

sessions area, provide a copy of the amending order to—

(i) the local probation board acting for that area, and

(ii) the magistrates’ court acting for that area,

(c) in the case of an order which cancels or amends a requirement

specified in the first column of Schedule 14, provide a copy of so

much of the amending order as relates to that requirement to the

person specified in relation to that requirement in the second column

of that Schedule.

(2) Where under sub-paragraph (1)(b) the proper officer of the court provides a

copy of an amending order to a magistrates’ court acting for a different area,

the officer must also provide to that court such documents and information
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relating to the case as it considers likely to be of assistance to a court acting

for that area in the exercise of its functions in relation to the order.

SCHEDULE 11 Section 188

TRANSFER OF CUSTODY PLUS ORDERS AND INTERMITTENT CUSTODY ORDERS TO SCOTLAND

OR NORTHERN IRELAND

PART 1

INTRODUCTORY

1In this Schedule—

(a) “the 1997 Act” means the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c. 43), and

(b) any reference to a requirement being imposed by, or included in a

custody plus order or intermittent custody order is a reference to

compliance with the requirement being required by the order to be a

condition of a licence.

PART 2

SCOTLAND

2 (1) Where the court making a custody plus order is satisfied that the offender

resides in Scotland, or will reside there during the licence period, the court

may, subject to sub-paragraph (2), impose requirements that are to be

complied with in Scotland and require the offender’s compliance with the

order to be supervised in accordance with arrangements made by the local

authority in Scotland in whose area he resides or will reside.

(2) The court may not make an order by virtue of this paragraph unless it

appears to the court—

(a) in the case of an order imposing a requirement mentioned in subparagraph (3), that arrangements exist for persons to comply with

such a requirement in the locality in Scotland in which the offender

resides, or will be residing during the licence period, and that

provision can be made for him to comply with the requirement

under those arrangements, and

(b) in any case, that suitable arrangements for supervising his

compliance with the order can be made by the local authority in

whose area he resides, or will be residing during the licence period.

(3) The requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(a) are—

(a) an unpaid work requirement,

(b) an activity requirement,

(c) a programme requirement, and

(d) an electronic monitoring requirement.

(4) If an order has been made in accordance with this paragraph in relation to

an offender but— 

(a) the Secretary of State decides not to make an order under paragraph

1 or 4 of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act in relation to him, and
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(b) the offender has not applied under paragraph 22 of this Schedule for

the amendment of the custody plus order or intermittent custody

order,

the Secretary of State must apply to the court under paragraph 22 of this

Schedule for the amendment of the order.

3 Where—

(a) the appropriate court for the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 10

(amendment by reason of change of residence) is satisfied that the

offender in respect of whom a custody plus order or intermittent

custody order is in force is residing in Scotland, or proposes to reside

there during the licence period,

(b) the Secretary of State has made, or has indicated his willingness to

make, an order under paragraph 1 or 4 of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act

in relation to the offender, and

(c) it appears to the court that the conditions in paragraph 2(2)(a) and (b)

are satisfied,

the power of the court to amend the order under Schedule 10 includes power

to amend it by requiring the requirements included in the order to be

complied with in Scotland and the offender’s compliance with them to be

supervised in accordance with the arrangements referred to in paragraph

2(2)(b).

4 A court may not by virtue of paragraph 2 or 3 require an attendance centre

requirement to be complied with in Scotland.

5 A custody plus order made in accordance with paragraph 2 or a custody

plus order or intermittent order amended in accordance with paragraph 3

must—

(a) specify the local authority area in which the offender resides or will

reside during the licence period, and

(b) require the local authority for that area to appoint or assign an officer

who will be responsible for discharging in relation to him the

functions conferred on responsible officers by Part 12 of this Act;

and section 216 (petty sessions area to be specified) does not apply in

relation to an order so made or amended.

6 (1) Where a court makes a custody plus order in accordance with paragraph 2

or amends a custody plus order or intermittent custody order in accordance

with paragraph 3, the court must provide the relevant documents to—

(a) the local authority for the area specified in the order, and

(b) the sheriff court having jurisdiction in the locality in which the

offender resides or proposes to reside;

and paragraphs (b) to (d) of subsection (1) of section 219 (which relate to the

provision of copies) do not apply in relation to an order so made or

amended.

(2) In this paragraph, “the relevant documents” means—

(a) a copy of the order as made or amended, and

(b) such other documents and information relating to the case as the

court making or amending the order considers likely to be of

assistance.

7 (1) In relation to the making of a custody plus order by virtue of paragraph 2, in

relation to the amendment of a custody plus order or intermittent custody

order by virtue of paragraph 3, and (except for the purposes of paragraph
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22) in relation to an order so made or amended, Chapter 4 of Part 12 of this

Act has effect subject to the following modifications.

(2) Any reference to the responsible officer has effect as a reference to the officer

appointed or assigned under paragraph 5(b).

(3) The following provisions are omitted—

(a) subsection (7) of section 201 (activity requirement);

(b) subsection (7) of section 202 (programme requirement);

(c) subsection (4) of section 218 (availability of arrangements in local

area).

(4) In section 215 (electronic monitoring requirement), in subsection (3), the

words from “and” onwards are omitted.

8 In this Part of this Schedule “local authority” means a council constituted

under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39); and

any reference to the area of such an authority is a reference to the local

government area within the meaning of that Act.

PART 3

NORTHERN IRELAND

9 (1) Where the court making a custody plus order is satisfied that the offender

resides in Northern Ireland, or will reside there during the licence period,

the court may, subject to sub-paragraph (2), impose requirements that are to

be complied with in Northern Ireland and require the offender’s compliance

with the order to be supervised in accordance with arrangements made by

the Probation Board for Northern Ireland.

(2) The court may not make an order by virtue of this paragraph unless it

appears to the court—

(a) in the case of an order imposing a requirement mentioned in subparagraph (3), that arrangements exist for persons to comply with

such a requirement in the petty sessions district in Northern Ireland

in which the offender resides, or will be residing during the licence

period, and that provision can be made for him to comply with the

requirement under those arrangements, and

(b) in any case, that suitable arrangements for supervising his

compliance with the order can be made by the Probation Board for

Northern Ireland.

(3) The requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) are—

(a) an unpaid work requirement,

(b) an activity requirement,

(c) a programme requirement,

(d) an attendance centre requirement, and

(e) an electronic monitoring requirement.

(4) If an order has been made in accordance with this paragraph in relation to

an offender but— 

(a) the Secretary of State decides not to make an order under paragraph

1 or 4 of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act in relation to him, and

(b) the offender has not applied under paragraph 22 of this Schedule for

the amendment of the custody plus order or intermittent custody

order,
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the Secretary of State must apply to the court under paragraph 22 for the

amendment of the order.

1 0 Where—

(a) the appropriate court for the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 10

(amendment by reason of change of residence) is satisfied that the

offender in respect of whom a custody plus order or intermittent

custody order is in force is residing in Northern Ireland, or proposes

to reside there during the licence period,

(b) the Secretary of State has made, or has indicated his willingness to

make, an order under paragraph 1 or 4 of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act

in relation to the offender, and

(c) it appears to the court that the conditions in paragraph 9(2)(a) and (b)

are satisfied,

the power of the court to amend the order under Schedule 10 includes power

to amend it by requiring the requirements included in the order to be

complied with in Northern Ireland and the offender’s compliance with them

to be supervised in accordance with the arrangements referred to in

paragraph 9(2)(b).

11 A custody plus order made in accordance with paragraph 9 or a custody

plus order or intermittent custody order amended in accordance with

paragraph 10 must—

(a) specify the petty sessions district in Northern Ireland in which the

offender resides or will reside during the licence period, and

(b) require the Probation Board for Northern Ireland to appoint or

assign a probation officer who will be responsible for discharging in

relation to him the functions conferred on responsible officers by

Part 11 of this Act;

and section 216 (petty sessions area to be specified) does not apply in

relation to an order so made or amended.

12 (1) Where a court makes a custody plus order in accordance with paragraph 9

or amends a custody plus order or intermittent custody order in accordance

with paragraph 10, the court must provide the relevant documents to—

(a) the Probation Board for Northern Ireland, and

(b) the court of summary jurisdiction acting for the petty sessions

district in which the offender resides or proposes to reside;

and paragraphs (b) to (d) of subsection (1) of section 219 (which relate to the

provision of copies) do not apply in relation to an order so made or

amended.

(2) In this paragraph, “the relevant documents” means—

(a) a copy of the order as made or amended, and

(b) such other documents and information relating to the case as the

court making or amending the order considers likely to be of

assistance.

13 (1) In relation to the making of a custody plus order by virtue of paragraph 9, in

relation to the amendment of a custody plus order or intermittent custody

order by virtue of paragraph 10, and (except for the purposes of paragraph

22) in relation to an order so made or amended, Chapter 4 of Part 12 of this

Act has effect subject to the following modifications.

(2) Any reference to the responsible officer has effect as a reference to the

probation officer appointed or assigned under paragraph 11(b).
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(3) The following provisions are omitted—

(a) subsection (7) of section 201 (activity requirement);

(b) subsection (7) of section 202 (programme requirement);

(c) subsection (4) of section 218 (availability of arrangements in local

area).

(4) In section 214 (attendance centre requirement), any reference to an

attendance centre has effect as a reference to a day centre, as defined by

paragraph 3(6) of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland)

Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I. 24).

(5) In section 215 (electronic monitoring requirement), in subsection (3), the

words from “and” onwards are omitted.

PART 4

GENERAL PROVISIONS

14 This Part of this Schedule applies at any time while a custody plus order

made in accordance with paragraph 2 or 9 or amended in accordance with

paragraph 3 or 10, or an intermittent custody order amended in accordance

with paragraph 3 or 10, is in force in respect of an offender.

15 In this Part of this Schedule— 

“home court” means—

(a) if the offender resides in Scotland, or will be residing there

during the licence period, the sheriff court having jurisdiction

in the locality in which the offender resides or proposes to

reside, and

(b) if he resides in Northern Ireland, or will be residing there

during the licence period, the court of summary jurisdiction

acting for the petty sessions district in which he resides or

proposes to reside;

“local authority” and “local authority area” are to be read in accordance

with paragraph 8;

“original court” means the court in England and Wales which made or

last amended the custody plus order or intermittent custody order;

“the relevant officer” means—

(a) where the order specifies a local authority area in Scotland,

the local authority officer appointed or assigned under

paragraph 5(b), and

(b) where the order specifies a local authority district in

Northern Ireland, the probation officer appointed or

assigned under paragraph 11(b).

16 (1) Where this Part of this Schedule applies, Schedule 10 has effect subject to the

following modifications.

(2) Any reference to the responsible officer has effect as a reference to the

relevant officer.

(3) Any reference to the appropriate court has effect as a reference to the

original court.

(4) Where the order specifies a local authority area in Scotland—

(a) any reference to the petty sessions area concerned has effect as a

reference to that local authority area, and
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(b) any other reference to a petty sessions area has effect as a reference

to a local authority area.

(5) Where the order specifies a petty sessions district in Northern Ireland—

(a) any reference to the petty sessions area concerned has effect as a

reference to that petty sessions district, and

(b) any other reference to a petty sessions area has effect as a reference

to a petty sessions district.

(6) Paragraph 9 is omitted.

17 (1) The home court may exercise any power under paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule

10 (amendment of custody plus order or intermittent custody order) as if it

were the original court.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), where the home court proposes to exercise the

power conferred by paragraph 5 of Schedule 10, otherwise than on the

application of the offender, the court—

(a) if it is in Scotland—

(i) must issue a citation requiring the offender to appear before

it, and

(ii) if he does not appear in answer to the citation, may issue a

warrant for the offender’s arrest;

(b) if it is in Northern Ireland—

(i) must issue a summons requiring the offender to appear

before it, and

(ii) if he does not appear in answer to the summons, may issue a

warrant for the offender’s arrest;

and paragraph 8 of Schedule 10 does not apply to the home court.

(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply to any order cancelling any requirement

of a custody plus order or intermittent custody order.

(4) Where the home court is considering amending a custody plus or

intermittent custody order, any reference in Chapter 4 of Part 12 of this Act

to a local probation board has effect as a reference to a local authority in

Scotland or, as the case may be, the Probation Board for Northern Ireland.

18 Where by virtue of paragraph 17 any application is made to the home court

under paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 10, the home court may (instead of

dealing with the application) require the offender to appear before the

original court.

19 No court may amend or further amend a custody plus order or an

intermittent custody order unless it appears to the court that the conditions

in paragraph 2(2)(a) and (b) or, as the case may be, the conditions in

paragraph 9(2)(a) and (b) are satisfied in relation to any requirement to be

imposed; but this paragraph does not apply to any amendment made by

virtue of paragraph 22(1).

20 The preceding paragraphs of this Schedule have effect in relation to any

amendment of a custody plus or intermittent custody order by any court as

they have effect in relation to the amendment of such an order by virtue of

paragraph 3 or 10.

21On the making of an order amending a custody plus order or intermittent

custody order—
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(a) the court must provide copies of the amending order to the offender

and the relevant officer, and

(b) in the case of an amending order which substitutes a new local

authority area or petty sessions district, paragraphs 5 and 6, or as the

case may be paragraphs 11 and 12, have effect in relation to the order

as they have effect in relation to an order made or amended in

accordance with paragraph 2 or 3, or as the case may be, 9 or 10.

22 (1) Where—

(a) a custody plus order has been made in accordance with paragraph 2

or 9 or a custody plus or intermittent custody order has been

amended in accordance with paragraph 3 or 10, but (in any of those

cases) the Secretary of State has not made an order under paragraph

1 or 4 of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act in relation to the offender, or

(b) the Secretary of State has made, or indicated his willingness to make,

an order under paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 1 to the 1997 Act

transferring the offender or his supervision back to England and

Wales,

the court may, on the application of the offender or the Secretary of State,

amend the custody plus order or intermittent custody order by requiring it

to be complied with in England and Wales.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “the court”, in a case falling within paragraph (a) of that

sub-paragraph, means the original court.

(3) In a case where paragraph 2(4) or 9(4) requires the Secretary of State to apply

under this paragraph, the court must make an amending order under this

paragraph.

(4) Where under this paragraph the court amends a custody plus order or

intermittent custody order which contains requirements which, in the

opinion of the court, cannot be complied with in the petty sessions area in

which the offender is residing or proposes to reside, the court must, in

accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 10, either—

(a) cancel those requirements, or

(b) substitute for those requirements other requirements which can be

complied with if the offender resides in that area.

(5) Where the court amends under this paragraph any custody plus order or

intermittent custody order imposing a programme requirement, the court

must ensure that the requirement as amended specifies a programme which

is available in the petty sessions area in England and Wales in which the

offender is residing or proposes to reside.

(6) The custody plus order or intermittent custody order as amended under this

paragraph must specify the petty sessions area in which the offender resides

or proposes to reside in the licence period.

(7) On the making under this paragraph of an order amending a custody plus

order or intermittent custody order, the court must—

(a) provide copies of the amending order to the offender, the relevant

officer and the local probation board acting for the new petty

sessions area, and

(b) provide the magistrates’ court acting for that area with a copy of the

amending order and such other documents and information relating

to the case as the home court considers likely to be of assistance to the

court acting for that area in the exercise of its functions in relation to

the order.
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(8) Where an order has been amended under this paragraph, the preceding

paragraphs of this Schedule shall cease to apply to the order as amended.

PART 5

SUPPLEMENTARY

23 Subsections (1) and (3) of section 245C of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland)

Act 1995 (c. 46) (provision of remote monitoring) have effect as if they

included a reference to the electronic monitoring of the requirements of a

custody plus order made in accordance with paragraph 2 or a custody plus

order or intermittent custody order made in accordance with paragraph 3.

24 (1) Section 4 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Process) Act 1881 (c. 24) (which

provides, among other things, for service in England and Wales of Scottish

citations or warrants) applies to any citation or warrant issued under

paragraph 17(2)(a) as it applies to a citation or warrant granted under section

134 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.

(2) A summons issued by a court in Northern Ireland under paragraph 17(2)(b)

may, in such circumstances as may be prescribed by rules of court, be served

in England and Wales or Scotland.

SCHEDULE 12 Section 193

BREACH OR AMENDMENT OF SUSPENDED SENTENCE ORDER, AND EFFECT OF FURTHER

CONVICTION

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Interpretation

1In this Schedule—

“the offender”, in relation to a suspended sentence order, means the

person in respect of whom the order is made;

“the petty sessions area concerned”, in relation to a suspended sentence

order, means the petty sessions area for the time being specified in

the order;

“the responsible officer” has the meaning given by section 197.

2 In this Schedule—

(a) any reference to a suspended sentence order being subject to review

is a reference to such an order being subject to review in accordance

with section 191(1)(b) or to a drug rehabilitation requirement of such

an order being subject to review in accordance with section 210(1)(b);

(b) any reference to the court responsible for a suspended sentence order

which is subject to review is to be construed in accordance with

section 191(3) or, as the case may be, 210(2).
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Orders made on appeal

3 Where a suspended sentence order is made on appeal it is to be taken for the

purposes of this Schedule to have been made by the Crown Court.

PART 2

BREACH OF COMMUNITY REQUIREMENT OR CONVICTION OF FURTHER OFFENCE

Duty to give warning in relation to community requirement

4 (1) If the responsible officer is of the opinion that the offender has failed without

reasonable excuse to comply with any of the community requirements of a

suspended sentence order, the officer must give him a warning under this

paragraph unless—

(a) the offender has within the previous twelve months been given a

warning under this paragraph in relation to a failure to comply with

any of the community requirements of the order, or

(b) the officer causes an information to be laid before a justice of the

peace in respect of the failure.

(2) A warning under this paragraph must—

(a) describe the circumstances of the failure,

(b) state that the failure is unacceptable, and

(c) inform the offender that if within the next twelve months he again

fails to comply with any requirement of the order, he will be liable to

be brought before a court.

(3) The responsible officer must, as soon as practicable after the warning has

been given, record that fact.

(4) In relation to any suspended sentence order which is made by the Crown

Court and does not include a direction that any failure to comply with the

community requirements of the order is to be dealt with by a magistrates’

court, the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(b) to a justice of the peace is to be

read as a reference to the Crown Court.

Breach of order after warning

5 (1 ) If—

(a) the responsible officer has given a warning under paragraph 4 to the

offender in respect of a suspended sentence order, and

(b) at any time within the twelve months beginning with the date on

which the warning was given, the responsible officer is of the

opinion that the offender has since that date failed without

reasonable excuse to comply with any of the community

requirements of the order,

the officer must cause an information to be laid before a justice of the peace

in respect of the failure in question.

(2) In relation to any suspended sentence order which is made by the Crown

Court and does not include a direction that any failure to comply with the

community requirements of the order is to be dealt with by a magistrates’

court, the reference in sub-paragraph (1) to a justice of the peace is to be read

as a reference to the Crown Court.
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Issue of summons or warrant by justice of the peace

6 (1) This paragraph applies to—

(a) a suspended sentence order made by a magistrates’ court, or

(b) any suspended sentence order which was made by the Crown Court

and includes a direction that any failure to comply with the

community requirements of the order is to be dealt with by a

magistrates’ court.

(2) If at any time while a suspended sentence order to which this paragraph

applies is in force it appears on information to a justice of the peace acting

for the petty sessions area concerned that the offender has failed to comply

with any of the community requirements of the order, the justice may—

(a) issue a summons requiring the offender to appear at the place and

time specified in it, or

(b) if the information is in writing and on oath, issue a warrant for his

arrest.

(3) Any summons or warrant issued under this paragraph must direct the

offender to appear or be brought—

(a) in the case of a suspended sentence order which is subject to review,

before the court responsible for the order, 

(b) in any other case, before a magistrates’ court acting for the petty

sessions area concerned.

(4) Where a summons issued under sub-paragraph (2)(a) requires the offender

to appear before a magistrates’ court and the offender does not appear in

answer to the summons, the magistrates’ court may issue a warrant for the

arrest of the offender.

Issue of summons or warrant by Crown Court

7 (1) This paragraph applies to a suspended sentence order made by the Crown

Court which does not include a direction that any failure to comply with the

community requirements of the order is to be dealt with by a magistrates’

court.

(2) If at any time while a suspended sentence order to which this paragraph

applies is in force it appears on information to the Crown Court that the

offender has failed to comply with any of the community requirements of

the order, the Crown Court may—

(a) issue a summons requiring the offender to appear at the place and

time specified in it, or

(b) if the information is in writing and on oath, issue a warrant for his

arrest.

(3) Any summons or warrant issued under this paragraph must direct the

offender to appear or be brought before the Crown Court.

(4) Where a summons issued under sub-paragraph (1)(a) requires the offender

to appear before the Crown Court and the offender does not appear in

answer to the summons, the Crown Court may issue a warrant for the arrest

of the offender.

Powers of court on breach of community requirement or conviction of further offence

8 (1) This paragraph applies where—
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(a) it is proved to the satisfaction of a court before which an offender

appears or is brought under paragraph 6 or 7 or by virtue of section

192(6) that he has failed without reasonable excuse to comply with

any of the community requirements of the suspended sentence

order, or

(b) an offender is convicted of an offence committed during the

operational period of a suspended sentence (other than one which

has already taken effect) and either—

(i) he is so convicted by or before a court having power under

paragraph 11 to deal with him in respect of the suspended

sentence, or

(ii) he subsequently appears or is brought before such a court.

(2) The court must consider his case and deal with him in one of the following

ways—

(a) the court may order that the suspended sentence is to take effect with

its original term and custodial period unaltered,

(b) the court may order that the sentence is to take effect with either or

both of the following modifications—

(i) the substitution for the original term of a lesser term

complying with section 181(2), and

(ii) the substitution for the original custodial period of a lesser

custodial period complying with section 181(5) and (6),

(c) the court may amend the order by doing any one or more of the

following—

(i) imposing more onerous community requirements which the

court could include if it were then making the order,

(ii) subject to subsections (3) and (4) of section 189, extending the

supervision period, or

(iii) subject to subsection (3) of that section, extending the

operational period.

(3) The court must make an order under sub-paragraph (2)(a) or (b) unless it is

of the opinion that it would be unjust to do so in view of all the

circumstances, including the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (4); and

where it is of that opinion the court must state its reasons.

(4) The matters referred to in sub-paragraph (3) are—

(a) the extent to which the offender has complied with the community

requirements of the suspended sentence order, and

(b) in a case falling within sub-paragraph (1)(b), the facts of the

subsequent offence.

(5) Where a court deals with an offender under sub-paragraph (2) in respect of

a suspended sentence, the appropriate officer of the court must notify the

appropriate officer of the court which passed the sentence of the method

adopted.

(6) Where a suspended sentence order was made by the Crown Court and a

magistrates’ court would (apart from this sub-paragraph) be required to

deal with the offender under sub-paragraph (2)(a), (b) or (c) it may instead

commit him to custody or release him on bail until he can be brought or

appear before the Crown Court.

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(a) a certificate signed by a justice of the peace certifying that the

offender has failed to comply with the community requirements of

the suspended sentence order in the respect specified in the

certificate, and

(b) such other particulars of the case as may be desirable;

and a certificate purporting to be so signed is admissible as evidence of the

failure before the Crown Court.

(8) In proceedings before the Crown Court under this paragraph any question

whether the offender has failed to comply with the community

requirements of the suspended sentence order and any question whether the

offender has been convicted of an offence committed during the operational

period of the suspended sentence is to be determined by the court and not

by the verdict of a jury.

Further provisions as to order that suspended sentence is to take effect

9 (1) When making an order under paragraph 8(2)(a) or (b) that a sentence is to

take effect (with or without any variation of the original term and custodial

period), the court— 

(a) must also make a custody plus order, and

(b) may order that the sentence is to take effect immediately or that the

term of that sentence is to commence on the expiry of another term

of imprisonment passed on the offender by that or another court.

(2) The power to make an order under sub-paragraph (1)(b) has effect subject to

section 265 (restriction on consecutive sentences for released prisoners).

(3) For the purpose of any enactment conferring rights of appeal in criminal

cases, any order made by the court under paragraph 8(2)(a) or (b) is to be

treated as a sentence passed on the offender by that court for the offence for

which the suspended sentence was passed.

Restriction of powers in paragraph 8 where treatment required

10 (1) An offender who is required by any of the following community

requirements of a suspended sentence order—

(a) a mental health treatment requirement,

(b) a drug rehabilitation requirement, or

(c) an alcohol treatment requirement,

to submit to treatment for his mental condition, or his dependency on or

propensity to misuse drugs or alcohol, is not to be treated for the purposes

of paragraph 8(1)(a) as having failed to comply with that requirement on the

ground only that he had refused to undergo any surgical, electrical or other

treatment if, in the opinion of the court, his refusal was reasonable having

regard to all the circumstances.

(2) A court may not under paragraph 8(2)(c)(i) amend a mental health treatment

requirement, a drug rehabilitation requirement or an alcohol treatment

requirement unless the offender expresses his willingness to comply with

the requirement as amended.

Court by which suspended sentence may be dealt with under paragraph 8(1)(b)

11 (1) An offender may be dealt with under paragraph 8(1)(b) in respect of a

suspended sentence by the Crown Court or, where the sentence was passed
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by a magistrates’ court, by any magistrates’ court before which he appears

or is brought.

(2) Where an offender is convicted by a magistrates’ court of any offence and

the court is satisfied that the offence was committed during the operational

period of a suspended sentence passed by the Crown Court—

(a) the court may, if it thinks fit, commit him in custody or on bail to the

Crown Court, and

(b) if it does not, must give written notice of the conviction to the

appropriate officer of the Crown Court.

Procedure where court convicting of further offence does not deal with suspended sentence

12 (1) If it appears to the Crown Court, where that court has jurisdiction in

accordance with sub-paragraph (2), or to a justice of the peace having

jurisdiction in accordance with that sub-paragraph—

(a) that an offender has been convicted in the United Kingdom of an

offence committed during the operational period of a suspended

sentence, and

(b) that he has not been dealt with in respect of the suspended sentence,

that court or justice may, subject to the following provisions of this

paragraph, issue a summons requiring the offender to appear at the place

and time specified in it, or a warrant for his arrest.

(2) Jurisdiction for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) may be exercised—

(a) if the suspended sentence was passed by the Crown Court, by that

court;

(b) if it was passed by a magistrates’ court, by a justice acting for the

petty sessions area for which that court acted.

(3) Where—

(a) an offender is convicted in Scotland or Northern Ireland of an

offence, and

(b) the court is informed that the offence was committed during the

operational period of a suspended sentence passed in England or

Wales,

the court must give written notice of the conviction to the appropriate officer

of the court by which the suspended sentence was passed.

(4) Unless he is acting in consequence of a notice under sub-paragraph (3), a

justice of the peace may not issue a summons under this paragraph except

on information and may not issue a warrant under this paragraph except on

information in writing and on oath.

(5) A summons or warrant issued under this paragraph must direct the

offender to appear or be brought before the court by which the suspended

sentence was passed.

PART 3

AMENDMENT OF SUSPENDED SENTENCE ORDER

Cancellation of community requirements of suspended sentence order

13 (1) Where at any time while a suspended sentence order is in force, it appears

to the appropriate court on the application of the offender or the responsible
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officer that, having regard to the circumstances which have arisen since the

order was made, it would be in the interests of justice to do so, the court may

cancel the community requirements of the suspended sentence order.

(2) The circumstances in which the appropriate court may exercise its power

under sub-paragraph (1) include the offender’s making good progress or his

responding satisfactorily to supervision.

(3) In this paragraph “the appropriate court” means—

(a) in the case of a suspended sentence order which is subject to review,

the court responsible for the order,

(b) in the case of a suspended sentence order which was made by the

Crown Court and does not include any direction that any failure to

comply with the community requirements of the order is to be dealt

with by a magistrates’ court, the Crown Court, and

(c) in any other case, a magistrates’ court acting for the petty sessions

area concerned.

Amendment by reason of change of residence

14 (1) This paragraph applies where, at any time while a suspended sentence order

is in force, the appropriate court is satisfied that the offender proposes to

change, or has changed, his residence from the petty sessions area concerned

to another petty sessions area.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), the appropriate court may, and on the

application of the responsible officer must, amend the suspended sentence

order by substituting the other petty sessions area for the area specified in

the order.

(3) The court may not amend under this paragraph a suspended sentence order

which contains requirements which, in the opinion of the court, cannot be

complied with unless the offender resides in the petty sessions area

concerned unless, in accordance with paragraph 15 it either—

(a) cancels those requirements, or

(b) substitutes for those requirements other requirements which can be

complied with if the offender does not reside in that area.

(4) The court may not amend under this paragraph any suspended sentence

order imposing a programme requirement unless it appears to the court that

the accredited programme specified in the requirement is available in the

other petty sessions area.

(5) In this paragraph “the appropriate court” has the same meaning as in

paragraph 13.

Amendment of community requirements of suspended sentence order

15 (1) At any time during the supervision period, the appropriate court may, on

the application of the offender or the responsible officer, by order amend

any community requirement of a suspended sentence order—

(a) by cancelling the requirement, or

(b) by replacing it with a requirement of the same kind, which the court

could include if it were then making the order.

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(a) a requirement falling within any paragraph of section 190(1) is of the

same kind as any other requirement falling within that paragraph,

and

(b) an electronic monitoring requirement is a requirement of the same

kind as any requirement falling within section 190(1) to which it

relates.

(3) The court may not under this paragraph amend a mental health treatment

requirement, a drug rehabilitation requirement or an alcohol treatment

requirement unless the offender expresses his willingness to comply with

the requirement as amended.

(4) If the offender fails to express his willingness to comply with a mental health

treatment requirement, drug rehabilitation requirement or alcohol

treatment requirement as proposed to be amended by the court under this

paragraph, the court may—

(a) revoke the suspended sentence order and the suspended sentence to

which it relates, and

(b) deal with him, for the offence in respect of which the suspended

sentence was imposed, in any way in which it could deal with him if

he had just been convicted by or before the court of the offence.

(5) In dealing with the offender under sub-paragraph (4)(b), the court must take

into account the extent to which the offender has complied with the

requirements of the order.

(6) In this paragraph “the appropriate court” has the same meaning as in

paragraph 13.

Amendment of treatment requirements on report of practitioner

16 (1) Where the medical practitioner or other person by whom or under whose

direction an offender is, in pursuance of any requirement to which this subparagraph applies, being treated for his mental condition or his dependency

on or propensity to misuse drugs or alcohol—

(a) is of the opinion mentioned in sub-paragraph (3), or

(b) is for any reason unwilling to continue to treat or direct the treatment

of the offender,

he must make a report in writing to that effect to the responsible officer and

that officer must apply under paragraph 15 to the appropriate court for the

variation or cancellation of the requirement.

(2) The requirements to which sub-paragraph (1) applies are—

(a) a mental health treatment requirement,

(b) a drug rehabilitation requirement, and

(c) an alcohol treatment requirement.

(3) The opinion referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is—

(a) that the treatment of the offender should be continued beyond the

period specified in that behalf in the order,

(b) that the offender needs different treatment,

(c) that the offender is not susceptible to treatment, or

(d) that the offender does not require further treatment.

(4) In this paragraph “the appropriate court” has the same meaning as in

paragraph 13.
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Amendment in relation to review of drug rehabilitation requirement

17 Where the responsible officer is of the opinion that a suspended sentence

order imposing a drug rehabilitation requirement which is subject to review

should be so amended as to provide for each periodic review (required by

section 211) to be made without a hearing instead of at a review hearing, or

vice versa, he must apply under paragraph 15 to the court responsible for the

order for the variation of the order.

Extension of unpaid work requirement

1 8 (1 ) Where—

(a) a suspended sentence order imposing an unpaid work requirement

is in force in respect of the offender, and

(b) on the application of the offender or the responsible officer, it

appears to the appropriate court that it would be in the interests of

justice to do so having regard to circumstances which have arisen

since the order was made,

the court may, in relation to the order, extend the period of twelve months

specified in section 200(2).

(2) In this paragraph “the appropriate court” has the same meaning as in

paragraph 13.

Supplementary

19 (1) No application may be made under paragraph 13, 15 or 18, and no order

may be made under paragraph 14, while an appeal against the suspended

sentence is pending.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to an application under paragraph 15

which—

(a) relates to a mental health treatment requirement, a drug

rehabilitation requirement or an alcohol treatment requirement, and

(b) is made by the responsible officer with the consent of the offender.

20 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), where a court proposes to exercise its powers

under paragraph 15, otherwise than on the application of the offender, the

court—

(a) must summon him to appear before the court, and

(b) if he does not appear in answer to the summons, may issue a warrant

for his arrest.

(2) This paragraph does not apply to an order cancelling any community

requirement of a suspended sentence order.

21 Paragraphs 8(2)(c) and 15(1)(b) have effect subject to the provisions

mentioned in subsection (2) of section 190, and to subsections (3) and (5) of

that section.

22 (1) On the making under this Schedule of an order amending a suspended

sentence order, the proper officer of the court must—

(a) provide copies of the amending order to the offender and the

responsible officer,

(b) in the case of an amending order which substitutes a new petty

sessions area, provide a copy of the amending order to—

(i) the local probation board acting for that area, and
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(ii) the magistrates’ court acting for that area, and

(c) in the case of an amending order which imposes or amends a

requirement specified in the first column of Schedule 14, provide a

copy of so much of the amending order as relates to that requirement

to the person specified in relation to that requirement in the second

column of that Schedule.

(2) Where under sub-paragraph (1)(b) the proper officer of the court provides a

copy of an amending order to a magistrates’ court acting for a different area,

the officer must also provide to that court such documents and information

relating to the case as it considers likely to be of assistance to a court acting

for that area in the exercise of its functions in relation to the order.

(3) In this paragraph “proper officer” means—

(a) in relation to a magistrates’ court, the justices’ chief executive for the

court; and

(b) in relation to the Crown Court, the appropriate officer.

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TRANSFER OF SUSPENDED SENTENCE ORDERS TO SCOTLAND OR NORTHERN IRELAND

PART 1

SCOTLAND

1(1) Where the court considering the making of a suspended sentence order is

satisfied that the offender resides in Scotland, or will reside there when the

order comes into force, the court may not make a suspended sentence order

in respect of the offender unless it appears to the court—

(a) in the case of an order imposing a requirement mentioned in subparagraph (2), that arrangements exist for persons to comply with

such a requirement in the locality in Scotland in which the offender

resides, or will be residing when the order comes into force, and that

provision can be made for him to comply with the requirement

under those arrangements, and

(b) in any case, that suitable arrangements for his supervision can be

made by the local authority in whose area he resides, or will be

residing when the order comes into force.

(2) The requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) are—

(a) an unpaid work requirement,

(b) an activity requirement,

(c) a programme requirement,

(d) a mental health treatment requirement,

(e) a drug rehabilitation requirement,

(f) an alcohol treatment requirement, and

(g) an electronic monitoring requirement.

(3) Where— 

(a) the appropriate court for the purposes of paragraph 14 of Schedule

12 (amendment by reason of change of residence) is satisfied that an
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offender in respect of whom a suspended sentence order is in force

proposes to reside or is residing in Scotland, and

(b) it appears to the court that the conditions in sub-paragraph (1)(a) and

(b) are satisfied,

the power of the court to amend the order under Part 3 of Schedule 12

includes power to amend it by requiring it to be complied with in Scotland

and the offender to be supervised in accordance with the arrangements

referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b).

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3), any reference in sub-paragraph (1)(a)

and (b) to the time when the order comes into force is to be treated as a

reference to the time when the amendment comes into force.

(5) The court may not by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) or (3) require an

attendance centre requirement to be complied with in Scotland.

(6) The court may not provide for an order made in accordance with this

paragraph to be subject to review under section 191 or 210; and where an

order which is subject to review under either of those sections is amended in

accordance with this paragraph, the order shall cease to be so subject.

2 A suspended sentence order made or amended in accordance with

paragraph 1 must—

(a) specify the local authority area in which the offender resides or will

be residing when the order or amendment comes into force, and

(b) require the local authority for that area to appoint or assign an officer

who will be responsible for discharging in relation to him the

functions conferred on responsible officers by Part 12 of this Act;

and section 216 (petty sessions area to be specified) does not apply in

relation to an order so made or amended.

3 (1) Where a court makes or amends a suspended sentence order in accordance

with paragraph 1, the court must provide the relevant documents to—

(a) the local authority for the area specified in the order, and

(b) the sheriff court having jurisdiction in the locality in which the

offender resides or proposes to reside;

and paragraphs (b) to (d) of subsection (1) of section 219 (provision of copies

of relevant orders) do not apply in relation to an order so made or amended.

(2) In this paragraph, “the relevant documents” means—

(a) a copy of the order as made or amended, and

(b) such other documents and information relating to the case as the

court making or amending the order considers likely to be of

assistance.

4 (1) In relation to the making or amendment of a suspended sentence order in

accordance with paragraph 1, and (except for the purposes of paragraph 20)

in relation to an order so made or amended, Chapter 4 of Part 12 of this Act

has effect subject to the following modifications.

(2) Any reference to the responsible officer has effect as a reference to the officer

appointed or assigned under paragraph 2(b).

(3) The following provisions are omitted—

(a) subsection (7) of section 201 (activity requirement),

(b) subsection (7) of section 202 (programme requirement),

(c) subsection (4) of section 206 (residence requirement),
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(d) subsection (4) of section 218 (availability of arrangements in local

area).

(4) In section 207 (mental health treatment requirement), for subsection (2)(a)

there is substituted—

“(a) treatment as a resident patient in a hospital within the

meaning of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment)

(Scotland) Act 2003, not being a state hospital within the

meaning of that Act;”.

(5) In section 215 (electronic monitoring requirement), in subsection (3), the

words from “and” onwards are omitted.

5 In this Part of this Schedule “local authority” means a council constituted

under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39); and

any reference to the area of such an authority is a reference to the local

government area within the meaning of that Act.

PART 2

NORTHERN IRELAND

6 (1) Where the court considering the making of a suspended sentence order is

satisfied that the offender resides in Northern Ireland, or will reside there

when the order comes into force, the court may not make a suspended

sentence order in respect of the offender unless it appears to the court—

(a) in the case of an order imposing a requirement mentioned in subparagraph (2), that arrangements exist for persons to comply with

such a requirement in the petty sessions district in Northern Ireland

in which the offender resides, or will be residing when the order

comes into force, and that provision can be made for him to comply

with the requirement under those arrangements, and

(b) in any case, that suitable arrangements for his supervision can be

made by the Probation Board for Northern Ireland.

(2) The requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) are—

(a) an unpaid work requirement,

(b) an activity requirement,

(c) a programme requirement,

(d) a mental health treatment requirement,

(e) a drug rehabilitation requirement,

(f) an alcohol treatment requirement, 

(g) an attendance centre requirement, and

(h) an electronic monitoring requirement.

(3) Where— 

(a) the appropriate court for the purposes of paragraph 14 of Schedule

12 (amendment by reason of change of residence) is satisfied that an

offender in respect of whom a suspended sentence order is in force

proposes to reside or is residing in Northern Ireland, and

(b) it appears to the court that the conditions in sub-paragraphs (1)(a)

and (b) are satisfied,

the power of the court to amend the order under Part 3 of Schedule 12

includes power to amend it by requiring it to be complied with in Northern
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Ireland and the offender to be supervised in accordance with the

arrangements referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b).

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3), any reference in sub-paragraph (1)(a)

and (b) to the time when the order comes into force is to be treated as a

reference to the time when the amendment comes into force.

(5) The court may not provide for an order made in accordance with this

paragraph to be subject to review under section 191 or 210; and where an

order which is subject to review under either of those sections is amended in

accordance with this paragraph, the order shall cease to be so subject.

7 A suspended sentence order made or amended in accordance with

paragraph 6 must—

(a) specify the petty sessions district in Northern Ireland in which the

offender resides or will be residing when the order or amendment

comes into force, and

(b) require the Probation Board for Northern Ireland to appoint or

assign a probation officer who will be responsible for discharging in

relation to him the functions conferred on responsible officers by

Part 12 of this Act;

and section 216 (petty sessions area to be specified) does not apply in

relation to an order so made or amended.

8 (1) Where a court makes or amends a suspended sentence order in accordance

with paragraph 6, the court must provide the relevant documents to—

(a) the Probation Board for Northern Ireland, and

(b) the court of summary jurisdiction acting for the petty sessions

district in which the offender resides or proposes to reside;

and paragraphs (b) to (d) of subsection (1) of section 219 (provision of copies

of relevant orders) do not apply in relation to an order so made or amended.

(2) In this paragraph, “the relevant documents” means—

(a) a copy of the order as made or amended, and

(b) such other documents and information relating to the case as the

court making or amending the order considers likely to be of

assistance.

9 (1) In relation to the making or amendment of a suspended sentence order in

accordance with paragraph 6, and (except for the purposes of paragraph 20)

in relation to an order so made or amended, Chapter 4 of Part 12 of this Act

has effect subject to the following modifications.

(2) Any reference to the responsible officer has effect as a reference to the

probation officer appointed or assigned under paragraph 7(b).

(3) The following provisions are omitted—

(a) subsection (7) of section 201 (activity requirement),

(b) subsection (7) of section 202 (programme requirement),

(c) subsection (4) of section 206 (residence requirement),

(d) subsection (4) of section 218 (availability of arrangements in local

area).

(4) In section 207 (mental health treatment requirement), for subsection (2)(a)

there is substituted—

“(a) treatment (whether as an in-patient or an out-patient) at such

hospital as may be specified in the order, being a hospital

within the meaning of the Health and Personal Social
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Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, approved by the

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for

the purposes of paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 1 to the Criminal

Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/

3160 (N.I. 24));”.

(5) In section 214 (attendance centre requirement), any reference to an

attendance centre has effect as a reference to a day centre, as defined by

paragraph 3(6) of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland)

Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I. 24).

(6) In section 215 (electronic monitoring requirement), in subsection (3), the

words from “and” onwards are omitted.

PART 3

GENERAL PROVISIONS: BREACH OR AMENDMENT

10 This Part of this Schedule applies at any time while a suspended sentence

order made or amended in accordance with paragraph 1 or 6 is in force in

respect of an offender.

11 In this Part of this Schedule—

“home court” means—

(a) if the offender resides in Scotland, or will be residing there at

the relevant time, the sheriff court having jurisdiction in the

locality in which the offender resides or proposes to reside,

and

(b) if he resides in Northern Ireland, or will be residing there at

the relevant time, the court of summary jurisdiction acting for

the petty sessions district in which he resides or proposes to

reside;

“local authority” and “local authority area” are to be read in accordance

with paragraph 5;

“original court” means the court in England and Wales which made or

last amended the order;

“the relevant officer” means—

(a) where the order specifies a local authority area in Scotland,

the local authority officer appointed or assigned under

paragraph 2(b), and

(b) where the court specifies a petty sessions district in Northern

Ireland, the probation officer appointed or assigned under

paragraph 7(b);

“the relevant time” means the time when the order or the amendment

to it comes into force.

12 (1) Where this Part of this Schedule applies, Schedule 12 has effect subject to the

following modifications.

(2) Any reference to the responsible officer has effect as a reference to the

relevant officer.

(3) Any reference to a magistrates’ court acting for the petty sessions area

concerned has effect as a reference to a magistrates’ court acting for the same

petty sessions area as the original court; and any reference to a justice of the

peace acting for the petty sessions area concerned has effect as a reference to

a justice of the peace acting for the same petty sessions area as that court.
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(4) Any reference to the appropriate court has effect as a reference to the

original court.

(5) In paragraphs 4 and 5, any reference to causing an information to be laid

before a justice of the peace has effect—

(a) if the home court is in Scotland, as a reference to providing

information to the home court with a view to it issuing a citation, and

(b) if the home court is in Northern Ireland, as a reference to making a

complaint to a justice of the peace in Northern Ireland.

(6) In paragraph 14—

(a) if the home court is in Scotland—

(i) any reference to the petty sessions area concerned has effect

as a reference to the local authority area specified in the

order, and

(ii) any other reference to a petty sessions area has effect as a

reference to a local authority area, and

(b) if the home court is in Northern Ireland—

(i) any reference to the petty sessions area concerned has effect

as a reference to the petty sessions district specified in the

order, and

(ii) any other reference to a petty sessions area has effect as a

reference to a petty sessions district.

(7) Paragraph 22 is omitted.

(8) No court in England and Wales may—

(a) exercise any power in relation to any failure by the offender to

comply with any community requirement of the order unless the

offender has been required in accordance with paragraph 14(1)(b) or

(2)(a) of this Schedule to appear before that court;

(b) exercise any power under Part 3 of Schedule 12 unless the offender

has been required in accordance with paragraph 15(2) or 16 of this

Schedule to appear before that court.

13 (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where it appears to the home court—

(a) if that court is in Scotland, on information from the relevant officer,

or

(b) if that court is in Northern Ireland, upon a complaint being made by

the relevant officer,

that the offender has failed without reasonable excuse to comply with any of

the community requirements of the suspended sentence order.

(2) The home court may—

(a) if it is in Scotland—

(i) issue a citation requiring the offender to appear before it at

the time specified in the citation, or

(ii) issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest;

(b) if it is in Northern Ireland—

(i) issue a summons requiring the offender to appear before it at

the time specified in the summons, or

(ii) issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest.

14 (1) The court before which an offender appears or is brought by virtue of

paragraph 13 must—
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(a) determine whether the offender has failed without reasonable

excuse to comply with any of the community requirements of the

suspended sentence order, or

(b) require the offender to appear before the original court.

(2) If the home court determines that the offender has failed without reasonable

excuse to comply with any of the community requirements of the order—

(a) the home court must require the offender to appear before the

original court, and

(b) when the offender appears before the original court, paragraph 8 of

Schedule 12 applies as if it had already been proved to the

satisfaction of the original court that the offender failed without

reasonable excuse to comply with such of the community

requirements of the order as may have been determined.

(3) An offender who is required by any of the following community

requirements of a suspended sentence order—

(a) a mental health treatment requirement,

(b) a drug rehabilitation requirement, or

(c) an alcohol treatment requirement,

to submit to treatment for his mental condition, or his dependency on or

propensity to misuse drugs or alcohol, is not to be treated for the purposes

of sub-paragraph (2) as having failed to comply with that requirement on the

ground only that he had refused to undergo any surgical, electrical or other

treatment if, in the opinion of the court, his refusal was reasonable having

regard to all the circumstances.

(4) The evidence of one witness shall, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), be

sufficient.

(5) Where the home court is in Scotland and the order contains an electronic

monitoring requirement, section 245H of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland)

Act 1995 (c. 46) (documentary evidence) applies to proceedings under this

paragraph as it applies to proceedings under section 245F of that Act (breach

of restriction of liberty order).

(6) Where an offender is required by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) to appear

before the original court—

(a) the home court must send to the original court a certificate certifying

that the offender has failed without reasonable excuse to comply

with the requirements of the order in the respect specified, and

(b) such a certificate signed by the clerk of the home court is admissible

before the original court as conclusive evidence of the matters

specified in it.

15 (1) The home court may exercise any power under Part 3 of Schedule 12

(amendment of suspended sentence order) as if it were the original court,

except that the home court may not exercise the power conferred by

paragraph 15(4) of that Schedule.

(2) Where paragraph 15(4) of Schedule 12 applies the home court must require

the offender to appear before the original court.

(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), where the home court proposes to exercise the

power conferred by paragraph 15(1) of Schedule 12, otherwise than on the

application of the offender, the court—

(a) if it is in Scotland—
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(i) must issue a citation requiring the offender to appear before

it, and

(ii) if he does not appear in answer to the citation, may issue a

warrant for the offender’s arrest;

(b) if it is in Northern Ireland—

(i) must issue a summons requiring the offender to appear

before it, and

(ii) if he does not appear in answer to the summons, may issue a

warrant for the offender’s arrest;

and paragraph 20 of Schedule 12 does not apply to the home court.

(4) Sub-paragraph (3) does not apply to an order cancelling any community

requirement of a suspended sentence order.

(5) Where the home court is considering amending a suspended sentence order,

any reference in Chapter 4 of Part 12 of this Act to a local probation board

has effect as a reference to a local authority in Scotland or, as the case may

be, the Probation Board for Northern Ireland.

16 Where by virtue of paragraph 15 any application is made to the home court

under Part 3 of Schedule 12, the home court may (instead of dealing with the

application) require the offender to appear before the original court.

17 No court may amend or further amend a suspended sentence order unless

it appears to the court that the conditions in paragraph 1(1)(a) and (b) or, as

the case may be, paragraph 6(1)(a) and (b) are satisfied in relation to any

requirement to be imposed; but this paragraph does not apply to any

amendment by virtue of paragraph 20(2).

18 The preceding paragraphs of this Schedule have effect in relation to any

amendment of a suspended order by any court as they have effect in relation

to the amendment of such an order by virtue of paragraph 1(3) or 6(3).

19 On the making of an order amending a suspended sentence order—

(a) the court must provide copies of the amending order to the offender

and the relevant officer, and

(b) in the case of an amending order which substitutes a new local

authority area or petty sessions district, paragraphs 2 and 3 or, as the

case may be, 7 and 8 have effect in relation to the order as they have

effect in relation to an order made or amended in accordance with

paragraph 1 or 6.

20 (1) This paragraph applies where the home court is satisfied that the offender is

residing or proposes to reside in England and Wales.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), the home court may, and on the

application of the relevant officer must, amend the suspended sentence

order by requiring it to be complied with in England and Wales.

(3) The court may not amend under this paragraph a suspended sentence order

which contains requirements which, in the opinion of the court, cannot be

complied with in the petty sessions area in which the offender is residing or

proposes to reside unless, in accordance with paragraph 15 of Schedule 12 it

either—

(a) cancels those requirements, or

(b) substitutes for those requirements other requirements which can be

complied with if the offender resides in that area.
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(4) The court may not amend under this paragraph any suspended sentence

order imposing a programme requirement unless it appears to the court that

the accredited programme specified in the requirement is available in the

petty sessions area in England and Wales in which the offender is residing

or proposes to reside.

(5) The suspended sentence order as amended must specify the petty sessions

area in which the offender resides or proposes to reside.

(6) On the making under this paragraph of an order amending a suspended

sentence order, the home court must—

(a) provide copies of the amending order to the offender, the relevant

officer and the local probation board acting for the new petty

sessions area, and

(b) provide the magistrates’ court acting for that area with a copy of the

amending order and such other documents and information relating

to the case as the home court considers likely to be of assistance to a

court acting for that area in the exercise of its functions in relation to

the order.

(7) Where an order has been amended under this paragraph, the preceding

paragraphs of this Schedule shall cease to apply to the order as amended.

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SUPPLEMENTARY

21Subsections (1) and (3) of section 245C of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland)

Act 1995 (c. 46) (provision of remote monitoring) have effect as if they

included a reference to the electronic monitoring of the community

requirements of a suspended sentence order made or amended in

accordance with paragraph 1 of this Schedule.

22 (1) Section 4 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Process) Act 1881 (c. 24) (which

provides, among other things, for service in England and Wales of Scottish

citations or warrants) applies to any citation or warrant issued under

paragraph 13(2)(a) or 15(3)(a) as it applies to a citation or warrant granted

under section 134 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.

(2) A summons issued by a court in Northern Ireland under paragraph 13(2)(b)

or 15(3)(b) may, in such circumstances as may be prescribed by rules of

court, be served in England and Wales or Scotland.

SCHEDULE 14 Section 219

PERSONS TO WHOM COPIES OF REQUIREMENTS TO BE PROVIDED IN PARTICULAR CASES

Requirement Person to whom copy of requirement is to be 

given

An activity requirement. The person specified under section

201(1)(a).
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SCHEDULE 15 Section 224

SPECIFIED OFFENCES FOR PURPOSES OF CHAPTER 5 OF PART 12

PART 1

SPECIFIED VIOLENT OFFENCES

1Manslaughter.

2 Kidnapping.

3 False imprisonment.

4 An offence under section 4 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861

(c. 100) (soliciting murder).

5 An offence under section 16 of that Act (threats to kill).

An exclusion requirement imposed for

the purpose (or partly for the purpose)

of protecting a person from being

approached by the offender.

The person intended to be protected.

A residence requirement relating to

residence in an institution.

The person in charge of the institution.

A mental health treatment requirement. The person specified under section

207(2)(c) or the person in charge of the

institution or place specified under

section 207(2)(a) or (b).

A drug rehabilitation requirement. The person in charge of the institution

or place specified under section

209(4)(a) or (b).

An alcohol treatment requirement. The person specified under section

212(5)(c) or the person in charge of the

institution or place specified under

section 212(5)(a) or (b).

An attendance centre requirement. The officer in charge of the attendance

centre specified in the requirement.

An electronic monitoring requirement. Any person who by virtue of section

215(3) will be responsible for the

electronic monitoring.

Any person by virtue of whose consent

the requirement is included in the

order.

Requirement Person to whom copy of requirement is to be 

given
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6 An offence under section 18 of that Act (wounding with intent to cause

grievous bodily harm).

7 An offence under section 20 of that Act (malicious wounding).

8 An offence under section 21 of that Act (attempting to choke, suffocate or

strangle in order to commit or assist in committing an indictable offence).

9 An offence under section 22 of that Act (using chloroform etc. to commit or

assist in the committing of any indictable offence).

10 An offence under section 23 of that Act (maliciously administering poison

etc. so as to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm).

11 An offence under section 27 of that Act (abandoning children).

12 An offence under section 28 of that Act (causing bodily injury by explosives).

13 An offence under section 29 of that Act (using explosives etc. with intent to

do grievous bodily harm).

14 An offence under section 30 of that Act (placing explosives with intent to do

bodily injury).

15 An offence under section 31 of that Act (setting spring guns etc. with intent

to do grievous bodily harm).

16 An offence under section 32 of that Act (endangering the safety of railway

passengers).

17 An offence under section 35 of that Act (injuring persons by furious driving).

18 An offence under section 37 of that Act (assaulting officer preserving wreck).

19 An offence under section 38 of that Act (assault with intent to resist arrest).

20 An offence under section 47 of that Act (assault occasioning actual bodily

harm).

21An offence under section 2 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 (c. 3)

(causing explosion likely to endanger life or property).

22 An offence under section 3 of that Act (attempt to cause explosion, or

making or keeping explosive with intent to endanger life or property).

23 An offence under section 1 of the Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929 (c. 34)

(child destruction).

24 An offence under section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933

(c. 12) (cruelty to children).

25 An offence under section 1 of the Infanticide Act 1938 (c. 36) (infanticide).

26 An offence under section 16 of the Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27) (possession of

firearm with intent to endanger life).

27 An offence under section 16A of that Act (possession of firearm with intent

to cause fear of violence).

28 An offence under section 17(1) of that Act (use of firearm to resist arrest).

29 An offence under section 17(2) of that Act (possession of firearm at time of

committing or being arrested for offence specified in Schedule 1 to that Act).
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30 An offence under section 18 of that Act (carrying a firearm with criminal

intent).

31An offence under section 8 of the Theft Act 1968 (c. 60) (robbery or assault

with intent to rob).

32 An offence under section 9 of that Act of burglary with intent to—

(a) inflict grievous bodily harm on a person, or

(b) do unlawful damage to a building or anything in it.

33 An offence under section 10 of that Act (aggravated burglary).

34 An offence under section 12A of that Act (aggravated vehicle-taking)

involving an accident which caused the death of any person.

35 An offence of arson under section 1 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971 (c. 48).

36 An offence under section 1(2) of that Act (destroying or damaging property)

other than an offence of arson.

37 An offence under section 1 of the Taking of Hostages Act 1982 (c. 28)

(hostage-taking).

38 An offence under section 1 of the Aviation Security Act 1982 (c. 36)

(hijacking).

39 An offence under section 2 of that Act (destroying, damaging or

endangering safety of aircraft).

40 An offence under section 3 of that Act (other acts endangering or likely to

endanger safety of aircraft).

41An offence under section 4 of that Act (offences in relation to certain

dangerous articles).

42 An offence under section 127 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20) (illtreatment of patients).

43 An offence under section 1 of the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act

1985 (c. 38) (prohibition of female circumcision).

44 An offence under section 1 of the Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64) (riot).

45 An offence under section 2 of that Act (violent disorder).

46 An offence under section 3 of that Act (affray).

47 An offence under section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)

(torture).

48 An offence under section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) (causing death

by dangerous driving).

49 An offence under section 3A of that Act (causing death by careless driving

when under influence of drink or drugs).

50 An offence under section 1 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990

(c. 31) (endangering safety at aerodromes).

51An offence under section 9 of that Act (hijacking of ships).
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52 An offence under section 10 of that Act (seizing or exercising control of fixed

platforms).

53 An offence under section 11 of that Act (destroying fixed platforms or

endangering their safety).

54 An offence under section 12 of that Act (other acts endangering or likely to

endanger safe navigation).

55 An offence under section 13 of that Act (offences involving threats).

56 An offence under Part II of the Channel Tunnel (Security) Order 1994 (S.I.

1994/570) (offences relating to Channel Tunnel trains and the tunnel

system).

57 An offence under section 4 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997

(c. 40) (putting people in fear of violence).

58 An offence under section 29 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)

(racially or religiously aggravated assaults).

59 An offence falling within section 31(1)(a) or (b) of that Act (racially or

religiously aggravated offences under section 4 or 4A of the Public Order

Act 1986 (c. 64)).

60 An offence under section 51 or 52 of the International Criminal Court Act

2001 (c. 17) (genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and related

offences), other than one involving murder.

61An offence under section 1 of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (c. 31)

(female genital mutilation).

62 An offence under section 2 of that Act (assisting a girl to mutilate her own

genitalia).

63 An offence under section 3 of that Act (assisting a non-UK person to mutilate

overseas a girl’s genitalia).

64 An offence of—

(a) aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring or inciting the commission

of an offence specified in this Part of this Schedule,

(b) conspiring to commit an offence so specified, or

(c) attempting to commit an offence so specified.

65 An attempt to commit murder or a conspiracy to commit murder.

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66 An offence under section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 (c. 69) (rape).

67 An offence under section 2 of that Act (procurement of woman by threats).

68 An offence under section 3 of that Act (procurement of woman by false

pretences).

69 An offence under section 4 of that Act (administering drugs to obtain or

facilitate intercourse).
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70 An offence under section 5 of that Act (intercourse with girl under thirteen).

71An offence under section 6 of that Act (intercourse with girl under 16).

72 An offence under section 7 of that Act (intercourse with a defective).

73 An offence under section 9 of that Act (procurement of a defective).

74 An offence under section 10 of that Act (incest by a man).

75 An offence under section 11 of that Act (incest by a woman).

76 An offence under section 14 of that Act (indecent assault on a woman).

77 An offence under section 15 of that Act (indecent assault on a man).

78 An offence under section 16 of that Act (assault with intent to commit

buggery).

79 An offence under section 17 of that Act (abduction of woman by force or for

the sake of her property).

80 An offence under section 19 of that Act (abduction of unmarried girl under

eighteen from parent or guardian).

81An offence under section 20 of that Act (abduction of unmarried girl under

sixteen from parent or guardian).

82 An offence under section 21 of that Act (abduction of defective from parent

or guardian).

83 An offence under section 22 of that Act (causing prostitution of women).

84 An offence under section 23 of that Act (procuration of girl under twentyone).

85 An offence under section 24 of that Act (detention of woman in brothel).

86 An offence under section 25 of that Act (permitting girl under thirteen to use

premises for intercourse).

87 An offence under section 26 of that Act (permitting girl under sixteen to use

premises for intercourse).

88 An offence under section 27 of that Act (permitting defective to use premises

for intercourse).

89 An offence under section 28 of that Act (causing or encouraging the

prostitution of, intercourse with or indecent assault on girl under sixteen).

90 An offence under section 29 of that Act (causing or encouraging prostitution

of defective).

91An offence under section 32 of that Act (soliciting by men).

92 An offence under section 33 of that Act (keeping a brothel).

93 An offence under section 128 of the Mental Health Act 1959 (c. 72) (sexual

intercourse with patients).

94 An offence under section 1 of the Indecency with Children Act 1960 (c. 33)

(indecent conduct towards young child).
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95 An offence under section 4 of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 (c. 60) (procuring

others to commit homosexual acts).

96 An offence under section 5 of that Act (living on earnings of male

prostitution).

97 An offence under section 9 of the Theft Act 1968 (c. 60) of burglary with

intent to commit rape.

98 An offence under section 54 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45) (inciting girl

under sixteen to have incestuous sexual intercourse).

99 An offence under section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1978 (c. 37)

(indecent photographs of children).

100 An offence under section 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act

1979 (c. 2) (penalty for fraudulent evasion of duty etc.) in relation to goods

prohibited to be imported under section 42 of the Customs Consolidation

Act 1876 (c. 36) (indecent or obscene articles).

101 An offence under section 160 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)

(possession of indecent photograph of a child).

102 An offence under section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42) (rape).

103 An offence under section 2 of that Act (assault by penetration).

104 An offence under section 3 of that Act (sexual assault).

105 An offence under section 4 of that Act (causing a person to engage in sexual

activity without consent).

106 An offence under section 5 of that Act (rape of a child under 13).

107 An offence under section 6 of that Act (assault of a child under 13 by

penetration).

108 An offence under section 7 of that Act (sexual assault of a child under 13).

109 An offence under section 8 of that Act (causing or inciting a child under 13

to engage in sexual activity).

110 An offence under section 9 of that Act (sexual activity with a child).

111 An offence under section 10 of that Act (causing or inciting a child to engage

in sexual activity).

112 An offence under section 11 of that Act (engaging in sexual activity in the

presence of a child).

113 An offence under section 12 of that Act (causing a child to watch a sexual

act).

114 An offence under section 13 of that Act (child sex offences committed by

children or young persons).

115 An offence under section 14 of that Act (arranging or facilitating commission

of a child sex offence).

116 An offence under section 15 of that Act (meeting a child following sexual

grooming etc.).
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117 An offence under section 16 of that Act (abuse of position of trust: sexual

activity with a child).

118 An offence under section 17 of that Act (abuse of position of trust: causing or

inciting a child to engage in sexual activity).

119 An offence under section 18 of that Act (abuse of position of trust: sexual

activity in the presence of a child).

120 An offence under section 19 of that Act (abuse of position of trust: causing a

child to watch a sexual act).

121 An offence under section 25 of that Act (sexual activity with a child family

member).

122 An offence under section 26 of that Act (inciting a child family member to

engage in sexual activity).

123 An offence under section 30 of that Act (sexual activity with a person with a

mental disorder impeding choice).

124 An offence under section 31 of that Act (causing or inciting a person with a

mental disorder impeding choice to engage in sexual activity).

125 An offence under section 32 of that Act (engaging in sexual activity in the

presence of a person with a mental disorder impeding choice).

126 An offence under section 33 of that Act (causing a person with a mental

disorder impeding choice to watch a sexual act).

127 An offence under section 34 of that Act (inducement, threat or deception to

procure sexual activity with a person with a mental disorder).

128 An offence under section 35 of that Act (causing a person with a mental

disorder to engage in or agree to engage in sexual activity by inducement,

threat or deception).

129 An offence under section 36 of that Act (engaging in sexual activity in the

presence, procured by inducement, threat or deception, of a person with a

mental disorder).

130 An offence under section 37 of that Act (causing a person with a mental

disorder to watch a sexual act by inducement, threat or deception).

131 An offence under section 38 of that Act (care workers: sexual activity with a

person with a mental disorder).

132 An offence under section 39 of that Act (care workers: causing or inciting

sexual activity).

133 An offence under section 40 of that Act (care workers: sexual activity in the

presence of a person with a mental disorder).

134 An offence under section 41 of that Act (care workers: causing a person with

a mental disorder to watch a sexual act).

135 An offence under section 47 of that Act (paying for sexual services of a child).

136 An offence under section 48 of that Act (causing or inciting child prostitution

or pornography).
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137 An offence under section 49 of that Act (controlling a child prostitute or a

child involved in pornography).

138 An offence under section 50 of that Act (arranging or facilitating child

prostitution or pornography).

139 An offence under section 52 of that Act (causing or inciting prostitution for

gain).

140 An offence under section 53 of that Act (controlling prostitution for gain).

141 An offence under section 57 of that Act (trafficking into the UK for sexual

exploitation).

142 An offence under section 58 of that Act (trafficking within the UK for sexual

exploitation).

143 An offence under section 59 of that Act (trafficking out of the UK for sexual

exploitation).

144 An offence under section 61 of that Act (administering a substance with

intent).

145 An offence under section 62 of that Act (committing an offence with intent

to commit a sexual offence).

146 An offence under section 63 of that Act (trespass with intent to commit a

sexual offence).

147 An offence under section 64 of that Act (sex with an adult relative:

penetration).

148 An offence under section 65 of that Act (sex with an adult relative:

consenting to penetration).

149 An offence under section 66 of that Act (exposure).

150 An offence under section 67 of that Act (voyeurism).

151 An offence under section 69 of that Act (intercourse with an animal).

152 An offence under section 70 of that Act (sexual penetration of a corpse).

153 An offence of—

(a) aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring or inciting the commission

of an offence specified in this Part of this Schedule,

(b) conspiring to commit an offence so specified, or

(c) attempting to commit an offence so specified.

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SCOTTISH OFFENCES SPECIFIED FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 229(4)

1Rape.

2 Clandestine injury to women.

3 Abduction of woman or girl with intent to rape or ravish.
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4 Assault with intent to rape or ravish.

5 Indecent assault.

6 Lewd, indecent or libidinous behaviour or practices.

7 Shameless indecency.

8 Sodomy.

9 An offence under section 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act

1979 (c. 2) in relation to goods prohibited to be imported under section 42 of

the Customs Consolidation Act 1876 (c. 36), but only where the prohibited

goods include indecent photographs of persons.

10 An offence under section 52 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982

(c. 45) (taking and distribution of indecent images of children).

11 An offence under section 52A of that Act (possession of indecent images of

children).

12 An offence under section 1 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland)

Act 1995 (c. 39) (incest).

13 An offence under section 2 of that Act (intercourse with a stepchild).

14 An offence under section 3 of that Act (intercourse with child under 16 by

person in position of trust).

15 An offence under section 5 of that Act (unlawful intercourse with girl under

16).

16 An offence under section 6 of that Act (indecent behaviour towards girl

between 12 and 16).

17 An offence under section 8 of that Act (detention of woman in brothel or

other premises).

18 An offence under section 10 of that Act (person having parental

responsibilities causing or encouraging sexual activity in relation to a girl

under 16).

19 An offence under subsection (5) of section 13 of that Act (homosexual

offences).

20 An offence under section 3 of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000

(c. 44) (abuse of position of trust).

21An offence of—

(a) attempting, conspiring or inciting another to commit any offence

specified in the preceding paragraphs, or

(b) aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of any

offence specified in paragraphs 9 to 20.

22 Any offence (other than an offence specified in any of the preceding

paragraphs) inferring personal violence.
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SCHEDULE 17 Section 229

NORTHERN IRELAND OFFENCES SPECIFIED FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 229(4)

PART 1

VIOLENT OFFENCES

1Manslaughter.

2 Kidnapping.

3 Riot.

4 Affray.

5 False imprisonment.

6 An offence under section 4 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861

(c. 100) (soliciting murder).

7 An offence under section 16 of that Act (threats to kill).

8 An offence under section 18 of that Act (wounding with intent to cause

grievous bodily harm).

9 An offence under section 20 of that Act (malicious wounding).

10 An offence under section 21 of that Act (attempting to choke, suffocate or

strangle in order to commit or assist in committing an indictable offence).

11 An offence under section 22 of that Act (using chloroform etc. to commit or

assist in the committing of any indictable offence).

12 An offence under section 23 of that Act (maliciously administering poison

etc. so as to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm).

13 An offence under section 27 of that Act (abandoning children).

14 An offence under section 28 of that Act (causing bodily injury by explosives).

15 An offence under section 29 of that Act (using explosives etc. with intent to

do grievous bodily harm).

16 An offence under section 30 of that Act (placing explosives with intent to do

bodily injury).

17 An offence under section 31 of that Act (setting spring guns etc. with intent

to do grievous bodily harm).

18 An offence under section 32 of that Act (endangering the safety of railway

passengers).

19 An offence under section 35 of that Act (injuring persons by furious driving).

20 An offence under section 37 of that Act (assaulting officer preserving wreck).

21An offence under section 47 of that Act of assault occasioning actual bodily

harm.

22 An offence under section 2 of the Explosive Substances Act 1883 (c. 3)

(causing explosion likely to endanger life or property).
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23 An offence under section 3 of that Act (attempt to cause explosion, or

making or keeping explosive with intent to endanger life or property).

24 An offence under section 25 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Act

1945 (c. 15) (child destruction).

25 An offence under section 1 of the Infanticide Act (Northern Ireland) 1939 (c.

5) (infanticide).

26 An offence under section 7(1)(b) of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous

Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (c. 28) (assault with intent to resist

arrest).

27 An offence under section 20 of the Children and Young Persons Act

(Northern Ireland) 1968 (c. 34) (cruelty to children).

28 An offence under section 8 of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 16)

(robbery or assault with intent to rob).

29 An offence under section 9 of that Act of burglary with intent to—

(a) inflict grievous bodily harm on a person, or

(b) do unlawful damage to a building or anything in it.

30 An offence under section 10 of that Act (aggravated burglary).

31An offence of arson under Article 3 of the Criminal Damage Northern

Ireland) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/426 (N.I. 4)).

32 An offence under Article 3(2) of that Order (destroying or damaging

property) other than an offence of arson.

33 An offence under Article 17 of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

(S.I. 1981/155 (N.I. 2)) (possession of firearm with intent to endanger life).

34 An offence under Article 17A of that Order (possession of firearm with

intent to cause fear of violence).

35 An offence under Article 18(1) of that Order (use of firearm to resist arrest).

36 An offence under Article 18(2) of that Order (possession of firearm at time of

committing or being arrested for an offence specified in Schedule 1 to that

Order).

37 An offence under Article 19 of that Order (carrying a firearm with criminal

intent).

38 An offence under section 1 of the Taking of Hostages Act 1982 (c. 28)

(hostage-taking).

39 An offence under section 1 of the Aviation Security Act 1982 (c. 36)

(hijacking).

40 An offence under section 2 of that Act (destroying, damaging or

endangering safety of aircraft).

41An offence under section 3 of that Act (other acts endangering or likely to

endanger safety of aircraft).

42 An offence under section 4 of that Act (offences in relation to certain

dangerous articles).
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43 An offence under section 1 of the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act

1985 (c. 38) (prohibition of female circumcision).

44 An offence under Article 121 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order

1986 (S.I. 1986/595 (N.I.4) (ill-treatment of patients).

45 An offence under section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)

(torture).

46 An offence under section 1 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990

(c. 31) (endangering safety at aerodromes).

47 An offence under section 9 of that Act (hijacking of ships).

48 An offence under section 10 of that Act (seizing or exercising control of fixed

platforms).

49 An offence under section 11 of that Act (destroying fixed platforms or

endangering their safety).

50 An offence under section 12 of that Act (other acts endangering or likely to

endanger safe navigation).

51An offence under section 13 of that Act (offences involving threats).

52 An offence under Part II of the Channel Tunnel (Security) Order 1994 (S.I.

1994/570) (offences relating to Channel Tunnel trains and the tunnel

system).

53 An offence under Article 9 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995

(S.I. 1995/2994 (N.I. 18)) (causing death or grievous bodily injury by

dangerous driving).

54 An offence under Article 14 of that Order (causing death or grievous bodily

injury by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs).

55 An offence under Article 6 of the Protection from Harassment (Northern

Ireland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1180 (N.I. 9)) (putting people in fear of

violence).

56 An offence under section 66 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (c. 32)

(assaulting or obstructing a constable etc.).

57 An offence under section 51 or 52 of the International Criminal Court Act

2001 (c. 17) (genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and related

offences), other than one involving murder.

58 An offence under section 1 of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (c. 31)

(female genital mutilation).

59 An offence under section 2 of that Act (assisting a girl to mutilate her own

genitalia).

60 An offence under section 3 of that Act (assisting a non-UK person to mutilate

overseas a girl’s genitalia).

61An offence of—

(a) aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring or inciting the commission

of an offence specified in this Part of this Schedule,

(b) conspiring to commit an offence so specified, or

(c) attempting to commit an offence so specified.
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62 An attempt to commit murder or a conspiracy to commit murder.

PART 2

SEXUAL OFFENCES

63 Rape.

64 Indecent assault upon a female.

65 An offence under section 52 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861

(c. 100) (indecent assault upon a female).

66 An offence under section 53 of that Act (abduction of woman etc.).

67 An offence under section 54 of that Act (abduction of woman by force).

68 An offence under section 55 of that Act (abduction of unmarried girl under

16 from parent or guardian).

69 An offence under section 2 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (c. 69)

(procuration).

70 An offence under section 3 of that Act (procurement of woman or girl by

threats etc. or administering drugs).

71An offence under section 4 of that Act (intercourse or attempted intercourse

with girl under 14).

72 An offence under section 5 of that Act (intercourse or attempted intercourse

with girl under 17).

73 An offence under section 6 of that Act (permitting girl under 17 to use

premises for intercourse).

74 An offence under section 7 of that Act (abduction of girl under 18 from

parent or guardian).

75 An offence under section 8 of that Act (unlawful detention of woman or girl

in brothel etc.).

76 An offence under section 1 of the Vagrancy Act 1898 (c. 39) (living on

earnings of prostitution or soliciting or importuning in a public place).

77 An offence under section 1 of the Punishment of Incest Act 1908 (c. 45)

(incest by a man).

78 An offence under section 2 of that Act (incest by a woman).

79 An offence under section 21 of the Children and Young Persons Act

(Northern Ireland) 1968 (c. 34) (causing or encouraging seduction or

prostitution of girl under 17).

80 An offence under section 22 of that Act (indecent conduct towards child).

81An offence under section 9 of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 16) of

burglary with intent to commit rape.

82 An offence under Article 3 of the Protection of Children (Northern Ireland)

Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1047 (N.I. 17)) (indecent photographs of children).
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83 An offence under section 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act

1979 (c. 2) (penalty for fraudulent evasion of duty etc.) in relation to goods

prohibited to be imported under section 42 of the Customs Consolidation

Act 1876 (c. 36) (indecent or obscene articles).

84 An offence under Article 9 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order

1980 (S.I. 1980/704 (N.I. 6)) (inciting girl under 16 to have incestuous sexual

intercourse).

85 An offence under Article 7 of the Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland)

Order 1982 (S.I. 1982/1536 (N.I. 19)) (procuring others to commit

homosexual acts).

86 An offence under Article 8 of that Order (living on earnings of male

prostitution).

87 An offence under Article 122 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order

1986 (S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4)) (protection of women suffering from severe

mental handicap).

88 An offence under Article 123 of that Order (protection of patients).

89 An offence under Article 15 of the Criminal Justice (Evidence, etc.)

(Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1847 (N.I. 17) (possession of

indecent photograph of a child).

90 An offence under section 15 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42) (meeting

a child following sexual grooming etc.).

91An offence under section 16 of that Act (abuse of position of trust: sexual

activity with a child).

92 An offence under section 17 of that Act (abuse of position of trust: causing or

inciting a child to engage in sexual activity).

93 An offence under section 18 of that Act (abuse of position of trust: sexual

activity in the presence of a child).

94 An offence under section 19 of that Act (abuse of position of trust: causing a

child to watch a sexual act).

95 An offence under section 47 of that Act (paying for sexual services of a child).

96 An offence under section 48 of that Act (causing or inciting child prostitution

or pornography).

97 An offence under section 49 of that Act (controlling a child prostitute or a

child involved in pornography).

98 An offence under section 50 of that Act (arranging or facilitating child

prostitution or pornography).

99 An offence under section 52 of that Act (causing or inciting prostitution for

gain).

100 An offence under section 53 of that Act (controlling prostitution for gain).

101 An offence under section 57 of that Act (trafficking into the UK for sexual

exploitation).
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102 An offence under section 58 of that Act (trafficking within the UK for sexual

exploitation).

103 An offence under section 59 of that Act (trafficking out of the UK for sexual

exploitation).

104 An offence under section 66 of that Act (exposure).

105 An offence under section 67 of that Act (voyeurism).

106 An offence under section 69 of that Act (intercourse with an animal).

107 An offence under section 70 of that Act (sexual penetration of a corpse).

108 An offence under Article 20 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order

2003 (S.I. 2003/1247 (N.I. 13)) (assault with intent to commit buggery).

109 An offence under Article 21 of that Order (indecent assault on a male).

110 An offence of—

(a) aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring or inciting the commission

of an offence specified in this Part of this Schedule,

(b) conspiring to commit an offence so specified, or

(c) attempting to commit an offence so specified.

SCHEDULE 18 Section 230

RELEASE OF PRISONERS SERVING SENTENCES OF IMPRISONMENT OR DETENTION FOR PUBLIC

PROTECTION

Release on licence

1 (1) Section 31 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c. 43) (duration and conditions

of licences for life prisoners), is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) (licence to remain in force until death), after “life prisoner”

there is inserted “, other than a prisoner to whom section 31A below

applies,”.

(3) After that subsection there is inserted—

“(1A) Where a prisoner to whom section 31A below applies is released on

licence, the licence shall remain in force until his death unless—

(a) it is previously revoked under section 32(1) or (2) below; or

(b) it ceases to have effect in accordance with an order made by

the Secretary of State under section 31A below.”

2 After that section there is inserted—

“31A Imprisonment or detention for public protection: termination of 

licences

(1) This section applies to a prisoner who—

(a) is serving one or more preventive sentences, and

(b) is not serving any other life sentence.

(2) Where—
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(a) the prisoner has been released on licence under this Chapter;

and

(b) the qualifying period has expired,

the Secretary of State shall, if directed to do so by the Parole Board,

order that the licence is to cease to have effect.

(3) Where—

(a) the prisoner has been released on licence under this Chapter;

(b) the qualifying period has expired; and

(c) if he has made a previous application under this subsection,

a period of at least twelve months has expired since the

disposal of that application,

the prisoner may make an application to the Parole Board under this

subsection.

(4) Where an application is made under subsection (3) above, the Parole

Board—

(a) shall, if it is satisfied that it is no longer necessary for the

protection of the public that the licence should remain in

force, direct the Secretary of State to make an order that the

licence is to cease to have effect;

(b) shall otherwise dismiss the application.

(5) In this section—

“preventive sentence” means a sentence of imprisonment for

public protection under section 225 of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003 or a sentence of detention for public protection

under section 226 of that Act;

 “the qualifying period”, in relation to a prisoner who has been

released on licence, means the period of ten years beginning

with the date of his release.”

3 In section 34(2) of that Act (meaning of “life sentence”), after paragraph (c)

there is inserted—

“(d) a sentence of imprisonment for public protection under

section 225 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, and

(e) a sentence of detention for public protection under section

226 of that Act.”

Determination of tariffs

4 In section 82A of the Sentencing Act (determination of tariffs), after

subsection (4) there is inserted—

“(4A) No order under subsection (4) above may be made where the life

sentence is—

(a) a sentence of imprisonment for public protection under

section 225 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, or

(b) a sentence of detention for public protection under section

226 of that Act.”
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SCHEDULE 19 Section 239(7)

THE PAROLE BOARD: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

Status and Capacity

1(1) The Board is not to be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown or as

enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown; and the Board’s

property is not to be regarded as property of, or held on behalf of, the

Crown.

(2) It is within the capacity of the Board as a statutory corporation to do such

things and enter into such transactions as are incidental to or conducive to

the discharge of—

(a) its functions under Chapter 6 of Part 12 in respect of fixed-term

prisoners, and

(b) its functions under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Crime (Sentences) Act

1997 (c. 43) in relation to life prisoners within the meaning of that

Chapter.

Membership

2 (1) The Board is to consist of a chairman and not less than four other members

appointed by the Secretary of State.

(2) The Board must include among its members—

(a) a person who holds or has held judicial office;

(b) a registered medical practitioner who is a psychiatrist;

(c) a person appearing to the Secretary of State to have knowledge and

experience of the supervision or after-care of discharged prisoners;

and

(d) a person appearing to the Secretary of State to have made a study of

the causes of delinquency or the treatment of offenders.

(3) A member of the Board—

(a) holds and vacates office in accordance with the terms of his

appointment;

(b) may resign his office by notice in writing addressed to the Secretary

of State;

and a person who ceases to hold office as a member of the Board is eligible

for re-appointment.

Payments to members

3 (1) The Board may pay to each member such remuneration and allowances as

the Secretary of State may determine.

(2) The Board may pay or make provision for paying to or in respect of any

member such sums by way of pension, allowances or gratuities as the

Secretary of State may determine.

(3) If a person ceases to be a member otherwise than on the expiry of his term of

office and it appears to the Secretary of State that there are special

circumstances that make it right that he should receive compensation, the

Secretary of State may direct the Board to make to that person a payment of

such amount as the Secretary of State may determine.
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(4) A determination or direction of the Secretary of State under this paragraph

requires the approval of the Treasury.

Proceedings

4 (1) Subject to the provisions of section 239(5), the arrangements relating to

meetings of the Board are to be such as the Board may determine.

(2) The arrangements may provide for the discharge, under the general

direction of the Board, of any of the Board’s functions by a committee or by

one or more of the members or employees of the Board.

(3) The validity of the proceedings of the Board are not to be affected by any

vacancy among the members or by any defect in the appointment of a

member.

Staff

5 (1) The Board may appoint such number of employees as it may determine.

(2) The remuneration and other conditions of service of the persons appointed

under this paragraph are to be determined by the Board.

(3) Any determination under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) requires the approval of

the Secretary of State given with the consent of the Treasury.

(4) The Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 (c. 57) shall not

require insurance to be effected by the Board.

6 (1) Employment with the Board shall continue to be included among the kinds

of employment to which a scheme under section 1 of the Superannuation

Act 1972 (c. 11) can apply, and accordingly in Schedule 1 to that Act (in

which those kinds of employment are listed) at the end of the list of Other

Bodies there shall continue to be inserted—

“Parole Board.”.

(2) The Board shall pay to the Treasury, at such times as the Treasury may

direct, such sums as the Treasury may determine in respect of the increase

attributable to this paragraph in the sums payable under the

Superannuation Act 1972 out of money provided by Parliament.

Financial provisions

7 (1) The Secretary of State shall pay to the Board—

(a) any expenses incurred or to be incurred by the Board by virtue of

paragraph 3 or 5; and

(b) with the consent of the Treasury, such sums as he thinks fit for

enabling the Board to meet other expenses.

(2) Any sums required by the Secretary of State for making payments under

sub-paragraph (1) are to be paid out of money provided by Parliament.

Authentication of Board’s seal

8 The application of the seal of the Board is to be authenticated by the

signature of the Chairman or some other person authorised for the purpose.
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Presumption of authenticity of documents issued by Board

9 Any document purporting to be an instrument issued by the Board and to

be duly executed under the seal of the Board or to be signed on behalf of the

Board shall be received in evidence and shall be deemed to be such an

instrument unless the contrary is shown.

Accounts and audit

10 (1) It is the duty of the Board—

(a) to keep proper accounts and proper records in relation to the

accounts;

(b) to prepare in respect of each financial year a statement of accounts in

such form as the Secretary of State may direct with the approval of

the Treasury; and

(c) to send copies of each such statement to the Secretary of State and the

Comptroller and Auditor General not later than 31st August next

following the end of the financial year to which the statement relates.

(2) The Comptroller and Auditor General shall examine, certify and report on

each statement of accounts sent to him by the Board and shall lay a copy of

every such statement and of his report before each House of Parliament.

(3) In this paragraph and paragraph 11 “financial year” means a period of 12

months ending with 31st March.

Reports

11 The Board must as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year

make to the Secretary of State a report on the performance of its functions

during the year; and the Secretary of State must lay a copy of the report

before each House of Parliament.

SCHEDULE 20 Section 262

PRISONERS LIABLE TO REMOVAL FROM UNITED KINGDOM: MODIFICATIONS OF CRIMINAL

JUSTICE ACT 1991

1In this Schedule “the 1991 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53).

2 In section 42 of the 1991 Act (additional days for disciplinary offences), in

subsection (2) before the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a) there is

inserted—

“(aa) any period which he must serve before he can be removed

under section 46A below;”.

3 (1) In section 46 of the 1991 Act (persons liable to removal from the United

Kingdom) in subsection (3) after paragraph (d) there is inserted “or

(e) he is liable to removal under section 10 of the Immigration

and Asylum Act 1999”.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to any prisoner whose sentence relates to

an offence committed before the commencement of this Schedule.

4 After section 46 of the 1991 Act there is inserted—
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“46A Early removal of persons liable to removal from United Kingdom

(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, where a short-term or long-term

prisoner is liable to removal from the United Kingdom, the Secretary

of State may under this section remove him from prison at any time

after he has served the requisite period.

(2) Subsection (1) above does not apply where—

(a) the sentence is an extended sentence within the meaning of

section 85 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act

2000,

(b) the sentence is for an offence under section 1 of the Prisoners

(Return to Custody) Act 1995,

(c) the prisoner is subject to a hospital order, hospital direction

or transfer direction under section 37, 45A or 47 of the Mental

Health Act 1983,

(d) the prisoner is subject to the notification requirements of Part

2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, or

(e) the interval between—

(i) the date on which the prisoner will have served the

requisite period for the term of the sentence, and

(ii) the date on which he will have served one-half of the

sentence,

is less than 14 days.

(3) A prisoner removed from prison under this section—

(a) is so removed only for the purpose of enabling the Secretary

of State to remove him from the United Kingdom under

powers conferred by—

(i) Schedule 2 or 3 to the Immigration Act 1971, or

(ii) section 10 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999,

and

(b) so long as remaining in the United Kingdom, remains liable

to be detained in pursuance of his sentence until he falls to be

released under section 33 or 35 above.

(4) So long as a prisoner removed from prison under this section

remains in the United Kingdom but has not been returned to prison,

any duty or power of the Secretary of State under section 33, 35 or 36

is exercisable in relation to him as if he were in prison.

(5) In this section “the requisite period” means—

(a) for a term of three months or more but less than four months,

a period of 30 days;

(b) for a term of four months or more but less than 18 months, a

period equal to one-quarter of the term;

(c) for a term of 18 months or more, a period that is 135 days less

than one-half of the term.

(6) The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument—

(a) amend the definition of “the requisite period” in subsection

(5) above,

(b) make such transitional provision as appears to him necessary

or expedient in connection with the amendment.
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(7) No order shall be made under subsection (6) above unless a draft of

the order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each

House of Parliament.

(8) In relation to any time before the commencement of sections 80 and

81 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, the reference in subsection (2)(d)

above to Part 2 of that Act is to be read as a reference to Part 1 of the

Sex Offenders Act 1997.

46B Re-entry into United Kingdom of offender removed early from prison

(1) This section applies in relation to a person who, after being removed

from prison under section 46A above, has been removed from the

United Kingdom before he has served one-half of his sentence.

(2) If a person to whom this section applies enters the United Kingdom

at any time before his sentence expiry date, he is liable to be detained

in pursuance of his sentence from the time of his entry into the

United Kingdom until whichever is the earlier of the following—

(a) the end of a period (“the further custodial period”) beginning

with that time and equal in length to the outstanding

custodial period, and

(b) his sentence expiry date.

(3) A person who is liable to be detained by virtue of subsection (2)

above is, if at large, to be taken for the purposes of section 49 of the

Prison Act 1952 (persons unlawfully at large) to be unlawfully at

large.

(4) Subsection (2) above does not prevent the further removal from the

United Kingdom of a person falling within that subsection.

(5) Where, in the case of a person returned to prison by virtue of

subsection (2) above, the further custodial period ends before the

sentence expiry date, subsections (1) and (2) of section 33 above

apply in relation to him as if any reference to one-half or two-thirds

of the prisoner’s sentence were a reference to the further custodial

period.

(6) If a person returned to prison by virtue of subsection (2) above falls

by virtue of subsection (5) above to be released on licence under

section 33(1) or (2) above after the date on which (but for his removal

from the United Kingdom) he would have served three-quarters of

his sentence, section 37(1) above has effect in relation to him as if for

the reference to three-quarters of his sentence there were substituted

a reference to the whole of his sentence.

(7) If a person who is released on licence under section 33(1) or (2) above

at the end of the further custodial period is recalled to prison under

section 39(1) or (2) above, section 33A(3) above shall not apply, but it

shall be the duty of the Secretary of State—

(a) if the person is recalled before the date on which (but for his

removal from the United Kingdom) he would have served

three-quarters of his sentence, to release him on licence on

that date, and

(b) if he is recalled after that date, to release him on the sentence

expiry date.
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(8) A licence granted by virtue of subsection (7)(a) above shall remain in

force until the sentence expiry date.

(9) In this section—

“further custodial period” has the meaning given by subsection

(2)(a) above;

“outstanding custodial period”, in relation to a person to whom

this section applies, means the period beginning with the

date on which he was removed from the United Kingdom

and ending with the date on which (but for his removal) he

would have served one-half of his sentence;

“sentence expiry date”, in relation to a person to whom this

section applies, means the date on which (but for his removal

from the United Kingdom) he would have served the whole

of this sentence.”

SCHEDULE 21 Section 269(5)

DETERMINATION OF MINIMUM TERM IN RELATION TO MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE

Interpretation

1In this Schedule—

“child” means a person under 18 years;

“mandatory life sentence” means a life sentence passed in

circumstances where the sentence is fixed by law;

“minimum term”, in relation to a mandatory life sentence, means the

part of the sentence to be specified in an order under section 269(2);

“whole life order” means an order under subsection (4) of section 269.

2 Section 28 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) (meaning of “racially

or religiously aggravated”) applies for the purposes of this Schedule as it

applies for the purposes of sections 29 to 32 of that Act.

3 For the purposes of this Schedule an offence is aggravated by sexual

orientation if it is committed in circumstances falling within subsection

(2)(a)(i) or (b)(i) of section 146.

Starting points

4 (1 ) If—

(a) the court considers that the seriousness of the offence (or the

combination of the offence and one or more offences associated with

it) is exceptionally high, and

(b) the offender was aged 21 or over when he committed the offence,

the appropriate starting point is a whole life order.

(2) Cases that would normally fall within sub-paragraph (1)(a) include—

(a) the murder of two or more persons, where each murder involves any

of the following—

(i) a substantial degree of premeditation or planning,

(ii) the abduction of the victim, or
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(iii) sexual or sadistic conduct,

(b) the murder of a child if involving the abduction of the child or sexual

or sadistic motivation,

(c) a murder done for the purpose of advancing a political, religious or

ideological cause, or

(d) a murder by an offender previously convicted of murder.

5 (1 ) If—

(a) the case does not fall within paragraph 4(1) but the court considers

that the seriousness of the offence (or the combination of the offence

and one or more offences associated with it) is particularly high, and

(b) the offender was aged 18 or over when he committed the offence,

the appropriate starting point, in determining the minimum term, is 30

years.

(2) Cases that (if not falling within paragraph 4(1)) would normally fall within

sub-paragraph (1)(a) include— 

(a) the murder of a police officer or prison officer in the course of his

duty,

(b) a murder involving the use of a firearm or explosive,

(c) a murder done for gain (such as a murder done in the course or

furtherance of robbery or burglary, done for payment or done in the

expectation of gain as a result of the death),

(d) a murder intended to obstruct or interfere with the course of justice,

(e) a murder involving sexual or sadistic conduct,

(f) the murder of two or more persons,

(g) a murder that is racially or religiously aggravated or aggravated by

sexual orientation, or

(h) a murder falling within paragraph 4(2) committed by an offender

who was aged under 21 when he committed the offence.

6 If the offender was aged 18 or over when he committed the offence and the

case does not fall within paragraph 4(1) or 5(1), the appropriate starting

point, in determining the minimum term, is 15 years.

7 If the offender was aged under 18 when he committed the offence, the

appropriate starting point, in determining the minimum term, is 12 years.

Aggravating and mitigating factors

8 Having chosen a starting point, the court should take into account any

aggravating or mitigating factors, to the extent that it has not allowed for

them in its choice of starting point.

9 Detailed consideration of aggravating or mitigating factors may result in a

minimum term of any length (whatever the starting point), or in the making

of a whole life order.

10 Aggravating factors (additional to those mentioned in paragraph 4(2) and

5(2)) that may be relevant to the offence of murder include—

(a) a significant degree of planning or premeditation,

(b) the fact that the victim was particularly vulnerable because of age or

disability,

(c) mental or physical suffering inflicted on the victim before death,

(d) the abuse of a position of trust,
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(e) the use of duress or threats against another person to facilitate the

commission of the offence,

(f) the fact that the victim was providing a public service or performing

a public duty, and

(g) concealment, destruction or dismemberment of the body.

11 Mitigating factors that may be relevant to the offence of murder include—

(a) an intention to cause serious bodily harm rather than to kill,

(b) lack of premeditation,

(c) the fact that the offender suffered from any mental disorder or

mental disability which (although not falling within section 2(1) of

the Homicide Act 1957 (c. 11)), lowered his degree of culpability,

(d) the fact that the offender was provoked (for example, by prolonged

stress) in a way not amounting to a defence of provocation,

(e) the fact that the offender acted to any extent in self-defence,

(f) a belief by the offender that the murder was an act of mercy, and

(g) the age of the offender.

12 Nothing in this Schedule restricts the application of—

(a) section 143(2) (previous convictions),

(b) section 143(3) (bail), or

(c) section 144 (guilty plea).

SCHEDULE 22 Section 276

MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCES: TRANSITIONAL CASES

Interpretation

1In this Schedule—

“the commencement date” means the day on which section 269 comes

into force;

“the early release provisions” means the provisions of section 28(5) to

(8) of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c. 43);

“existing prisoner” means a person serving one or more mandatory life

sentences passed before the commencement date (whether or not he

is also serving any other sentence);

“life sentence” means a sentence of imprisonment for life or custody for

life passed in England and Wales or by a court-martial outside

England and Wales;

“mandatory life sentence” means a life sentence passed in

circumstances where the sentence was fixed by law.

Existing prisoners notified by Secretary of State

2 Paragraph 3 applies in relation to any existing prisoner who, in respect of

any mandatory life sentence, has before the commencement date been

notified in writing by the Secretary of State (otherwise than in a notice that

is expressed to be provisional) either—

(a) of a minimum period which in the view of the Secretary of State

should be served before the prisoner’s release on licence, or
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(b) that the Secretary of State does not intend that the prisoner should

ever be released on licence.

3 (1) On the application of the existing prisoner, the High Court must, in relation

to the mandatory life sentence, either—

(a) order that the early release provisions are to apply to him as soon as

he has served the part of the sentence which is specified in the order,

which in a case falling within paragraph 2(a) must not be greater

than the notified minimum term, or

(b) in a case falling within paragraph 2(b), order that the early release

provisions are not to apply to the offender.

(2) In a case falling within paragraph 2(a), no application may be made under

this paragraph after the end of the notified minimum term.

(3) Where no application under this paragraph is made in a case falling within

paragraph 2(a), the early release provisions apply to the prisoner in respect

of the sentence as soon as he has served the notified minimum term (or, if he

has served that term before the commencement date but has not been

released, from the commencement date).

(4) In this paragraph “the notified minimum term” means the minimum period

notified as mentioned in paragraph 2(a), or where the prisoner has been so

notified on more than one occasion, the period most recently so notified.

4 (1) In dealing with an application under paragraph 3, the High Court must have

regard to—

(a) the seriousness of the offence, or of the combination of the offence

and one or more offences associated with it,

(b) where the court is satisfied that, if the prisoner had been sentenced

to a term of imprisonment, the length of his sentence would have

been treated by section 67 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80) as

being reduced by a particular period, the effect which that section

would have had if he had been sentenced to a term of imprisonment,

and

(c) the length of the notified minimum term or, where a notification

falling within paragraph 2(b) has been given to the prisoner, to the

fact that such a notification has been given.

(2) In considering under sub-paragraph (1) the seriousness of the offence, or of

the combination of the offence and one or more offences associated with it,

the High Court must have regard to—

(a) the general principles set out in Schedule 21, and

(b) any recommendation made to the Secretary of State by the trial judge

or the Lord Chief Justice as to the minimum term to be served by the

offender before release on licence.

(3) In this paragraph “the notified minimum term” has the same meaning as in

paragraph 3.

Existing prisoners not notified by Secretary of State

5 Paragraph 6 applies in relation to any existing prisoner who, in respect of

any mandatory life sentence, has not before the commencement date been

notified as mentioned in paragraph 2(a) or (b) by the Secretary of State.
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6 The Secretary of State must refer the prisoner’s case to the High Court for the

making by the High Court of an order under subsection (2) or (4) of section

269 in relation to the mandatory life sentence.

7 In considering under subsection (3) or (4) of section 269 the seriousness of an

offence (or the combination of an offence and one or more offences

associated with it) in a case referred to the High Court under paragraph 6,

the High Court must have regard not only to the matters mentioned in

subsection (5) of that section but also to any recommendation made to the

Secretary of State by the trial judge or the Lord Chief Justice as to the

minimum term to be served by the offender before release on licence.

8 In dealing with a reference under paragraph 6, the High Court—

(a) may not make an order under subsection (2) of section 269 specifying

a part of the sentence which in the opinion of the court is greater than

that which, under the practice followed by the Secretary of State

before December 2002, the Secretary of State would have been likely

to notify as mentioned in paragraph 2(a), and

(b) may not make an order under subsection (4) of section 269 unless the

court is of the opinion that, under the practice followed by the

Secretary of State before December 2002, the Secretary of State would

have been likely to give the prisoner a notification falling within

paragraph 2(b).

Sentences passed on or after commencement date in respect of offences committed before that 

date

9 Paragraph 10 applies where— 

(a) on or after the commencement date a court passes a life sentence in

circumstances where the sentence is fixed by law, and

(b) the offence to which the sentence relates was committed before the

commencement date.

10 The court—

(a) may not make an order under subsection (2) of section 269 specifying

a part of the sentence which in the opinion of the court is greater than

that which, under the practice followed by the Secretary of State

before December 2002, the Secretary of State would have been likely

to notify as mentioned in paragraph 2(a), and

(b) may not make an order under subsection (4) of section 269 unless the

court is of the opinion that, under the practice followed by the

Secretary of State before December 2002, the Secretary of State would

have been likely to give the prisoner a notification falling within

paragraph 2(b).

Proceedings in High Court

11 (1) An application under paragraph 3 or a reference under paragraph 6 is to be

determined by a single judge of the High Court without an oral hearing.

(2) In relation to such an application or reference, any reference to “the court” in

section 269(2) to (5) and Schedule 21 is to be read as a reference to the High

Court.
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Giving of reasons

12 (1) Where the High Court makes an order under paragraph 3(1)(a) or (b), it

must state in open court, in ordinary language, its reasons for deciding on

the order made.

(2) Where the order is an order under paragraph 3(1)(a) specifying a part of the

sentence shorter than the notified minimum term the High Court must, in

particular, state its reasons for departing from the notified minimum term.

13 Where the High Court makes an order under subsection (2) or (4) of section

269 on a reference under paragraph 6, subsection (2) of section 270 does not

apply.

Right of appeal

14 (1) A person who has made an application under paragraph 3 or in respect of

whom a reference has been made under paragraph 6 may with the leave of

the Court of Appeal appeal to the Court of Appeal against the decision of the

High Court on the application or reference.

(2) Section 1(1) of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 (c. 65) (appeal to House

of Lords from decision of High Court in a criminal cause or matter) and

section 18(1)(a) of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) (exclusion of appeal

from High Court to Court of Appeal in a criminal cause or matter) do not

apply in relation to a decision to which sub-paragraph (1) applies.

(3) The jurisdiction conferred on the Court of Appeal by this paragraph is to be

exercised by the criminal division of that court.

(4) Section 33(3) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19) (limitation on appeal

from criminal division of Court of Appeal) does not prevent an appeal to the

House of Lords under this paragraph.

(5) In relation to appeals to the Court of Appeal or the House of Lords under

this paragraph, the Secretary of State may make an order containing

provision corresponding to any provision in the Criminal Appeal Act 1968

(subject to any specified modifications).

Review of minimum term on reference by Attorney General

15 Section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) applies in relation to an

order made by the High Court under paragraph 3(1)(a) as it applies in

relation to an order made by the Crown Court under section 269(2).

Modification of early release provisions

16 (1) In relation to an existing prisoner, section 28 of the Crime (Sentences) Act

1997 (c. 43) has effect subject to the following modifications.

(2) Any reference to a life prisoner in respect of whom a minimum term order

has been made includes a reference to—

(a) an existing prisoner in respect of whom an order under paragraph

3(1)(a) has been made, and

(b) an existing prisoner serving a sentence in respect of which paragraph

3(3) applies.

(3) Any reference to the relevant part of the sentence is to be read—
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(a) in relation to a sentence in respect of which an order under

paragraph 3(1)(a) has been made, as a reference to the part specified

in the order, and

(b) in relation to a sentence in respect of which paragraph 3(3) applies,

as a reference to the notified minimum term as defined by paragraph

3(4).

(4) In subsection (1B) (life prisoner serving two or more sentences), paragraph

(a) is to be read as if it referred to each of the sentences being one—

(a) in respect of which a minimum term order or an order under

paragraph 3(1)(a) has been made, or

(b) in respect of which paragraph 3(3) applies.

17 In section 34(1) of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c. 43) (interpretation of

Chapter 2 of that Act), in the definition of “life prisoner”, the reference to a

transferred prisoner as defined by section 273 of this Act includes a reference

to an existing prisoner who immediately before the commencement date is

a transferred life prisoner for the purposes of section 33 of that Act.

Transferred life prisoners

18 In relation to an existing prisoner who immediately before the

commencement date is a transferred life prisoner for the purposes of section

33 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, this Schedule is to be read as if—

(a) any certificate under subsection (2) of that section were a notification

falling within paragraph 2(a) of this Schedule, and

(b) references to any recommendation of the trial judge or the Lord

Chief Justice were omitted.

SCHEDULE 23 Section 278

DEFERMENT OF SENTENCE

1For sections 1 and 2 of the Sentencing Act (deferment of sentence) there is

substituted—

“Deferment of sentence

1 Deferment of sentence

(1) The Crown Court or a magistrates’ court may defer passing sentence

on an offender for the purpose of enabling the court, or any other

court to which it falls to deal with him, to have regard in dealing with

him to—

(a) his conduct after conviction (including, where appropriate,

the making by him of reparation for his offence); or

(b) any change in his circumstances;

but this is subject to subsections (3) and (4) below.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, the

matters to which the court to which it falls to deal with the offender

may have regard by virtue of paragraph (a) of that subsection
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include the extent to which the offender has complied with any

requirements imposed under subsection (3)(b) below.

(3) The power conferred by subsection (1) above shall be exercisable

only if—

(a) the offender consents;

(b) the offender undertakes to comply with any requirements as

to his conduct during the period of the deferment that the

court considers it appropriate to impose; and

(c) the court is satisfied, having regard to the nature of the

offence and the character and circumstances of the offender,

that it would be in the interests of justice to exercise the

power.

(4) Any deferment under this section shall be until such date as may be

specified by the court, not being more than six months after the date

on which the deferment is announced by the court; and, subject to

section 1D(3) below, where the passing of sentence has been deferred

under this section it shall not be further so deferred.

(5) Where a court has under this section deferred passing sentence on an

offender, it shall forthwith give a copy of the order deferring the

passing of sentence and setting out any requirements imposed under

subsection (3)(b) above—

(a) to the offender,

(b) where an officer of a local probation board has been

appointed to act as a supervisor in relation to him, to that

board, and

(c) where a person has been appointed under section 1A(2)(b)

below to act as a supervisor in relation to him, to that person.

(6) Notwithstanding any enactment, a court which under this section

defers passing sentence on an offender shall not on the same

occasion remand him.

(7) Where—

(a) a court which under this section has deferred passing

sentence on an offender proposes to deal with him on the

date originally specified by the court, or

(b) the offender does not appear on the day so specified,

the court may issue a summons requiring him to appear before the

court at a time and place specified in the summons, or may issue a

warrant to arrest him and bring him before the court at a time and

place specified in the warrant.

(8) Nothing in this section or sections 1A to 1D below shall affect—

(a) the power of the Crown Court to bind over an offender to

come up for judgment when called upon; or

(b) the power of any court to defer passing sentence for any

purpose for which it may lawfully do so apart from this

section.
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1A Further provision about undertakings

(1) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (b) of section 1(3)

above, the requirements that may be imposed by virtue of that

paragraph include requirements as to the residence of the offender

during the whole or any part of the period of deferment.

(2) Where an offender has undertaken to comply with any requirements

imposed under section 1(3)(b) above the court may appoint—

(a) an officer of a local probation board, or

(b) any other person whom the court thinks appropriate,

to act as a supervisor in relation to him.

(3) A person shall not be appointed under subsection (2)(b) above

without his consent.

(4) It shall be the duty of a supervisor appointed under subsection (2)

above—

(a) to monitor the offender’s compliance with the requirements;

and

(b) to provide the court to which it falls to deal with the offender

in respect of the offence in question with such information as

the court may require relating to the offender’s compliance

with the requirements.

1B Breach of undertakings

(1) A court which under section 1 above has deferred passing sentence

on an offender may deal with him before the end of the period of

deferment if—

(a) he appears or is brought before the court under subsection (3)

below; and

(b) the court is satisfied that he has failed to comply with one or

more requirements imposed under section 1(3)(b) above in

connection with the deferment.

(2) Subsection (3) below applies where—

(a) a court has under section 1 above deferred passing sentence

on an offender;

(b) the offender undertook to comply with one or more

requirements imposed under section 1(3)(b) above in

connection with the deferment; and

(c) a person appointed under section 1A(2) above to act as a

supervisor in relation to the offender has reported to the

court that the offender has failed to comply with one or more

of those requirements.

(3) Where this subsection applies, the court may issue—

(a) a summons requiring the offender to appear before the court

at a time and place specified in the summons; or 

(b) a warrant to arrest him and bring him before the court at a

time and place specified in the warrant.
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1C Conviction of offence during period of deferment

(1) A court which under section 1 above has deferred passing sentence

on an offender may deal with him before the end of the period of

deferment if during that period he is convicted in Great Britain of

any offence.

(2) Subsection (3) below applies where a court has under section 1 above

deferred passing sentence on an offender in respect of one or more

offences and during the period of deferment the offender is

convicted in England and Wales of any offence (“the later offence”).

(3) Where this subsection applies, then (without prejudice to subsection

(1) above and whether or not the offender is sentenced for the later

offence during the period of deferment), the court which passes

sentence on him for the later offence may also, if this has not already

been done, deal with him for the offence or offences for which

passing of sentence has been deferred, except that—

(a) the power conferred by this subsection shall not be exercised

by a magistrates’ court if the court which deferred passing

sentence was the Crown Court; and

(b) the Crown Court, in exercising that power in a case in which

the court which deferred passing sentence was a magistrates’

court, shall not pass any sentence which could not have been

passed by a magistrates’ court in exercising that power.

(4) Where a court which under section 1 above has deferred passing

sentence on an offender proposes to deal with him by virtue of

subsection (1) above before the end of the period of deferment, the

court may issue—

(a) a summons requiring him to appear before the court at a time

and place specified in the summons; or

(b) a warrant to arrest him and bring him before the court at a

time and place specified in the warrant.

1D Deferment of sentence: supplementary

(1) In deferring the passing of sentence under section 1 above a

magistrates’ court shall be regarded as exercising the power of

adjourning the trial conferred by section 10(1) of the Magistrates’

Courts Act 1980, and accordingly sections 11(1) and 13(1) to (3A) and

(5) of that Act (non-appearance of the accused) apply (without

prejudice to section 1(7) above) if the offender does not appear on the

date specified under section 1(4) above.

(2) Where the passing of sentence on an offender has been deferred by a

court (“the original court”) under section 1 above, the power of that

court under that section to deal with the offender at the end of the

period of deferment and any power of that court under section 1B(1)

or 1C(1) above, or of any court under section 1C(3) above, to deal

with the offender—

(a) is power to deal with him, in respect of the offence for which

passing of sentence has been deferred, in any way in which

the original court could have dealt with him if it had not

deferred passing sentence; and
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(b) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a) above, in

the case of a magistrates’ court, includes the power conferred

by section 3 below to commit him to the Crown Court for

sentence.

(3) Where—

(a) the passing of sentence on an offender in respect of one or

more offences has been deferred under section 1 above, and

(b) a magistrates’ court deals with him in respect of the offence

or any of the offences by committing him to the Crown Court

under section 3 below,

the power of the Crown Court to deal with him includes the same

power to defer passing sentence on him as if he had just been

convicted of the offence or offences on indictment before the court.

(4) Subsection (5) below applies where—

(a) the passing of sentence on an offender in respect of one or

more offences has been deferred under section 1 above;

(b) it falls to a magistrates’ court to determine a relevant matter;

and

(c) a justice of the peace is satisfied—

(i) that a person appointed under section 1A(2)(b) above

to act as a supervisor in relation to the offender is

likely to be able to give evidence that may assist the

court in determining that matter; and

(ii) that that person will not voluntarily attend as a

witness.

(5) The justice may issue a summons directed to that person requiring

him to attend before the court at the time and place appointed in the

summons to give evidence.

(6) For the purposes of subsection (4) above a court determines a

relevant matter if it—

(a) deals with the offender in respect of the offence, or any of the

offences, for which the passing of sentence has been deferred;

or

(b) determines, for the purposes of section 1B(1)(b) above,

whether the offender has failed to comply with any

requirements imposed under section 1(3)(b) above.”

2 In section 159 of the Sentencing Act (execution of process between England

and Wales and Scotland), for “section 2(4),” there is substituted “section 1(7),

1B(3), 1C(4),”.

SCHEDULE 24 Section 279

DRUG TREATMENT AND TESTING REQUIREMENT IN ACTION PLAN ORDER OR SUPERVISION

ORDER

1(1) Section 70 of the Sentencing Act (requirements which may be included in

action plan orders and directions) is amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (4) there is inserted—
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“(4A) Subsection (4B) below applies where a court proposing to make an

action plan order is satisfied—

(a) that the offender is dependent on, or has a propensity to

misuse, drugs, and

(b) that his dependency or propensity is such as requires and

may be susceptible to treatment.

(4B) Where this subsection applies, requirements included in an action

plan order may require the offender for a period specified in the

order (“the treatment period”) to submit to treatment by or under the

direction of a specified person having the necessary qualifications

and experience (“the treatment provider”) with a view to the

reduction or elimination of the offender’s dependency on or

propensity to misuse drugs.

(4C) The required treatment shall be—

(a) treatment as a resident in such institution or place as may be

specified in the order, or

(b) treatment as a non-resident at such institution or place, and

at such intervals, as may be so specified;

but the nature of the treatment shall not be specified in the order

except as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above.

(4D) A requirement shall not be included in an action plan order by virtue

of subsection (4B) above—

(a) in any case, unless— 

(i) the court is satisfied that arrangements have been or

can be made for the treatment intended to be

specified in the order (including arrangements for the

reception of the offender where he is to be required to

submit to treatment as a resident), and

(ii) the requirement has been recommended to the court

as suitable for the offender by an officer of a local

probation board or by a member of a youth offending

team; and

(b) in the case of an order made or to be made in respect of a

person aged 14 or over, unless he consents to its inclusion.

(4E) Subject to subsection (4F), an action plan order which includes a

requirement by virtue of subsection (4B) above may, if the offender

is aged 14 or over, also include a requirement (“a testing

requirement”) that, for the purpose of ascertaining whether he has

any drug in his body during the treatment period, the offender shall

during that period, at such times or in such circumstances as may

(subject to the provisions of the order) be determined by the

responsible officer or the treatment provider, provide samples of

such description as may be so determined.

(4F) A testing requirement shall not be included in an action plan order

by virtue of subsection (4E) above unless—

(a) the offender is aged 14 or over and consents to its inclusion,

and

(b) the court has been notified by the Secretary of State that

arrangements for implementing such requirements are in

force in the area proposed to be specified in the order
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(4G) A testing requirement shall specify for each month the minimum

number of occasions on which samples are to be provided.

(4H) An action plan order including a testing requirement shall provide

for the results of tests carried out on any samples provided by the

offender in pursuance of the requirement to a person other than the

responsible officer to be communicated to the responsible officer.”

2 (1) Schedule 6 to the Sentencing Act (requirements which may be included in

supervision orders) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1, after “6” there is inserted “,6A”.

(3) After paragraph 6 there is inserted—

“Requirements as to drug treatment and testing

6A (1) This paragraph applies where a court proposing to make a

supervision order is satisfied—

(a) that the offender is dependent on, or has a propensity to

misuse, drugs, and

(b) that his dependency or propensity is such as requires and

may be susceptible to treatment.

(2) Where this paragraph applies, the court may include in the

supervision order a requirement that the offender shall, for a

period specified in the order (“the treatment period”), submit to

treatment by or under the direction of a specified person having

the necessary qualifications and experience (“the treatment

provider”) with a view to the reduction or elimination of the

offender’s dependency on or propensity to misuse drugs.

(3) The required treatment shall be—

(a) treatment as a resident in such institution or place as may

be specified in the order, or

(b) treatment as a non-resident at such institution or place,

and at such intervals, as may be so specified;

but the nature of the treatment shall not be specified in the order

except as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above.

(4) A requirement shall not be included in a supervision order by

virtue of sub-paragraph (2) above—

(a) in any case, unless—

(i) the court is satisfied that arrangements have been

or can be made for the treatment intended to be

specified in the order (including arrangements for

the reception of the offender where he is to be

required to submit to treatment as a resident), and

(ii) the requirement has been recommended to the

court as suitable for the offender by an officer of a

local probation board or by a member of a youth

offending team; and

(b) in the case of an order made or to be made in respect of a

person aged 14 or over, unless he consents to its inclusion.

(5) Subject to sub-paragraph (6), a supervision order which includes

a treatment requirement may also include a requirement (“a

testing requirement”) that, for the purpose of ascertaining
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whether he has any drug in his body during the treatment period,

the offender shall during that period, at such times or in such

circumstances as may (subject to the provisions of the order) be

determined by the supervisor or the treatment provider, provide

samples of such description as may be so determined.

(6) A testing requirement shall not be included in a supervision order

by virtue of sub-paragraph (5) above unless—

(a) the offender is aged 14 or over and consents to its

inclusion, and

(b) the court has been notified by the Secretary of State that

arrangements for implementing such requirements are in

force in the area proposed to be specified in the order.

(7) A testing requirement shall specify for each month the minimum

number of occasions on which samples are to be provided.

(8) A supervision order including a testing requirement shall provide

for the results of tests carried out on any samples provided by the

offender in pursuance of the requirement to a person other than

the supervisor to be communicated to the supervisor.”

3 In Schedule 7 to the Sentencing Act (breach, revocation and amendment of

supervision orders), in paragraph 2(1), before “or 7” there is inserted “,6A”.

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SUMMARY OFFENCES NO LONGER PUNISHABLE WITH IMPRISONMENT

Vagrancy Act 1824 (c. 83)

1The offence under section 3 of the Vagrancy Act 1824 (idle and disorderly

persons) of causing or procuring or encouraging any child or children to

wander abroad, or place himself or herself in any public place, street,

highway, court, or passage, to beg or gather alms.

2 The following offences under section 4 of that Act (rogues and vagabonds)—

(a) the offence of going about as a gatherer or collector of alms, or

endeavouring to procure charitable contributions of any nature or

kind, under any false or fraudulent pretence,

(b) the offence of being found in or upon any dwelling house,

warehouse, coach-house, stable, or outhouse, or in any inclosed

yard, garden, or area, for any unlawful purpose, and

(c) the offence of being apprehended as an idle and disorderly person,

and violently resisting any constable, or other peace officer so

apprehending him or her, and being subsequently convicted of the

offence for which he or she shall have been so apprehended.

Railway Regulation Act 1842 (c. 55)

3 An offence under section 17 of the Railway Regulation Act 1842

(punishment of railway employees guilty of misconduct).
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London Hackney Carriages Act 1843 (c. 86)

4 An offence under section 28 of the London Hackney Carriages Act 1843

(punishment for furious driving etc.).

Town Police Clauses Act 1847 (c. 89)

5 An offence under section 26 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 (unlawful

release of impounded stray cattle).

6 An offence under section 28 of that Act (offences relating to obstructions and

nuisances).

7 An offence under section 29 of that Act (drunken persons, etc. guilty of

violent or indecent behaviour).

8 An offence under section 36 of that Act (keeping places for bear-baiting,

cock-fighting etc.).

Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860 (c. 32)

9 An offence under section 2 of the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Act 1860

(making a disturbance in churches, chapels, churchyards, etc.).

Town Gardens Protection Act 1863 (c. 13)

10 An offence under section 5 of the Town Gardens Protection Act 1 863

(injuring gardens).

Public Stores Act 1875 (c. 25)

11 An offence under section 8 of the Public Stores Act 1875 (sweeping, etc., near

dockyards, artillery ranges, etc.).

North Sea Fisheries Act 1893 (c. 17)

12 An offence under section 2 of the North Sea Fisheries Act 1893 (penalty for

supplying, exchanging, or otherwise selling spirits).

13 An offence under section 3 of that Act (penalty for purchasing spirits by

exchange or otherwise).

Seamen’s and Soldiers’ False Characters Act 1906 (c. 5)

14 An offence under section 1 of the Seamen’s and Soldiers’ False Characters

Act 1906 (forgery of service or discharge certificate and personation).

Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919 (c. 92)

15 An offence under section 3(2) of the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act

1919 (promoting industrial unrest).

Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12)

16 An offence under section 4 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933

(causing or allowing persons under sixteen to be used for begging).
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Protection of Animals Act 1934 (c. 21)

17 An offence under section 2 of the Protection of Animals Act 1934 (offences

relating to the prohibition of certain public contests, performances, and

exhibitions with animals).

Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49)

18 An offence under section 287 of the Public Health Act 1936 (power to enter

premises).

Essential Commodities Reserves Act 1938 (c. 51)

19 An offence under section 4(2) of the Essential Commodities Reserves Act

1938 (enforcement).

London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939 (c. xcvii)

20 An offence under section 142 of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act

1939 (power of Council and others to enter buildings etc).

Cancer Act 1939 (c. 13)

21An offence under section 4 of the Cancer Act 1939 (prohibition of certain

advertisements).

Civil Defence Act 1939 (c. 31)

22 An offence under section 77 of the Civil Defence Act 1939 (penalty for false

statements).

Hill Farming Act 1946 (c. 73)

23 An offence under section 19(2) or (3) of the Hill Farming Act 1946 (offences

in relation to the control of rams).

Polish Resettlement Act 1947 (c. 19)

24 An offence under paragraph 7 of the Schedule to the Polish Resettlement Act

1947 (false representation or making a false statement).

Agriculture Act 1947 (c. 48)

25 An offence under section 14(7) of the Agriculture Act 1947, as remaining in

force for the purposes of section 95 of that Act, (directions to secure good

estate management and good husbandry).

26 An offence under section 95 of that Act (failure to comply with a direction to

secure production).

Civil Defence Act 1948 (c. 5)

27 An offence under section 4 of the Civil Defence Act 1948 (powers as to land).
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Agricultural Wages Act 1948 (c. 47)

28 An offence under section 12 of the Agricultural Wages Act 1948 (hindering

investigation of complaints etc.).

Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (c. 54)

29 An offence under section 11(7) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1 949

(enforcement of regulations as to use of apparatus), other than one within

section 14(1A)(c) of that Act.

Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 (c. 55)

30 An offence under section 22(5) of the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act

1949 (wrongful disclosure of information).

Coast Protection Act 1949 (c. 74)

31An offence under section 25(9) of the Coast Protection Act 1949 (powers of

entry and inspection).

Pet Animals Act 1951 (c. 35)

32 An offence under the Pet Animals Act 1951 (offences relating to licensing of

pet shops and the sale of pets), other than one under section 4 of that Act.

Cockfighting Act 1952 (c. 59)

33 An offence under section 1 of the Cockfighting Act 1952 (possession of

appliances for use in fighting of domestic fowl).

Agricultural Land (Removal of Surface Soil) Act 1953 (c. 10)

34 An offence under the Agricultural Land (Removal of Surface Soil) Act 1953

(removal of surface soil without planning permission).

Accommodation Agencies Act 1953 (c. 23)

35 An offence under section 1 of the Accommodation Agencies Act 1953 (illegal

commissions and advertisements).

Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18)

36 An offence under section 19 of the Army Act 1955 (false answers in

attestation paper).

37 An offence under section 161 of that Act (refusal to receive persons billeted,

etc.).

38 An offence under section 171 of that Act (offences relating to the

enforcement of provisions as to requisitioning).

39 An offence under section 191 of that Act (pretending to be a deserter).

40 An offence under section 193 of that Act (obstructing members of regular

forces in execution of duty).
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41An offence under section 196 of that Act (illegal dealings in documents

relating to pay, pensions, mobilisation etc.).

42 An offence under section 197 of that Act (unauthorised use of and dealing in

decorations etc.).

Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19)

43 An offence under section 19 of the Air Force Act 1955 (false answers in

attestation paper).

44 An offence under section 161 of that Act (refusal to receive persons billeted,

etc.).

45 An offence under section 171 of that Act (offences relating to the

enforcement of provisions as to requisitioning).

46 An offence under section 191 of that Act (pretending to be a deserter).

47 An offence under section 193 of that Act (obstructing members of regular air

force in execution of duty).

48 An offence under section 196 of that Act (illegal dealings in documents

relating to pay, pensions, mobilisation etc.).

49 An offence under section 197 of that Act (unauthorised use of and dealing in

decorations etc.).

Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53)

50 An offence under section 96 of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (false pretence

of desertion or absence without leave).

51An offence under section 99 of that Act (illegal dealings in official

documents).

Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 (c. 47)

52 An offence under section 45 of the Agricultural Marketing Act 1958 (failure

to comply with demand for information or knowingly making any false

statement in reply thereto).

Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act 1961 (c. 50)

53 An offence under section 12(1) of the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act

1961 (restriction of disclosure of information).

Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963 (c. 2)

54 An offence under section 8 of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963

(betting in streets and public places).

Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c. 37)

55 An offence under section 40 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963

(offences relating to persons under 16 taking part in public performances

etc.).
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Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963 (c. 43)

56 An offence under the Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963 (offences in

connection with the licensing and inspection of boarding establishments for

animals), other than an offence under section 2 of that Act.

Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1964 (c. 28)

57 An offence under Part 3 of the Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1964

(offences relating to the grading and transport of fresh horticultural

produce), other than an offence under section 15(1) of that Act.

Emergency Laws (Re-enactments and Repeals) Act 1964 (c. 60)

58 An offence under paragraph 1(3) or 2(4) of Schedule 1 to the Emergency

Laws (Re-enactments and Repeals) Act 1964 (offences relating to the

production of documents).

Riding Establishments Act 1964 (c. 70)

59 An offence under the Riding Establishments Act 1964 (offences relating to

the keeping of riding establishments), other than an offence under section

2(4) of that Act.

Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 (c. 12)

60 An offence under section 16 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act

1965 (cancellation of registration of society).

61An offence under section 48 of that Act (production of documents and

provision of information for certain purposes).

Cereals Marketing Act 1965 (c. 14)

62 An offence under section 17(1) of the Cereals Marketing Act 1965 (failure to

comply with a requirement of a scheme).

Gas Act 1965 (c. 36)

63 An offence under paragraph 9 of Schedule 6 to the Gas Act 1965 (wrongful

disclosure of information).

Armed Forces Act 1966 (c. 45)

64 An offence under section 8 of the Armed Forces Act 1966 (false statements

on entry into Royal Navy).

Agriculture Act 1967 (c. 22)

65 An offence under section 6(9) of the Agriculture Act 1967 (compulsory use

of systems of classification of carcases).

66 An offence under section 14(2) of that Act (levy schemes: requirements in

relation to registration, returns and records).

67 An offence under section 69 of that Act (false statements to obtain grants etc).
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Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 (c. 83)

68 An offence under section 14(2) of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967

(offences relating to the deposit and importation of shellfish).

Theatres Act 1968 (c. 54)

69 An offence under section 13(1) or (2) of the Theatres Act 1968 (offences

relating to licensing of premises for public performances of plays).

Theft Act 1968 (c. 60)

70 An offence under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Theft Act 1968 (taking

or destroying fish).

Agriculture Act 1970 (c. 40)

71 An offence under section 106(8) of the Agriculture Act 1970 (eradication of

brucellosis: obstructing or impeding an officer in the exercise of powers to

obtain information).

Breeding of Dogs Act 1973 (c. 60)

72 An offence under the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973 (offences connected with

the licensing of breeding establishments for dogs), other than under section

2 of that Act.

Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (c. 3)

73 An offence under section 4(5) of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (knacker’s

yard licences and applications for such licences).

National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49)

74 An offence under paragraph 8(3) or 9(4) of Schedule 11 to the National

Health Service Act 1977 (offences relating to the production of documents

etc.).

Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)

75 An offence under section 84(3) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (making

of false statement as to means).

Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22)

76 An offence under paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the Animal Health Act 1981

(offences relating to the manufacture of veterinary therapeutic substances).

Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29)

77 An offence under section 5(4) of the Fisheries Act 1981 (alteration of records

or furnishing false information).
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Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16)

78 An offence under section 82 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 (using an aircraft

for advertising, etc.).

Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)

79 An offence under section 103 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (wrongful

disclosure of a report made by a Visitor).

80 An offence under section 129 of that Act (obstruction).

Building Act 1984 (c. 55)

81An offence under section 96(3) of the Building Act 1984 (wrongful disclosure

of information).

Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985 (c. 49)

82 An offence under section 2 of the Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985

(negotiating surrogacy arrangements on a commercial basis, etc.).

Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (c. 14)

83 An offence under section 22(3), 23 or 25(3) of the Animals (Scientific

Procedures) Act 1986 (false statements and offences in relation to powers of

entry).

Motor Cycle Noise Act 1987 (c. 34)

84 An offence under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Motor Cycle Noise Act

1987 (supply of exhaust systems etc. not complying with prescribed

requirements).

Human Organ Transplants Act 1989 (c. 31)

85 An offence under section 2 of the Human Organ Transplants Act 1 989

(restrictions on organ transplants).

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8)

86 An offence under paragraph 14(4) of Schedule 15 to the Town and Country

Planning Act 1990 (wrongful disclosure of information).

Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43)

87 An offence under section 118(1)(g), (h) or (i) of the Environmental Protection

Act 1990 (offences relating to inspection of genetically modified organisms).

Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53)

88 An offence under section 20A of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (false

statements as to financial circumstances).
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Deer Act 1991 (c. 54)

89 An offence under section 10(3) of the Deer Act 1991 (offences relating to sale

and purchase etc. of venison).

Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)

90 An offence under section 206(2) of the Water Industry Act 1991 (wrongful

disclosure of information).

91An offence that falls within paragraph 5(5) of Schedule 6 to that Act

(wrongful disclosure of information).

Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)

92 An offence under section 105 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992

(failure of person to maintain himself or another).

93 An offence under section 182 of that Act (illegal possession of documents).

Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14)

94 An offence under section 27(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992

(false statements in relation to properties).

Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52)

95 An offence under section 240 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations

(Consolidation) Act 1992 (breach of contract involving injury to persons or

property).

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21)

96 An offence under section 57 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (offences

relating to merchant navy uniforms).

Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14)

97 An offence under section 75(5) of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (making false

statements).

98 An offence under section 82(1) of that Act (offences in connection with

regulations under sections 78 and 79 of that Act).

99 An offence under section 87(1) of that Act (offences in connection with

claims for payment).

100 An offence under section 99 of that Act (false pretence of illegal absence).

101 An offence under paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 1 to that Act (false answers in

attestation papers).

Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)

102 An offence under paragraph 23 or 24 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1996

(contravening order not to part with money etc. held on behalf of a social

landlord).
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Broadcasting Act 1996 (c. 55)

103 An offence under section 144 of the Broadcasting Act 1996 (providing false

information in connection with licences).

Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare) Act 1999 (c. 11)

104 An offence under section 8 or 9(6) of the Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare)

Act 1999 (offences relating to the sale of dogs and connected matters).

Transport Act 2000 (c. 38)

105 An offence under section 82(2) of the Transport Act 2000 (wrongful

disclosure of information).

SCHEDULE 26 Section 280(2)

INCREASE IN MAXIMUM TERM FOR CERTAIN SUMMARY OFFENCES

Railway Regulation Act 1840 (c. 97)

1 In section 16 of the Railway Regulation Act 1840 (obstructing officers or

trespassing upon railway), for “one month”, there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Licensing Act 1872 (c. 94)

2 In section 12 of the Licensing Act 1872 (penalty for being found drunk), for

“one month” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Regulation of Railways Act 1889 (c. 57)

3 In section 5 of the Regulation of Railways Act 1889 (avoiding payment of

fares, etc.), in subsection (3), for “three months” there is substituted “51

weeks”.

Witnesses (Public Inquiries) Protection Act 1892 (c. 64)

4 In section 2 of the Witnesses (Public Inquiries) Protection Act 1892 (persons

obstructing or intimidating witnesses), for “three months” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

Licensing Act 1902 (c. 28)

5 In section 2 of the Licensing Act 1902 (penalty for being drunk while in

charge of a child), in subsection (1), for “one month” there is substituted “51

weeks”.

Emergency Powers Act 1920 (c. 55)

6 In section 2 of the Emergency Powers Act 1920 (emergency regulations), in

subsection (3), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.
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Judicial Proceedings (Regulation of Reports) Act 1926 (c. 61)

7 In section 1 of the Judicial Proceedings (Regulation of Reports) Act 1 926

(restriction on publication of reports of judicial proceedings), in subsection

(2), for “four months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Public Order Act 1936 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6 c. 6)

8 In section 7 of the Public Order Act 1936 (enforcement), in subsection (2), for

“three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937 (c. 59)

9 In section 1 of the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937 (prohibition of

films involving cruelty to animals), in subsection (3), for “three months”

there is substituted “51 weeks”.

House to House Collections Act 1939 (c. 44)

10 In section 8 of the House to House Collections Act 1939, in subsection (2), for

“three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Fire Services Act 1947 (c. 41)

11 In section 31 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (false alarms of fire), in subsection

(1), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

National Assistance Act 1948 (c. 29)

12 (1) The National Assistance Act 1948 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 51 (failure to maintain), in subsection (3)(a) and (b), for “three

months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(3) In section 52 (false statements), in subsection (1), for “three months” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

Docking and Nicking of Horses Act 1949 (c. 70)

13 (1) The Docking and Nicking of Horses Act 1949 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 1 (prohibition of docking and nicking except in certain cases), in

subsection (3), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(3) In section 2 (restriction on landing docked horses)—

(a) in subsection (3), and

(b) in subsection (4),

for “3 months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954 (c. 40)

14 In section 2 of the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954 (breach of

disqualification order), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.
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Children and Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act 1955 (c. 28)

15 In section 2 of the Children and Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act

1955 (penalty for publishing certain works etc.), in subsection (1), for “four

months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Agriculture Act 1957 (c. 57)

16 In section 7 of the Agriculture Act 1957 (penalties)—

(a) in subsection (1), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”,

and

(b) in subsection (2), for “one month” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Animals (Cruel Poisons) Act 1962 (c. 26)

17 In section 1 of the Animals (Cruel Poisons) Act 1962 (offences and penalties

under regulations), in paragraph (b), for “three months” there is substituted

“51 weeks”.

Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (c. 14)

18 In section 27 of the Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 (tampering with

samples), in subsection (1), for “three months” there is substituted “51

weeks”.

Agriculture Act 1967 (c. 22)

19 (1) The Agriculture Act 1967 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 6 (penalties), in subsection (4), for “three months” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

(3) In section 21 (inquiry by Meat and Livestock Commission), in subsection

(11), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27)

20 (1) Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Firearms Act 1968 (prosecution and punishment

of offences) is amended as follows.

(2) In the entry relating to section 3(6) of that Act (business and other

transactions with firearms and ammunition), in the fourth column, for “3

months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(3) In the entry relating to section 6(3) of that Act (power to prohibit movement

of arms and ammunition), in the fourth column, for “3 months” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

(4) In the entry relating to section 20(2) of that Act (trespassing with firearm), in

the fourth column, for “3 months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(5) In the entry relating to section 22(1A) of that Act (acquisition and possession

of firearms by minors), in the fourth column, for “3 months” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

(6) In the entry relating to section 25 of that Act (supplying firearm to person

drunk or insane), in the fourth column, for “3 months” there is substituted

“51 weeks”.
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(7) In the entry relating to section 32C(6) of that Act (variation endorsement etc.

of European documents), in the fourth column, for “3 months” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

(8) In the entry relating to section 42A of that Act (information as to transactions

under visitors’ permits), in the fourth column, for “3 months” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

(9) In the entry relating to section 47(2) of that Act (powers of constables to stop

and search), in the fourth column, for “3 months” there is substituted “51

weeks”.

(10) In the entry relating to section 49(3) of that Act (police powers in relation to

arms traffic), in the fourth column, for “3 months” there is substituted “51

weeks”.

Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 (c. 34)

21In section 7 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968

(punishment of offences under Part 1), in subsection (1), for “three months”

there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Agriculture Act 1970 (c. 40)

22 (1) The Agriculture Act 1970 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 68 (duty to give statutory statement), in subsection (4), for “three

months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(3) In section 69 (marking of material prepared for sale), in subsection (4), for

“three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(4) In section 70 (use of names or expressions with prescribed meanings), in

subsection (2), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(5) In section 71 (particulars to be given of attributes if claimed to be present), in

subsection (2), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(6) In section 73 (deleterious ingredients in feeding stuff), in subsection (4), for

“three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(7) In section 73A (unwholesome feeding stuff), in subsection (4), for “three

months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(8) In section 74A (regulations controlling the contents of feeding stuff), in

subsection (3), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(9) In section 79 (supplementary provision relating to samples and analysis), in

subsection (10), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(10) In section 83 (exercise of powers by inspectors), in subsection (3), for “three

months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(11) In section 106 (eradication of brucellosis), in subsection (7), for “three

months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (c. 3)

23 (1) The Slaughterhouses Act 1974 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 20 (wrongful disclosure of information), in subsection (4), for

“three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.
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(3) In section 21 (obstruction), in subsection (1), for “one month” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

(4) In section 23 (prosecution and punishment of offences), in subsection (2)(a),

for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45)

24 In section 8 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (trespassing with a weapon of

offence), in subsection (3), for “three months” there is substituted “51

weeks”.

Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 (c. 3)

25 In section 2 of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 (penalty for

unauthorised dumping), in subsection (1), for “three months” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2)

26 (1) The Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 21 (control of movement of aircraft), in subsection (6), for “3

months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(3) In section 33 (power to inspect aircraft etc.), in subsection (4), for “3 months”

there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(4) In section 34 (power to prevent flight of aircraft)—

(a) in subsection (2), and

(b) in subsection (3),

for “3 months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Licensed Premises (Exclusion of Certain Persons) Act 1980 (c. 32)

27 In section 2 of the Licensed Premises (Exclusion of Certain Persons) Act 1980

(penalty for non-compliance with an exclusion order), in subsection (1), for

“one month” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (c. 47)

28 In section 9 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (interference with vehicles),

in subsection (3), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61)

29 In section 46 of the British Nationality Act 1981 (offences and proceedings),

in subsection (1) for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16)

30 (1) The Civil Aviation Act 1982 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 44 (offences relating to the power to obtain rights over land), in

subsection (10), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(3) In section 75 (investigation of accidents), in subsection (5), for “three

months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.
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Anatomy Act 1984 (c. 14)

31 In section 11 of the Anatomy Act 1984 (offences), in subsection (6), for “3

months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (c. 22)

32 (1) The Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 29 (letting of house after recent case of notifiable disease), in

subsection (1), for “one month” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(3) In section 30 (duty on ceasing to occupy house after recent case of notifiable

disease), in subsection (1), for “one month” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(4) In section 62 (powers of entry), in subsection (3), for “3 months” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28)

33 (1) The County Courts Act 1984 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 14 (penalty for assaulting officers), in subsection (1)(a), for “3

months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(3) In section 92 (penalty for rescuing goods seized), in subsection (1)(a), for

“one month” there is substituted “51 weeks.”

Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 (c. 40)

34 In section 10 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 1984 (artificial breeding

of livestock), in subsection (6), for “three months” there is substituted “51

weeks”.

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60)

35 In section 63C of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (testing for

presence of drugs), in subsection (1), for “three months” there is substituted

“51 weeks”.

Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985 (c. 57)

36 In section 8 of the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1 985

(penalties for offences), in paragraph (b), for “three months” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64)

37 (1) The Public Order Act 1986 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 12 (imposing conditions on public processions)—

(a) in subsection (8), and

(b) in subsection (10),

for “3 months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(3) In section 13 (prohibiting public processions)—

(a) in subsection (11), and

(b) in subsection (13),
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for “3 months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(4) In section 14 (imposing conditions on public assemblies)—

(a) in subsection (8), and

(b) in subsection (10),

for “3 months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(5) In section 14B (offences in connection with trespassory assemblies and arrest

therefor)—

(a) in subsection (5), and

(b) in subsection (7),

for “3 months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53)

38 (1) Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (prosecution and

punishment of offenders) is amended as follows.

(2) In the entry relating to section 4(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (driving, or

being in charge, when under the influence of drink or drugs), in column 4,

for “3 months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(3) In the entry relating to section 5(1)(b) of that Act (driving or being in charge

of a motor vehicle with alcohol concentration above prescribed limit), in

column 4, for “3 months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(4) In the entry relating to section 7 of that Act (provision of specimens for

analysis), in column 4, for “3 months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(5) In the entry relating to section 7A of that Act (failing to allow specimen to be

subjected to analysis), in column 4, for “3 months” there is substituted “51

weeks”.

Official Secrets Act 1989 (c. 6)

39 In section 10 of the Official Secrets Act 1989 (penalties), in subsection (2), for

“three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Human Organ Transplants Act 1989 (c. 31)

40 In section 1 of the Human Organ Transplants Act 1989 (prohibition of

commercial dealings in human organs), in subsection (5), for “three months”

there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Football Spectators Act 1989 (c. 37)

41In section 2 of the Football Spectators Act 1989 (unauthorised attendance at

designated football matches), in subsection (3), for “one month” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

Food Safety Act 1990 (c. 16)

42 In section 35 of the Food Safety Act 1990 (punishment of offences), in

subsection (1), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.
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Deer Act 1991 (c. 54)

43 In section 9 of the Deer Act 1991 (penalties for offences relating to deer), in

subsection (1), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)

44 In section 112 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (false

representations for obtaining benefit etc.), in subsection (2), for “3 months”

there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)

45 (1) The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 60 (failing to stop), in subsection (8), for “one month” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

(3) In section 60AA (powers to require removal of disguises), in subsection (7),

for “one month” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(4) In section 61 (power to remove trespasser on land), in subsection (4), for

“three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(5) In section 62B (failure to comply with direction under section 62A: offences),

in subsection (3), for “3 months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(6) In section 63 (powers to remove persons attending or preparing for a rave),

in subsections (6) and (7B), for “three months” there is substituted “51

weeks”.

(7) In section 68 (offence of aggravated trespass), in subsection (3), for “three

months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(8) In section 69 (powers to remove persons committing or participating in

aggravated trespass), in subsection (3), for “three months” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

London Local Authorities Act 1995 (c. x)

46 In section 24 of the London Local Authorities Act 1995 (enforcement), in

subsection (1), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Police Act 1996 (c. 16)

47 In section 89 of the Police Act 1996 (assaults on constables etc.), in subsection

(2), for “one month” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Treasure Act 1996 (c. 24)

48 In section 8 of the Treasure Act 1996 (duty of finder of treasure to notify

coroner), in subsection (3)(a), for “three months” there is substituted “51

weeks”.

Education Act 1996 (c. 56)

49 (1) The Education Act 1996 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 444 (failure to secure regular attendance at school), in subsection

(8A)(b), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.
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(3) In section 559 (prohibition or restriction on employment of children), in

subsection (4)(b), for “one month” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Government of Wales Act 1998 (c. 38)

50 In section 75 of the Government of Wales Act 1998 (witnesses and

documents: supplementary), in subsection (3)(b), for “three months” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22)

51 In section 21 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (misrepresentation etc), in

subsection (2)(b), for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29)

52 In section 64 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (failure to attend

proceedings etc), in subsection (2)(b), for “three months” there is substituted

“51 weeks”.

Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33)

53 (1) The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 105 (false representation), in subsection (2), for “three months”

there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(3) In section 108 (failure of sponsor to maintain), in subsection (2), for “3

months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8)

54 (1) The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 177 (offences), in subsection (6), for “three months” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

(3) In section 352 (offences), in subsection (5), for “three months” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11)

55 (1) The Terrorism Act 2000 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 36 (police powers), in subsection (4)(a), for “three months” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

(3) In section 51 (offences in relation to parking), in subsection (6)(a), for “three

months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(4) In Schedule 5 (terrorist investigations: information)—

(a) in paragraph 3(8)(a), and

(b) in paragraph 15(5)(a),

for “three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

(5) In Schedule 7 (ports and border controls), in paragraph 18(2)(a), for “three

months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.
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Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16)

56 (1) The Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 25 (enforcement of closure orders)—

(a) in subsection (3)(a), for “one month” there is substituted “51 weeks”,

and

(b) in subsections (4) and (5), for “three months” there is substituted “51

weeks”.

(3) In section 42 (prevention of intimidation), in subsection (7), for “three

months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30)

57 In section 46 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (offences against designated and

accredited persons etc.), in subsection (2), for “one month” there is

substituted “51 weeks”.

Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41)

58 In section 137 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002

(offences relating to the disclosure of information), in subsection (2)(a), for

“three months” there is substituted “51 weeks”.

Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c. 38)

59 In section 40 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (closure of noisy

premises), in subsection (5)(a), for “three months” there is substituted “51

weeks”.

SCHEDULE 27 Section 283

ENABLING POWERS: ALTERATION OF MAXIMUM PENALTIES ETC.

Plant Health Act 1967 (c. 8)

1(1) Section 3 of the Plant Health Act 1967 (control of spread of pests in Great

Britain) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (4A), for “three months” there is substituted “the prescribed

term”.

(3) After that subsection there is inserted—

“(4B) In subsection (4A) above, “the prescribed term” means—

(a) in relation to England and Wales, 51 weeks;

(b) in relation to Scotland, three months.”

Agriculture Act 1967 (c. 22)

2 (1) Section 9 of the Agriculture Act 1967 (powers to meet future developments

in livestock and livestock products industries) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (10), for “three months” there is substituted “the prescribed

term”.
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(3) After that subsection there is inserted—

“(10A) In subsection (10), “the prescribed term” means—

(a) in relation to England and Wales, 51 weeks; 

(b) in relation to Scotland, three months.”

European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68)

3 (1) Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972

(provisions as to powers conferred by section 2(2)) is amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(d), for “three months” there is substituted “the

prescribed term”.

(3) After sub-paragraph (2) there is inserted—

“(3) In sub-paragraph (1)(d), “the prescribed term” means—

(a) in relation to England and Wales, where the offence is a

summary offence, 51 weeks;

(b) in relation to England and Wales, where the offence is

triable either way, twelve months;

(c) in relation to Scotland and Northern Ireland, three

months.”

Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (c. 3)

4 In section 38(5) of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (maximum penalties to be

prescribed by regulations), the words “or imprisonment for a term of three

months or both” are omitted.

Anatomy Act 1984 (c. 14)

5 (1) Section 11 of the Anatomy Act 1984 (offences) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (7), for “3 months” there is substituted “the prescribed term”.

(3) After that subsection there is inserted—

“(7A) In subsection (7), “the prescribed term” means—

(a) in relation to England and Wales, 51 weeks;

(b) in relation to Scotland, 3 months.”

Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43)

6 (1) Section 141 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (power to prohibit or

restrict the importation or exportation of waste) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (g) of subsection (5), for “six months” there is substituted “the

prescribed term”.

(3) After that subsection there is inserted—

“(5A) In subsection (5)(g), “the prescribed term” means—

(a) in relation to England and Wales, where the offence is a

summary offence, 51 weeks; 

(b) in relation to England and Wales, where the offence is triable

either way, twelve months;

(c) in relation to Scotland and Northern Ireland, six months.”
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Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)

7 (1) Section 113 of the Scotland Act 1998 (subordinate legislation: scope of

powers) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (a) of subsection (10), for “three months” there is substituted

“the prescribed term”.

(3) After that subsection there is inserted—

“(10A) In subsection (10)(a), “the prescribed term” means—

(a) in relation to England and Wales, where the offence is a

summary offence, 51 weeks;

(b) in relation to England and Wales, where the offence is triable

either way, twelve months;

(c) in relation to Scotland and Northern Ireland, three months.”

Regulatory Reform Act 2001 (c. 6)

8 (1) Section 3 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 (limitations on order-making

power) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (b) of subsection (3), for “six months” there is substituted “the

prescribed term”.

(3) After that subsection there is inserted—

“(3A) In subsection (3)(b), “the prescribed term” means—

(a) in relation to England and Wales, where the offence is a

summary offence, 51 weeks; 

(b) in relation to England and Wales, where the offence is triable

either way, twelve months;

(c) in relation to Scotland and Northern Ireland, six months.”

SCHEDULE 28 Section 284

INCREASE IN PENALTIES FOR DRUG-RELATED OFFENCES

Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38)

1 (1) Schedule 4 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (prosecution and punishment of

offences) is amended as follows.

(2) In column 6 of that Schedule (punishments for offences under that Act

committed in relation to Class C drugs), in each of the following entries, for

“5 years” there is substituted “14 years”.

(3) Those entries are the entries relating to the punishment, on conviction on

indictment, of offences under the following provisions of that Act—

(a) section 4(2) (production, or being concerned in the production, of a

controlled drug),

(b) section 4(3) (supplying or offering to supply a controlled drug or

being concerned in the doing of either activity by another),

(c) section 5(3) (having possession of a controlled drug with intent to

supply it to another),
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(d) section 8 (being the occupier, or concerned in the management, of

premises and permitting or suffering certain activities to take place

there),

(e) section 12(6) (contravention of direction prohibiting practitioner etc

from possessing, supplying etc controlled drugs), and

(f) section 13(3) (contravention of direction prohibiting practitioner etc

from prescribing, supplying etc controlled drugs).

Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2)

2 In Schedule 1 to the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (controlled

drugs: variation of punishments for certain offences under that Act), in

paragraph 2(c) (punishment on conviction on indictment of offences under

that Act committed in relation to Class C drugs), for “5 years” there is

substituted “14 years”.

Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990 (c. 5)

3 In section 19 of the Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990

(ships used for illicit traffic), in subsection (4)(c)(ii) (punishment on

conviction on indictment of offences under that section committed in

relation to Class C drugs), for “five years” there is substituted “fourteen

years”.

SCHEDULE 29 Section 292

SENTENCING FOR FIREARMS OFFENCES IN NORTHERN IRELAND

1 The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/155 (N.I. 2)) is

amended as follows.

2 In Article 2(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “firearms dealer” there

is inserted—

““handgun” means any firearm which either has a barrel less than 30

centimetres in length or is less than 60 centimetres in length overall,

other than an air weapon, a muzzle-loading gun or a firearm

designed as signalling apparatus;”.

3 In Article 3(1) (requirement of firearm certificate) for sub-paragraph (a) there

is substituted—

“(aa) has in his possession, or purchases or acquires, a handgun without

holding a firearm certificate in force at the time, or otherwise than as

authorised by such a certificate;

(ab) has in his possession, or purchases or acquires, any firearm, other

than a handgun, without holding a firearm certificate in force at the

time, or otherwise than as authorised by such a certificate; or”.

4 After Article 52 of that Order there is inserted—

“52A Minimum sentence for certain offences

(1) This Article applies where—
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(a) an individual is convicted of—

(i) an offence under Article 3(1)(aa),

(ii) an offence under Article 6(1)(a), (ab), (ac), (ad), (ae) or

(c), or

(iii) an offence under Article 6(1A)(a), and

(b) the offence was committed after the commencement of this

Article and at a time when he was aged 16 or over.

(2) The court shall—

(a) in the case of an offence under Article 3(1)(aa) committed by

a person who was aged 21 or over when he committed the

offence, impose a sentence of imprisonment for a term of five

years (with or without a fine), and

(b) in any other case, impose an appropriate custodial sentence

for a term of at least the required minimum term (with or

without a fine)

unless (in any of those cases) the court is of the opinion that there are

exceptional circumstances relating to the offence or to the offender

which justify its not doing so.

(3) Where an offence is found to have been committed over a period of

two or more days, or at some time during a period of two or more

days, it shall be taken for the purposes of this Article to have been

committed on the last of those days.

(4) In this Article—

“appropriate custodial sentence” means—

(a) in the case of an offender who is aged 21 or over when

convicted, a sentence of imprisonment, and

(b) in the case of an offender who is aged under 21 at that

time, a sentence of detention under section 5(1) of the

Treatment of Offenders Act (Northern Ireland) 1968;

“the required minimum term” means—

(a) in the case of an offender who was aged 21 or over

when he committed the offence, five years, and

(b) in the case of an offender who was aged under 21 at

that time, three years.”

5 After Article 52A there is inserted—

“52B Power by order to exclude application of minimum sentence to those 

under 18

(1) The Secretary of State may by order—

(a) amend Article 52A(1)(b) by substituting for the word “16” the

word “18”, and

(b) make such other provision as he considers necessary or

expedient in consequence of, or in connection with, the

provision made by virtue of sub-paragraph (a).

(2) The provision that may be made by virtue of paragraph (1 )(b)

includes, in particular, provision amending or repealing any

statutory provision within the meaning of section 1(f) of the
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Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (whenever passed or

made).

(3) An order under paragraph (1) shall be subject to annulment in

pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament in like

manner as a statutory instrument and section 5 of the Statutory

Instruments Act 1946 shall apply accordingly.”

6 (1) Schedule 2 (table of punishments) is amended as follows.

(2) For the entry relating to offences under Article 3(1) (purchase, acquisition or

possession of firearm or ammunition without firearm certificate) there is

substituted—

(3) For the entries relating to offences under Article 6(1) (manufacture, dealing

in or possession of prohibited weapons) and Article 6(1A) (possession of or

dealing in other prohibited weapons) there is substituted—

“Article

3(1)(aa)

Purchase,

acquisition or

possession of

handgun

without

firearm

certificate

Indictment 10 years or a

fine, or both

Article

3(1)(ab)

Purchase,

acquisition or

possession

without

firearm

certificate of

firearm other

than handgun

 (a) Summary 1 year or a

fine of the

statutory

maximum, or

both

(b) Indictment 5 years or a

fine, or both

Article 3(1)(b) Purchase,

acquisition or

possession of

ammunition

without

firearm

certificate

 (a) Summary 1 year or a

fine of the

statutory

maximum, or

both

(b) Indictment 5 years or a

fine, or both”.

“Article

6(1)(a), (ab),

(ac), (ad), (ae)

and (c)

Manufacture,

dealing in or

possession of

prohibited

weapons.

Indictment 10 years or a

fine, or both
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SCHEDULE 30 Section 299

DISQUALIFICATION FROM WORKING WITH CHILDREN

1The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43) is amended as

follows.

2 After section 29 there is inserted—

“29A Disqualification at discretion of court: adults and juveniles

(1) This section applies where—

(a) an individual is convicted of an offence against a child

(whether or not committed when he was aged 18 or over), 

(b) the individual is sentenced by a senior court, and

(c) no qualifying sentence is imposed in respect of the

conviction.

(2) If the court is satisfied, having regard to all the circumstances, that it

is likely that the individual will commit a further offence against a

child, it may order the individual to be disqualified from working

with children.

(3) If the court makes an order under this section, it must state its

reasons for doing so and cause those reasons to be included in the

record of the proceedings.

Article 6(1)(b) Manufacture,

dealing in or

possession of

prohibited

weapon

designed for

discharge of

noxious liquid

etc.

 (a) Summary 1 year or a

fine of the

statutory

maximum, or

both

(b) Indictment 10 years or a

fine, or both

Article 6

(1A)(a)

Possession of

or dealing in

firearm

disguised as

other object

Indictment 10 years or a

fine, or both

Article

6(1A)(b), (c),

(d), (e), (f) or

(g)

Possession of

or dealing in

other

prohibited

weapons

(a) Summary 6 months or a

fine of the

statutory

maximum, or

both

(b) Indictment 10 years or a

fine, or both”.
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29B Subsequent application for order under section 28 or 29

(1) Where—

(a) section 28 applies but the court has neither made an order

under that section nor complied with subsection (6) of that

section, or

(b) section 29 applies but the court has not made an order under

that section, and it appears to the prosecutor that the court

has not considered the making of an order under that section,

the prosecutor may at any time apply to that court for an order under

section 28 or 29.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), on an application under subsection (1)—

(a) in a case falling within subsection (1)(a), the court—

(i) must make an order under section 28 unless it is

satisfied as mentioned in subsection (5) of that

section, and

(ii) if it does not make an order under that section, must

comply with subsection (6) of that section,

(b) in a case falling within subsection (1)(b), the court—

(i) must make an order under section 29 if it is satisfied

as mentioned in subsection (4) of that section, and

(ii) if it does so, must comply with subsection (5) of that

section.

(3) Subsection (2) does not enable or require an order under section 28

or 29 to be made where the court is satisfied that it had considered

the making of an order under that section at the time when it

imposed the qualifying sentence or made the relevant order.”

3 (1) Section 30 (supplemental provisions) is amended as follows.

(2) In the heading for “and 29” there is substituted “to 29B”.

(3) In subsection (1)—

(a) for “and 29” there is substituted “to 29B”, and

(b) in the definition of “qualifying sentence”, after paragraph (d) there is

inserted—

“(dd) a sentence of detention under section 198 or 200 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003,”.

(4) In subsection (5)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for “or 29” there is substituted “, 29 or 29A”,

(b) after paragraph (b) there is inserted—

“(c) in relation to an individual to whom section 29A applies and

on whom a sentence has been passed, references to his

sentence are to that sentence.”

4 In section 31 (appeals), in subsection (1), after paragraph (b) there is

inserted—

“(c) where an order is made under section 29A, as if the order

were a sentence passed on him for the offence of which he has

been convicted.”

5 (1) Section 33 (conditions for application under section 32) is amended as

follows.
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(2) In subsection (6), after paragraph (d) there is inserted—

“(e) in relation to an individual not falling within any of

paragraphs (a) to (d), the day on which the disqualification

order is made.”.

(3) For subsection (8) there is substituted—

“(8) In subsection (7) “detention” means detention (or detention and

training)—

(a) under any sentence or order falling within paragraphs (b) to

(f) of the definition of “qualifying sentence” in section 30(1),

or

(b) under any sentence or order which would fall within those

paragraphs if it were for a term or period of 12 months or

more.”.

SCHEDULE 31 Section 300

DEFAULT ORDERS: MODIFICATION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMUNITY ORDERS

General

1Any reference to the offender is, in relation to a default order, to be read as

a reference to the person in default.

Unpaid work requirement

2 (1) In its application to a default order, section 199 (unpaid work requirement)

is modified as follows.

(2) In subsection (2), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted—

“(a) not less than 20 hours, and

(b) in the case of an amount in default which is specified in the

first column of the following Table, not more than the

number of hours set out opposite that amount in the second

column.

(3) Subsection (5) is omitted.

TABLE

Amount Number of 

Hours

An amount not exceeding

£200

40 hours

An amount exceeding £200

but not exceeding £500

60 hours

An amount exceeding £500 100 hours”
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Curfew requirement

3 (1) In its application to a default order, section 204 (curfew requirement) is

modified as follows.

(2) After subsection (2) there is inserted—

“(2A) In the case of an amount in default which is specified in the first

column of the following Table, the number of days on which the

person in default is subject to the curfew requirement must not

exceed the number of days set out opposite that amount in the

second column.

Enforcement, revocation and amendment of default order

4 (1) In its application to a default order, Schedule 8 (breach, revocation or

amendment of community orders) is modified as follows.

(2) Any reference to the offence in respect of which the community order was

made is to be taken to be a reference to the default in respect of which the

default order was made.

(3) Any power of the court to revoke the community order and deal with the

offender for the offence is to be taken to be a power to revoke the default

order and deal with him in any way in which the court which made the

default order could deal with him for his default in paying the sum in

question.

(4) In paragraph 4 the reference to the Crown Court is to be taken as a reference

to a magistrates’ court.

(5) The following provisions are omitted—

(a) paragraph 9(1)(c), (5) and (8),

(b) paragraph 12,

(c) paragraph 13(5),

(d) paragraph 15,

(e) paragraph 17(5),

TABLE

Amount Number of 

days

An amount not exceeding

£200

20 days

An amount exceeding £200

but not exceeding £500

30 days

An amount exceeding £500

but not exceeding £1,000

60 days

An amount exceeding

£1,000 but not exceeding

£2,500

90 days

An amount exceeding

£2,500

180 days”
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(f) paragraph 21(4), and

(g) paragraph 23(2)(b).

Power to alter amount of money or number of hours or days

5 The Secretary of State may by order amend paragraph 2 or 3 by substituting

for any reference to an amount of money or a number of hours or days there

specified a reference to such other amount or number as may be specified in

the order.

Transfer of default orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland

6 In its application to a default order, Schedule 9 (transfer of community

orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland) is modified as follows.

7 After paragraph 8 there is inserted—

“8A Nothing in paragraph 8 affects the application of section 300(7) to

a default order made or amended in accordance with paragraph 1

or 3.”

8 In paragraph 10, after paragraph (b) there is inserted—

“(bb) any power to impose a fine on the

offender.”

SCHEDULE 32 Section 304

AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SENTENCING

PART 1

GENERAL

Piracy Act 1837 (c. 88)

1Section 3 of the Piracy Act 1837 (punishment for offence under certain

repealed Acts relating to piracy) shall cease to have effect.

Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12)

2 (1) Section 49 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (restrictions on

reports of proceedings in which young persons are concerned) is amended

as follows.

(2) In subsection (4A)(d), for “section 62(3) of the Powers of Criminal Courts

(Sentencing) Act 2000” there is substituted “section 222(1)(d) or (e) of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

(3) In subsection (11)—

(a) in the definition of “sexual offence”, for “has the same meaning as in

the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000” there is

substituted “means an offence listed in Part 2 of Schedule 15 to the

Criminal Justice Act 2003”, and

(b) in the definition of “violent offence”, for “has the same meaning as in

the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000” there is
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substituted “means an offence listed in Part 1 of Schedule 15 to the

Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

Prison Act 1952 (c. 52)

3 In section 53 of the Prison Act 1952 (interpretation), for “section 62 of the

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000” there is substituted

“section 221 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80)

4 The Criminal Justice Act 1967 is amended as follows.

5 In section 32 (amendments of Costs in Criminal Cases Act 1952), in

subsection (3)(a), for “make an order under paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (probation orders

requiring treatment for mental condition) or” there is substituted “include in

a community order (within the meaning of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003) a mental health requirement under section 207 of that Act or make

an order under”.

6 In section 104 (general provisions as to interpretation)_

(a) in subsection (1), the definition of “suspended sentence” is omitted,

and

(b) subsection (2) is omitted.

Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19)

7 The Criminal Appeal Act 1968 is amended as follows.

8 (1) Section 10 (appeal against sentence in cases dealt with by Crown Court

otherwise than on conviction on indictment) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2) —

(a) in paragraph (b), for “or a community order within the meaning of

the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000” there is

substituted “a youth community order within the meaning of the

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 or a community

order within the meaning of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”,

and

(b) paragraph (c) and the word “or” immediately preceding it are

omitted.

9 In section 11 (supplementary provisions as to appeal against sentence),

subsection (4) is omitted.

10 In Schedule 2 (procedural and other provisions applicable on order for

retrial), in paragraph 2(4), for the words from the beginning to “apply” there

is substituted “Section 240 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (crediting of

periods of remand in custody: terms of imprisonment and detention) shall

apply”.

Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27)

11 The Firearms Act 1968 is amended as follows.
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12 (1) Section 21 (possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of crime)

is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2A), after paragraph (c) there is inserted—

“(d) in the case of a person who has been subject to a sentence of

imprisonment to which an intermittent custody order under

section 183(1)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 relates, the

date of his final release.”

(3) After subsection (2A) there is inserted—

“(2B) A person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment to which an

intermittent custody order under section 183 of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003 relates shall not during any licence period specified for the

purposes of subsection (1)(b)(i) of that section have a firearm or

ammunition in his possession.”.

(4) In subsection (3)(b), for “probation order” there is substituted “community

order”.

(5) After subsection (3) there is inserted—

“(3ZA) In subsection (3)(b) above, “community order” means—

(a) a community order within the meaning of Part 1 2 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003 made in England and Wales, or

(b) a probation order made in Scotland.”

(6) In subsection (6), after “(2)” there is inserted “, (2B)”.

13 (1) Section 52 (forfeiture and disposal of firearms; cancellation of certificate by

convicting court) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)(c), for “probation order” there is substituted “community

order”.

(3) After subsection (1) there is inserted —

“(1A) In subsection (1)(c) “community order” means—

(a) a community order within the meaning of Part 1 2 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003 made in England and Wales, or

(b) a probation order made in Scotland.”

Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49)

14 In section 94 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (interpretation), in the

definition of “probation order” in subsection (1), for “community

rehabilitation order” there is substituted “community order within the

meaning of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54)

15 In section 23 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (remands and

committals to local authority accommodation), for the definition of “sexual

offence” and “violent offence” in subsection (12) there is substituted—

“sexual offence” means an offence specified in Part 2 of Schedule 15 to

the Criminal Justice Act 2003;

“violent offence” means murder or an offence specified in Part 1 of

Schedule 15 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003;”.
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Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77)

16 In section 7 of the Immigration Act 1971 (exemption from deportation for

certain existing residents), in subsection (4), for “section 67 of the Criminal

Justice Act 1967” there is substituted “section 240 of the Criminal Justice Act

2003”.

Thames Barrier and Flood Prevention Act 1972 (c. xiv)

17 In section 56 of the Thames Barrier and Flood Prevention Act 1972 (orders

for carrying out certain defence works), in subsection (3)(a)(ii), for “six

months” there is substituted “12 months”.

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (c. 53)

18 (1) Section 5 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (rehabilitation periods

for particular offences) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) at the end of paragraph (e), there is inserted “and”, and

(b) after that paragraph, there is inserted the following paragraph—

“(f) a sentence of imprisonment for public protection

under section 225 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, a

sentence of detention for public protection under

section 226 of that Act or an extended sentence under

section 227 or 228 of that Act”

(3) In subsection (4A), after the words “probation order” there is inserted “or a

community order under section 177 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52)

19 (1) Section 8 of the Armed Forces Act 1976 (powers of Standing Civilian Courts

in relation to civilians) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)(a), for “six months” there is substituted “twelve months”.

(3) In subsection (2), for “12 months” there is substituted “65 weeks”.

Bail Act 1976 (c. 63)

20 The Bail Act 1976 is amended as follows.

21(1) Section 2 (other definitions) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)(d)—

(a) the words “placing the offender on probation or” are omitted, and

(b) for “him” there is substituted “the offender”.

(3) In subsection (2), in the definition of “probation hostel”, for the words from

“by” onwards there is substituted “by a community order under section 177

of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

22 In section 4 (general right to bail of accused persons and others), in

subsection (3), for the words from “to be dealt with” onwards there is

substituted “or the Crown Court to be dealt with under—
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(a) Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Powers of Criminal Courts

(Sentencing) Act 2000 (breach of certain youth community

orders), or

(b) Part 2 of Schedule 8 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (breach

of requirement of community order).”

23 In Part 3 of Schedule 1 (interpretation), in the definition of “default” in

paragraph 4, for the words from “Part II” onwards there is substituted “Part

2 of Schedule 8 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (breach of requirement of

order)”.

Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45)

24 In section 3 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (penalties for conspiracy), in

subsection (1), for “section 127 of the Powers of Criminal Courts

(Sentencing) Act 2000” there is substituted “section 163 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003”.

Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)

25 The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 is amended as follows.

26 In section 11 (non appearance of accused), in subsection (3), for “section 119

of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000” there is substituted

“paragraph 8(2)(a) or (b) of Schedule 12 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

27 In section 33 (maximum penalties on summary conviction in pursuance of

section 22), in subsection (1)(a), for “3 months” there is substituted “51

weeks”.

28 In section 85 (power to remit fine), in subsection (2A), for “section 35(2)(a) or

(b) of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997” there is substituted “section 300(2) of

the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

29 In section 131 (remand of accused already in custody), after subsection (2)

there is inserted—

“(2A) Where the accused person is serving a sentence of imprisonment to

which an intermittent custody order under section 183 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003 relates, the reference in subsection (2) to the

expected date of his release is to be read as a reference to the expected

date of his next release on licence.”.

30 In section 133 (consecutive terms of imprisonment), in subsection (1), for

“Subject to section 84 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act

2000,” there is substituted “Subject to section 265 of the Criminal Justice Act

2003,”.

Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 55)

31In Schedule 1 to the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act

1980 (ineligibility for and disqualification and excusal from jury service), in

Part 2, in paragraph (bb), for sub-paragraph (v) there is substituted—

“(v) a community order within the

meaning of section 177 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003;
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(va) a youth community order as defined

by section 33 of the Powers of Criminal

Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000;”.

Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14)

32 (1) In Schedule 3 to the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (supplementary

provisions as to qualifications for PSV operators licence), paragraph 1 is

amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (4)(a), for “a community service order for more than sixty

hours” there is substituted “a community order requiring the offender to

perform unpaid work for more than sixty hours”.

(3) In sub-paragraph (6), for the words from ““a community” onwards there is

substituted ““a community order” means an order under section 177 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003, a community punishment order made before the

commencement of that section or a community service order under the

Community Service by Offenders (Scotland) Act 1978”.

Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (c. 47)

33 In section 4 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (trials and penalties), in

subsection (5)(b), for sub-paragraph (ii) there is substituted—

“(ii) in section 154(1) and (2) (general limit on magistrates’ court’s

powers to impose imprisonment) of the Criminal Justice Act

2003.”.

Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48)

34 The Criminal Justice Act 1982 is amended as follows.

35 In section 32 (early release of prisoners), in subsection (1)(a), after “life” there

is inserted “, imprisonment for public protection under section 225 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003 or an extended sentence under section 227 of that

Act”.

36 (1) Part 3 of Schedule 13 (reciprocal arrangements (Northern Ireland): persons

residing in England and Wales or Scotland) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 7—

(a) in sub-paragraph (2)(b), for “such orders” there is substituted “an

unpaid work requirement of a community order (within the

meaning of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003)”, and

(b) in sub-paragraph (3)(b), for the words from “community service

orders” onwards there is substituted “community orders within the

meaning of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 conferred on

responsible officers by that Part of that Act.”.

(3) For paragraph 9(3) there is substituted—

“(3) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph—

(a) a community service order made or amended in the

circumstances specified in paragraph 7 above shall be

treated as if it were a community order made in England

and Wales under section 177 of the Criminal Justice Act

2003 and the provisions of Part 12 of that Act (so far as

relating to such orders) shall apply accordingly; and
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(b) a community service order made or amended in the

circumstances specified in paragraph 8 above shall be

treated as if it were a community service order made in

Scotland and the legislation relating to community service

orders in Scotland shall apply accordingly.”

(4) In paragraph 9(4)(a), after “community service orders” there is inserted “or,

as the case may be, community orders (within the meaning of Part 12 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003)”.

(5) In paragraph 9(5), after “a community service order” there is inserted “or, as

the case may be, a community order (within the meaning of Part 12 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003)”.

(6) In paragraph 9(6)—

(a) after “community service orders”, where first occurring, there is

inserted “or, as the case may be, community orders (within the

meaning of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003)”, and

(b) in paragraph (b)(i), for “the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing)

Act 2000” there is substituted “Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act

2003”.

Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20)

37 The Mental Health Act 1983 is amended as follows.

38 In section 37 (powers of courts to order hospital admission or

guardianship)—

(a) in subsection (1), the words “or falls to be imposed under section

109(2) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000” are

omitted,

(b) for subsections (1A) and (1B) there is substituted —

“(1A) In the case of an offence the sentence for which would

otherwise fall to be imposed—

(a) under section 51A(2) of the Firearms Act 1968,

(b) under section 110(2) or 111(2) of the Powers of

Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000, or

(c) under any of sections 225 to 228 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003,

nothing in those provisions shall prevent a court from

making an order under subsection (1) above for the

admission of the offender to a hospital.

(1B) References in subsection (1A) above to a sentence falling to be

imposed under any of the provisions mentioned in that

subsection are to be read in accordance with section 305(4) of

the Criminal Justice Act 2003.”

(c) in subsection (8), for “probation order” there is substituted

“community order (within the meaning of Part 12 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003)”.

39 In section 45A (powers of higher courts to direct hospital admission), in

subsection (1)(b), the words from “except” to “1997” are omitted.
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Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984 (c. 47)

40 The Repatriation of Prisoners Act 1984 is amended as follows.

41In section 2 (transfer out of the United Kingdom), in subsection (4)(b), for

sub-paragraph (i) there is substituted—

“(i) released on licence under section 28(5) of the Crime

(Sentences) Act 1997 or under section 244 or 246 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003; or”.

42 In section 3 (transfer into the United Kingdom), subsection (9) is omitted.

43 (1) The Schedule (operation of certain enactments in relation to the prisoner) is

amended as follows in relation to prisoners repatriated to England and

Wales.

(2) In paragraph 2, for sub-paragraphs (1A) and (2) there is substituted—

“(2) If the warrant specifies a period to be taken into account for the

purposes of this paragraph, the amount of time the prisoner has

served shall, so far only as the question whether he has served a

particular part of a life sentence is concerned, be deemed to be

increased by that period.

(3) Where the prisoner’s sentence is for a term of less than twelve

months, Chapter 6 of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 shall

apply as if the sentence were for a term of twelve months or more.

(4) In this paragraph—

“the enactments relating to release on licence” means

section 28(5) and (7) of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997

and Chapter 6 of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003;

“sentence”, means the provision included in the warrant

which is equivalent to sentence.”.

(3) Paragraph 3 is omitted.

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60)

44 In section 38 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (duties of custody

officer after charge), for the definitions of “sexual offence” and “violent

offence” in subsection (6A) there is substituted—

““sexual offence” means an offence specified in Part 2 of Schedule 15 to

the Criminal Justice Act 2003;

“violent offence” means murder or an offence specified in Part 1 of that

Schedule;”.

Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)

45 The Criminal Justice Act 1988 is amended as follows.

46 In section 36 (reviews of sentencing), in subsection (2), for the words from

“erred in law” onwards there is substituted—

“(a) erred in law as to his powers of sentencing; or

(b) failed to impose a sentence required by—

(i) section 51A(2) of the Firearms Act 1968;
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(ii) section 110(2) or 111(2) of the Powers of Criminal

Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000; or

(iii) any of sections 225 to 228 of the Criminal Justice Act

2003.”

47 In section 50 (suspended and partly suspended sentences on certain civilians

in courts-martial and Standing Civilian Courts), in subsection (3)(b)(i), for

“Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000” there is substituted

“Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (c. 45)

48 The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 is amended as follows.

49 In section 1 (prohibited weapons and ammunition), in subsection (4A) after

paragraph (b) there is inserted—

“(bb) may amend subsection (1A)(a) of section 91 of the Powers of

Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (offenders under 18

convicted of certain serious offences: power to detain for

specified period) so as to include a reference to any provision

added by the order to section 5(1) of the principal Act,

(bc) may amend section 50(5A)(a), 68(4A)(a) or 170(4A)(a) of the

Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (offences relating

to improper importation or exportation) so as to include a

reference to anything added by the order to section 5(1) of the

principal Act,”.

50 In section 27(4) (which relates to Northern Ireland), after “Except for” there

is inserted “section 1, so far as enabling provision to be made amending the

Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, and”.

Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52)

51In section 164 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (power of constables to require

production of driving licence and in certain cases statement of date of birth),

in subsection (5), for “section 40 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997” there is

substituted “section 301 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53)

52 The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 is amended as follows.

53 In section 27 (production of licence), in subsection (3), for “section 40 of the

Crime (Sentences) Act 1997” there is substituted “section 301 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003”.

54 In section 46 (combination of disqualification and endorsement with

probation orders and orders for discharge), in subsection (1), paragraph (a)

and the word “or” following it shall cease to have effect.

Football Spectators Act 1989 (c. 37)

55 The Football Spectators Act 1989 is amended as follows.

56 In section 7 (disqualification for membership of scheme), subsection (9) is

omitted.
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57 In section 14E (banning orders: general), after subsection (6) there is

inserted—

“(7) A person serving a sentence of imprisonment to which an

intermittent custody order under section 183 of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003 relates is to be treated for the purposes of this section as

having been detained in legal custody until his final release; and

accordingly any reference in this section to release is, in relation to a

person serving such a sentence, a reference to his final release.”

58 In section 18 (information), after subsection (4) there is inserted—

“(5) In relation to a person serving a sentence of imprisonment to which

an intermittent custody order under section 183 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003 relates, any reference in this section to his detention

or to his release shall be construed in accordance with section

14E(7).”

Children Act 1989 (c. 41)

59 The Children Act 1989 is amended as follows.

60 (1) Section 68 (persons disqualified from being foster parents) is amended as

follows.

(2) In subsection (2)(d), the words “a probation order has been made in respect

of him or he has been” are omitted.

(3) After subsection (2) there is inserted—

“(2A) A conviction in respect of which a probation order was made before

1st October 1992 (which would not otherwise be treated as a

conviction) is to be treated as a conviction for the purposes of

subsection (2)(d).”

61(1) In Schedule 9A (child minding and day care for young children), paragraph

4 is amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (2)(g), the words “placed on probation or” are omitted.

(3) At the end there is inserted—

“(7) A conviction in respect of which a probation order was made before

1st October 1992 (which would not otherwise be treated as a

conviction) is to be treated as a conviction for the purposes of this

paragraph.”.

Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53)

62 The Criminal Justice Act 1991 is amended as follows.

63 Section 65 (supervision of young offenders after release) is omitted.

64 (1) Schedule 3 (reciprocal enforcement of certain orders) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 10(3)(d), for the words from “paragraph 3 of Schedule 2”

onwards there is substituted “section 201 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

(3) In paragraph 11(2) —

(a) in paragraph (a)—

(i) for “probation order” there is substituted “community

order”, and
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(ii) after “England and Wales” there is inserted “under section

177 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”, and

(b) for paragraph (b) there is substituted—

“(b) the provisions of Part 12 of that Act (so far as

relating to such orders) shall apply accordingly.”.

(4) In paragraph 11(3), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted—

“(a) the requirements of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003

relating to community orders (within the meaning of that

Part);

(b) the powers of the home court under Schedule 8 to that Act,

as modified by this paragraph; and”.

(5) In paragraph 11(4), for the words from “probation order made by a court”

onwards there is substituted “community order made by a court in England

and Wales under section 177 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, except a power

conferred by paragraph 9(1)(b) or (c) or 13(2) of Schedule 8 to that Act”.

(6) In paragraph 11(5), for “the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act

2000” there is substituted “Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

Aggravated Vehicle-Taking Act 1992 (c. 11)

65 In section 1 of the Aggravated Vehicle-Taking Act 1992 (new offence of

aggravated vehicle taking), in subsection (2)(a), for “section 127 of the

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000” there is substituted

“section 163 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (c. 9)

66 In section 10 of the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993

(life prisoners transferred to Scotland)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) in paragraph (a), sub-paragraph (i), and the succeeding “or”,

are omitted, and

(ii) after paragraph (a)(ii) there is inserted “or

(iii) subsections (5) to (8) of section 28

(early release of life prisoners to whom

that section applies) of the Crime

(Sentences) Act 1997 (c. 43) (in this

section, the “1997 Act”) apply by

virtue of an order made under section

28(2)(b) of that Act (while that

provision was in force) or an order

made under section 269(2) of, or

paragraph 3(1)(a) of Schedule 22 to,

the Criminal Justice Act 2003;”, and

(iii) for “28(2)(b) or 82A(2) or paragraph” there is substituted

“82A(2), 28(2)(b) or 269(2) or paragraph 3(1)(a) or”;

(b) after subsection (1) there is inserted—

“(1AA) This Part of this Act, except section 2(9), applies also to a

transferred life prisoner—

(a) who is transferred from England and Wales on or

after the date on which section 269 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003 comes into force,
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(b) in relation to whom paragraph 3 of Schedule 22 to

that Act applies by virtue of paragraph 2(a) of that

Schedule, but

(c) in respect of whom, under the paragraph so

applying, no order has been made,

as if the prisoner were a life prisoner within the meaning

of section 2 of this Act and the punishment part of his

sentence within the meaning of that section were the

notified minimum term defined by paragraph 3(4) of that

Schedule.”; and

(c) in subsection (5)(b)—

(i) for “the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997” there is substituted “the

1997 Act”, and

(ii) after the words “Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act

2000 (c. 6)” there is inserted “section 269(2) of, or paragraph

3(1)(a) of Schedule 22 to, the Criminal Justice Act 2003,”.

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)

67 In section 25 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (no bail for

defendants charged with or convicted of homicide or rape after previous

conviction of such offences), in paragraph (c) of the definition of

“conviction” in subsection (5)—

(a) the words “placing the offender on probation or” are omitted, and

(b) for “him” there is substituted “the offender”.

Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995 (c. 23)

68 (1) In Schedule 3 to the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995

(qualifications for standard licence), paragraph 3 is amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (2)(a), for “exceeding three months” there is substituted

“of 12 months or more or, before the commencement of section 181 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003, a term exceeding 3 months”.

(3) In sub-paragraph (2)(c), for “community service order” there is substituted

“community order”.

(4) For sub-paragraph (3)(b), there is substituted—

“(b) “community order” means a community order under

section 177 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, a community

punishment order made under section 46 of the Powers of

Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 or a community

service order under the Community Service by Offenders

(Scotland) Act 1978.”.

Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46)

69 The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 is amended as follows.

70 (1) Section 234 (probation orders: persons residing in England and Wales) is

amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), the words after paragraph (b) are omitted.

(3) For subsection (2) there is substituted—
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“(2) Subsection (1) above applies to any probation order made under

section 228 unless the order includes requirements which are more

onerous than those which a court in England and Wales could

impose on an offender under section 177 of the Criminal Justice Act

2003.”

(4) In subsection (3), the words from “or to vary” to “one hundred” are omitted.

(5) In subsection (4)—

(a) in paragraph (a)—

(i) for “paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 2 to the 2000 Act” there is

substituted “section 207(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”,

(ii) for “or, as the case may be, community rehabilitation orders”

there is substituted “or, as the case may be, community

orders under Part 12 of that Act”, and

(iii) for “paragraph 5 of the said Schedule 2” there is substituted

“section 207 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”, and

(b) in paragraph (b), for “sub-paragraphs (5) to (7) of the said paragraph

5” there is substituted “sections 207(4) and 208(1) and (2) of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

(6) After subsection (4) there is inserted—

“(4A) A probation order made or amended under this section must specify

as the corresponding requirements for the purposes of this section

requirements which could be included in a community order made

under section 177 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.”

(7) In subsection (5), for “Schedule 3” onwards there is substituted “Schedule 8

to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 shall apply as if it were a community order

made by a magistrates’ court under section 177 of that Act and imposing the

requirements specified under subsection (4A) above”.

(8) For subsection (6) there is substituted—

“(6) In its application to a probation order made or amended under this

section, Schedule 8 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 has effect subject

to the following modifications—

(a) any reference to the responsible officer has effect as a

reference to the person appointed or assigned under

subsection (1)(a) above,

(b) in paragraph 9—

(i) paragraphs (b) and (c) of sub-paragraph (1) are

omitted,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (6), the first reference to the Crown

Court has effect as a reference to a court in Scotland,

and

(iii) any other reference in sub-paragraphs (6) or (7) to the

Crown Court has effect as a reference to the court in

Scotland, and

(c) Parts 3 and 5 are omitted.”

(9) In subsection (10)—

(a) for the words from “paragraph 6” to “community rehabilitation

orders” there is substituted “paragraph 8 of Schedule 9 (which

relates to community orders”, and
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(b) for “an order made under section 41” there is substituted “a

community order made under Part 12”.

71In section 242 (community service orders: persons residing in England and

Wales)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) in paragraph (a)(ii), for “a community punishment order”

there is substituted “an unpaid work requirement imposed

by a community order (within the meaning of Part 12 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003)”, and

(ii) in paragraph (a)(iii), for “community punishment orders

made under section 46 of the Powers of Criminal Courts

(Sentencing) Act 2000” there is substituted “unpaid work

requirements imposed by community orders made under

section 177 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”,

(b) in subsection (2)(b), for “community punishment orders made under

section 46 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000”

there is substituted “unpaid work requirements imposed by

community orders made under section 177 of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003”, and

(c) in subsection (3)(b), for “in respect of community punishment orders

conferred on responsible officers by the Powers of Criminal Courts

(Sentencing) Act 2000” there is substituted “conferred on responsible

officers by Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 in respect of

unpaid work requirements imposed by community orders (within

the meaning of that Part)”.

72 In section 244 (community service orders: provisions relating to persons

living in England and Wales or Northern Ireland)—

(a) in subsection (3)(a)—

(i) for “community punishment order” there is substituted

“community order (within the meaning of Part 12 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003)”, and

(ii) for “community punishment orders” there is substituted

“such community orders”,

(b) in subsection (4)(a), for “community punishment orders” there is

substituted “community orders (within the meaning of Part 12 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003)”,

(c) in subsection (5), for “community punishment order” there is

substituted “a community order (within the meaning of Part 12 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003)”, and

(d) in subsection (6)—

(i) for “community punishment orders”, where first occurring,

there is substituted “community orders (within the meaning

of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003)”, and

(ii) in paragraph (b)(ii), for “the Powers of Criminal Courts

(Sentencing) Act 2000” there is substituted “Part 12 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

Education Act 1996 (c. 56)

73 In section 562 of the Education Act 1996 (Act not to apply to persons

detained under order of a court), for “probation order” there is substituted

“community order under section 177 the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.
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Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I.24))

74 The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 is amended as follows.

75 In Article 2 (interpretation) after paragraph (8) there is inserted—

“(9) For the purposes of this Order, a sentence falls to be imposed under

paragraph (2) of Article 52A of the Firearms (Northern Ireland)

Order 1981 if it is required by that paragraph and the court is not of

the opinion there mentioned.”

76 In Article 4 (absolute and conditional discharge), in paragraph (1), for “(not

being an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law)” there is substituted

“(not being an offence for which the sentence is fixed by law or falls to be

imposed under Article 52A(2) of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order

1981)”.

77 In Article 10 (probation orders), in paragraph (1) for “(not being an offence

for which the sentence is fixed by law)” there is substituted “(not being an

offence for which the sentence is fixed by law or falls to be imposed under

Article 52A(2) of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981)”.

78 (1) Article 13 (community service orders) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1) for “(not being an offence for which the sentence is fixed by

law)” there is substituted “(not being an offence for which the sentence is

fixed by law or falls to be imposed under Article 52A(2) of the Firearms

(Northern Ireland) Order 1981)”.

(3) In paragraph (4)(b) as it has effect pursuant to paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 13

to the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (reciprocal arrangements), for “such orders”

there is substituted “an unpaid work requirement of a community order

(within the meaning of Part 12 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003)”.

79 In Article 15 (orders combining probation and community service), in

paragraph (1) for “(not being an offence for which the sentence is fixed by

law)” there is substituted “(not being an offence for which the sentence is

fixed by law or falls to be imposed under Article 52A(2) of the Firearms

(Northern Ireland) Order 1981)”.

80 In Article 19 (restrictions on imposing custodial sentences), at the end of

paragraph (1) there is inserted “or falling to be imposed under Article 52A(2)

of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981”.

81(1) In Article 20 (length of custodial sentences), at the end of paragraph (1) there

is inserted “or falling to be imposed under Article 52A(2) of the Firearms

(Northern Ireland) Order 1981”.

(2) In Article 24 (custody probation orders), in paragraph (1) for “other than one

fixed by law” there is substituted “, other than an offence for which the

sentence is fixed by law or falls to be imposed under Article 52A(2) of the

Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1981,”.

Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c. 43)

82 The Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 is amended as follows.

83 (1) Section 31 (duration and conditions of licences) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3), for the words from “except” onwards there is substituted

“except in accordance with recommendations of the Parole Board”.
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(3) Subsection (4) is omitted.

(4) In subsection (6), for “section 46(3) of the 1991 Act” there is substituted

“section 259 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

84 In section 32 (recall of life prisoners while on licence) for subsection (5) there

is substituted—

“(5) Where on a reference under subsection (4) above the Parole Board

directs the immediate release on licence under this section of the life

prisoner, the Secretary of State shall give effect to the direction.”

85 (1) Schedule 1 (transfers of prisoners within the British Islands) is amended as

follows.

(2) In paragraph 6, after sub-paragraph (3) there is inserted—

“(4) In this Part of this Schedule—

“the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003;

“custody plus order” has the meaning given by section

181(4) of that Act;

“intermittent custody order” has the meaning given by

section 183(2) of that Act.”

(3) In paragraph 8 (restricted transfers from England and Wales to Scotland)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (2)(a) there is substituted—

“(a) sections 241, 244, 247 to 252 and 254 to 264 of the

2003 Act (fixed-term prisoners) or, as the case may

require, sections 102 to 104 of the Powers of

Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (detention

and training orders) or sections 28 to 34 of this Act

(life sentences) shall apply to him in place of the

corresponding provisions of the law of Scotland;

(aa) sections 62 and 64 of the Criminal Justice and Court

Services Act 2000 (which relate to licence

conditions) shall apply to him in place of the

corresponding provisions of the law of Scotland;

(ab) where a custody plus order or intermittent custody

order has effect in relation to him, the provisions of

Chapters 3 and 4 of Part 12 of the 2003 Act relating

to such orders shall also apply to him (subject to

Schedule 11 to that Act); and”, 

(b) for sub-paragraph (4)(a) there is substituted—

“(a) sections 241, 249 to 252 and 254 to 264 of the 2003

Act (fixed-term prisoners) or, as the case may

require, sections 103 and 104 of the Powers of

Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (detention

and training orders) or sections 31 to 34 of this Act

(life sentences) shall apply to him in place of the

corresponding provisions of the law of Scotland;

(aa) sections 62 and 64 of the Criminal Justice and Court

Services Act 2000 (which relate to licence

conditions) shall apply to him in place of the

corresponding provisions of the law of Scotland;

(ab) where a custody plus order or intermittent custody

order has effect in relation to him, the provisions of

Chapters 3 and 4 of Part 12 of the 2003 Act relating
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to such orders shall also apply to him (subject to

Schedule 11 to that Act); and”, and

(c) for sub-paragraphs (5) to (7) there is substituted—

“(5) Section 31(2A) of this Act (conditions as to supervision

after release), as applied by sub-paragraph (2) or (4) above,

shall have effect as if for paragraphs (a) to (c) there were

substituted the words “a relevant officer of such local

authority as may be specified in the licence”.

“(6) Any provision of sections 102 to 104 of the Powers of

Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 which is applied by

sub-paragraph (2) or (4) above shall have effect (as so

applied) as if—

(a) any reference to secure accommodation were a

reference to secure accommodation within the

meaning of Part 2 of the Children (Scotland) Act

1995 or a young offenders institution provided

under section 19(1)(b) of the Prisons (Scotland) Act

1989,

(b) except in section 103(2), any reference to the

Secretary of State were a reference to the Scottish

Ministers,

(c) any reference to an officer of a local probation

board were a reference to a relevant officer as

defined by section 27(1) of the Prisoners and

Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993,

(d) any reference to a youth court were a reference to a

sheriff court,

(e) in section 103, any reference to a petty sessions area

were a reference to a local government area within

the meaning of the Local Government etc.

(Scotland) Act 1994,

(f) in section 103(3), for paragraphs (b) and (c) there

were substituted a reference to an officer of a local

authority constituted under that Act for the local

government area in which the offender resides for

the time being,

(g) section 103(5) were omitted,

(h) in section 104, for subsection (1) there were

substituted—

“(1) Where a detention and training order is in force in

respect of an offender and it appears on information

to a sheriff court having jurisdiction in the locality in

which the offender resides that the offender has failed

to comply with requirements under section 103(6)(b),

the court may—

(a) issue a citation requiring the offender to

appear before it at the time specified in the

citation, or

(b) issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest.”,

(i) section 104(2) were omitted, and
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(j) in section 104(6), the reference to the Crown Court

were a reference to the High Court of Justiciary.”

(4) In paragraph 9 (restricted transfers from England and Wales to Northern

Ireland)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (2)(a) there is substituted—

“(a) sections 241, 244, 247 to 252 and 254 to 264 of the

2003 Act (fixed-term prisoners) or, as the case may

require, sections 102 to 104 of the Powers of

Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (detention

and training orders) or sections 28 to 34 of this Act

(life sentences) shall apply to him in place of the

corresponding provisions of the law of Northern

Ireland;

(aa) sections 62 and 64 of the Criminal Justice and Court

Services Act 2000 (which relate to licence

conditions) shall apply to him in place of the

corresponding provisions of the law of Northern

Ireland;

(ab) where a custody plus order or intermittent custody

order has effect in relation to him, the provisions of

Chapters 3 and 4 of Part 12 of the 2003 Act relating

to such orders shall apply to him (subject to

Schedule 11 to that Act); and”, 

(b) for sub-paragraph (4)(a) there is substituted—

“(a) sections 241, 249 to 252 and 254 to 264 of the 2003

Act (fixed-term prisoners) or, as the case may

require, sections 103 and 104 of the Powers of

Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (detention

and training orders) or sections 31 to 34 of this Act

(life sentences) shall apply to him in place of the

corresponding provisions of the law of Northern

Ireland;

(aa) sections 62 and 64 of the Criminal Justice and Court

Services Act 2000 (which relate to licence

conditions) shall apply to him in place of the

corresponding provisions of the law of Northern

Ireland;

(ab) where a custody plus order or intermittent custody

order has effect in relation to him, the provisions of

Chapters 3 and 4 of Part 12 of the 2003 Act relating

to such orders shall apply to him (subject to

Schedule 11 to that Act); and”, 

(c) for sub-paragraphs (5) to (7) there is substituted—

“(5) Section 31(2A) of this Act (conditions as to supervision

after release), as applied by sub-paragraph (2) or (4) above,

shall have effect as if for paragraphs (a) to (c) there were

substituted the words “a probation appointed for or

assigned to the petty sessions district within which the

prisoner for the time being resides”.”

(5) In paragraph 15 (unrestricted transfers: general provisions), sub-paragraph

(5) is omitted.
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86 In Schedule 2 (repatriation of prisoners to the British Islands) paragraphs 2

and 3 are omitted.

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)

87 The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 is amended as follows.

88 In section 18 (interpretation etc. of Chapter 1)—

(a) after the definition of “responsible officer” in subsection (1) there is

inserted—

““serious harm” shall be construed in accordance with section

224 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003;”; and

(b) subsection (2) is omitted.

89 (1) Section 38 (local provision of youth justice services) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (4)(g), for “probation order, a community service order or a

combination order” there is substituted “community order under section 177

of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

(3) In subsection (4)(i), after “1997 Act”)” there is inserted “or by virtue of

conditions imposed under section 250 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)

90 The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 is amended as follows.

91(1) Section 6 (committal for sentence in certain cases where offender committed

in respect of another offence) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3)(b), for “section 120(1) below” there is substituted

“paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 12 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

(3) For subsection (4)(e), there is substituted—

“(e) paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 12 to the Criminal Justice Act

2003 (committal to Crown Court where offender convicted

during operational period of suspended sentence).”.

92 In section 7 (power of Crown Court on committal for sentence under section

6), in subsection (2), for “section 119 below” there is substituted “paragraphs

8 and 9 of Schedule 12 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

93 In section 12 (absolute and conditional discharge)— 

(a) in subsection (1) for “109(2), 110(2) or 111(2) below” there is

substituted “section 110(2) or 111(2) below, section 51A(2) of the

Firearms Act 1968 or section 225, 226, 227 or 228 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003)”, and

(b) subsection (4) (duty to explain effect of order for conditional

discharge) is omitted.

94 In the heading to Part 4, and the heading to Chapter 1 of that Part, for

“COMMUNITY ORDERS” there is substituted “YOUTH COMMUNITY

ORDERS”.

95 For section 33 there is substituted—
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“33 Meaning of “youth community order” and “community sentence”

(1) In this Act “youth community order” means any of the following

orders—

(a) a curfew order;

(b) an exclusion order;

(c) an attendance centre order;

(d) a supervision order;

(e) an action plan order.

(2) In this Act “community sentence” means a sentence which consists

of or includes—

(a) a community order under section 177 of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003, or

(b) one or more youth community orders.”

96 (1) Section 36B (electronic monitoring of requirements in community orders) is

amended as follows.

(2) In the heading for “community orders” there is substituted “youth

community orders”, and

(3) In subsection (1)—

(a) for “to (4)” there is substituted “and (3)”, and

(b) for “community order” there is substituted “youth community

order”.

(4) In subsection (2) and (6)(a), for “community order” there is substituted

“youth community order”.

97 (1) Section 37 (curfew orders) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) after the word “person” there is inserted “aged under 16”, and

(b) for “sections 34 to 36 above” there is substituted “sections 148, 150

and 156 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

(3) In subsection (5), for “community order” there is substituted “youth

community order”.

(4) Subsection (10) is omitted.

98 In section 39 (breach, revocation and amendment of curfew orders), for

“community orders” there is substituted “youth community orders”.

99 In section 40 (curfew orders: supplementary), in subsection (3), for

“paragraphs 2A(4) and (5) and 19(3)” there is substituted “paragraph 16(2)”.

100 (1) Section 40A (exclusion orders) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) after “person” there is inserted “aged under 16”,

(b) for “sections 34 to 36 above” there is substituted “sections 148, 150

and 156 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”, and

(c) for “two years” there is substituted “three months”.

(3) In subsection (5), for “community order” there is substituted “youth

community order”.

(4) Subsection (10) is omitted.
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101 In section 40B (breach, revocation and amendment of exclusion orders), for

“community orders” there is substituted “youth community orders”.

102 (1) Section 60 (attendance centre orders) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for “sections 34 to 36 above” there is substituted

“sections 148, 150 and 156 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003” and for

“21” there is substituted “16”, and

(b) in paragraph (b), for “21” there is substituted “16”, and

(c) paragraph (c) and the word “or” immediately preceding it are

omitted.

(3) In subsection (4), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted “shall not

exceed 24”.

(4) In subsection (7), for “community order” there is substituted “youth

community order”.

103 In section 63 (supervision orders), in subsection (1), for “sections 34 to 36

above” there is substituted “sections 148, 150 and 156 of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003”.

104 (1) Section 69 (action plan orders) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for “sections 34 to 36 above” there is substituted “sections

148, 150 and 156 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”, and

(3) In subsection (5)(b), for “a community rehabilitation order, a community

punishment order, a community punishment and rehabilitation order,”

there is substituted “a community order under section 177 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003”.

(4) Subsection (11) is omitted.

105 In section 70 (requirements which may be included in action plan orders and

directions), in subsection (5)(a), after the word “other” there is inserted

“youth community order or any”.

106 (1) Section 73 (reparation orders) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (4)(b), for “a community punishment order, a community

punishment and rehabilitation order,” there is substituted “a community

order under section 177 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

(3) Subsection (7) is omitted.

107 In section 74 (requirements and provisions of reparation order, and

obligations of person subject to it), in subsection (3)(a), after “community

order” there is inserted “or any youth community order”.

108 In section 76 (meaning of custodial sentence), in subsection (1) after

paragraph (b) there is inserted—

“(bb) a sentence of detention for public protection under section

226 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003;

(bc) a sentence of detention under section 228 of that Act;”.

109 (1) Section 82A (determination of tariffs) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for the words from “where” onwards there is substituted

“where the sentence is not fixed by law”.

(3) In subsection (3)—
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(a) in paragraph (b), for “section 87” there is substituted “section 240 of

the Criminal Justice Act 2003”, and

(b) in paragraph (c), for “sections 33(2) and 35(1) of the Criminal Justice

Act 1991” there is substituted “section 244(1) of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003”.

(4) In subsection (4)— 

(a) after “If” there is inserted “the offender was aged 21 or over when he

committed the offence and”, and

(b) the words “subject to subsection (5) below” are omitted.

(5) Subsections (5) and (6) are omitted.

110 (1) Section 91 (offenders under 18 convicted of certain serious offences) is

amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3), for “none of the other methods in which the case may

legally be dealt with” there is substituted “neither a community sentence nor

a detention and training order”.

(3) In subsection (4), for “section 79 and 80 above” there is substituted “section

152 and 153 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

111 (1) Section 100 (detention and training orders) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) for the words from the beginning to “subsection (2)” there is

substituted “Subject to sections 90 and 91 above, sections 226 and 228

of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, and subsection (2)”, and

(b) for paragraph (b) there is substituted—

“(b) the court is of the opinion that subsection (2) of

section 152 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 applies or

the case falls within subsection (3) of that section,”.

(3) Subsection (4) is omitted.

112 In section 106 (interaction of detention and training orders with sentences of

detention in a young offender institution), subsections (2) and (3) are

omitted.

113 After section 106 there is inserted—

“106A Interaction with sentences of detention

(1) In this section—

“the 2003 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003;

“sentence of detention” means— 

(a) a sentence of detention under section 91 above, or

(b) a sentence of detention under section 228 of the 2003

Act (extended sentence for certain violent or sexual

offences: persons under 18).

(2) Where a court passes a sentence of detention in the case of an

offender who is subject to a detention and training order, the

sentence shall take effect as follows—

(a) if the offender has at any time been released by virtue of

subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5) of section 1 02 above, at the

beginning of the day on which the sentence is passed, and
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(b) if not, either as mentioned in paragraph (a) above or, if the

court so orders, at the time when the offender would

otherwise be released by virtue of subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5)

of section 102.

(3) Where a court makes a detention and training order in the case of an

offender who is subject to a sentence of detention, the order shall take

effect as follows—

(a) if the offender has at any time been released under Chapter 6

of Part 12 of the 2003 Act (release on licence of fixed-term

prisoners), at the beginning of the day on which the order is

made, and

(b) if not, either as mentioned in paragraph (a) above or, if the

court so orders, at the time when the offender would

otherwise be released under that Chapter.

(4) Where an order under section 102(5) above is made in the case of a

person in respect of whom a sentence of detention is to take effect as

mentioned in subsection (2)(b) above, the order is to be expressed as

an order that the period of detention attributable to the detention and

training order is to end at the time determined under section

102(5)(a) or (b) above.

(5) In determining for the purposes of subsection (3)(b) the time when

an offender would otherwise be released under Chapter 6 of Part 12

of the 2003 Act, section 246 of that Act (power of Secretary of State to

release prisoners on licence before he is required to do so) is to be

disregarded.

(6) Where by virtue of subsection (3)(b) above a detention and training

order made in the case of a person who is subject to a sentence of

detention under section 228 of the 2003 Act is to take effect at the time

when he would otherwise be released under Chapter 6 of Part 12 of

that Act, any direction by the Parole Board under subsection (2)(b) of

section 247 of that Act in respect of him is to be expressed as a

direction that the Board would, but for the detention and training

order, have directed his release under that section.

(7) Subject to subsection (9) below, where at any time an offender is

subject concurrently—

(a) to a detention and training order, and

(b) to a sentence of detention,

he shall be treated for the purposes of the provisions specified in

subsection (8) below as if he were subject only to the sentence of

detention.

(8) Those provisions are—

(a) sections 102 to 105 above,

(b) section 92 above and section 235 of the 2003 Act (place of

detention, etc.), and

(c) Chapter 6 of Part 12 of the 2003 Act.

(9) Nothing in subsection (7) above shall require the offender to be

released in respect of either the order or the sentence unless and until

he is required to be released in respect of each of them.”
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114 In section 110 (required custodial sentence for third class A drug trafficking

offence), subsection (3) is omitted.

115 In section 111 (minimum of three years for third domestic burglary)

subsection (3) is omitted.

116 Sections 116 and 117 (return to prison etc. where offence committed during

original sentence) shall cease to have effect.

117 In section 130 (compensation orders against convicted persons), in

subsection (2), for “109(2), 110(2) or 111(2) above,” there is substituted

“110(2) or 111(2) above, section 51A(2) of the Firearms Act 1968 or section

225, 226, 227 or 228 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003,”.

118 In section 136 (power to order statement as to financial circumstances of

parent or guardian) in subsection (2), for “section 126 above” there is

substituted “section 162 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

119 (1) Section 138 (fixing of fine or compensation to be paid by parent or guardian)

is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)(a), for “section 128 above” there is substituted “section 164

of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

(3) In subsection (2), for “sections 128(1) (duty to inquire into financial

circumstances) and” there is substituted “section 164(1) of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003 and section”.

(4) In subsection (4)—

(a) for “section 129 above” there is substituted “section 165 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003”,

(b) for “section 129(1)” there is substituted “section 165(1)”, and

(c) for “section 129(2)” there is substituted “section 165(2)”.

120 In section 146 (driving disqualification for any offence), in subsection (2), for

“109(2), 110(2) or 111(2) above” there is substituted “110(2) or 111(2) above,

section 51A(2) of the Firearms Act 1968 or section 225, 226, 227 or 228 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

121 In section 154 (commencement of Crown Court sentence), in subsection (2),

for “section 84 above” there is substituted “section 265 of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003”.

122 In section 159 (execution of process between England and Wales and

Scotland), for “10(7) or 24(1)” there is substituted “10(6) or 18(1)”.

123 (1) Section 163 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) In the definition of “attendance centre” for “section 62(2) above” there is

substituted “section 221(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

(3) In the definition of “attendance centre order” for the words from “by virtue

of” to “Schedule 3” there is substituted “by virtue of paragraph 4(2)(b) or

5(2)(b) of Schedule 3”.

(4) In the definition of “community order”, for “section 33(1) above” there is

substituted “section 177(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

(5) For the definition of “curfew order” there is substituted—

“curfew order” means an order under section 37(1) above (and, except

where the contrary intention is shown by paragraph 7 of Schedule

3 or paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 or 8, includes orders made under
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section 37(1) by virtue of paragraph 4(2)(a) or 5(2)(a) of Schedule 3

or paragraph 2(2)(a) of Schedule 7 or 8).”.

(6) In the definition of “operational period”, for “section 118(3) above” there is

substituted “section 189(1)(b)(ii) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

(7) In the definition of “suspended sentence”, for “section 118(3) above” there is

substituted “section 189(7) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

(8) At the end there is inserted—

““youth community order” has the meaning given by section 33(1)

above.”.

124 In section 164 (further interpretative provision) for subsection (3) there is

substituted—

“(3) References in this Act to a sentence falling to be imposed—

(a) under section 110(2) or 111(2) above,

(b) under section 51A(2) of the Firearms Act 1968, or

(c) under any of sections 225 to 228 of the Criminal Justice Act

2003,

are to be read in accordance with section 305(4) of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003.”

125 For Schedule 3 (breach revocation and amendment of certain community

orders) there is substituted—

“SCHEDULE 3

BREACH, REVOCATION AND AMENDMENT OF CURFEW ORDERS AND EXCLUSION

ORDERS

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Definitions

1In this Schedule—

“the petty sessions area concerned” means—

(a) in relation to a curfew order, the petty sessions area

in which the place for the time being specified in

the order is situated; and

(b) in relation to an exclusion order, the petty sessions

area for the time being specified in the order;

“relevant order” means a curfew order or an exclusion order.

Orders made on appeal

2 Where a relevant order has been made on appeal, for the purposes

of this Schedule it shall be deemed—

(a) if it was made on an appeal brought from a magistrates’

court, to have been made by a magistrates’ court;
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(b) if it was made on an appeal brought from the Crown Court

or from the criminal division of the Court of Appeal, to

have been made by the Crown Court.

PART 2

BREACH OF REQUIREMENT OF ORDER

Issue of summons or warrant

3 (1) If at any time while a relevant order is in force in respect of an

offender it appears on information to a justice of the peace acting

for the petty sessions area concerned that the offender has failed to

comply with any of the requirements of the order, the justice

may—

(a) issue a summons requiring the offender to appear at the

place and time specified in it; or

(b) if the information is in writing and on oath, issue a warrant

for his arrest.

(2) Any summons or warrant issued under this paragraph shall direct

the offender to appear or be brought—

(a) in the case of any relevant order which was made by the

Crown Court and included a direction that any failure to

comply with any of the requirements of the order be dealt

with by the Crown Court, before the Crown Court; and

(b) in the case of a relevant order which is not an order to

which paragraph (a) above applies, before a magistrates’

court acting for the petty sessions area concerned.

(3) Where a summons issued under sub-paragraph (1)(a) above

requires an offender to appear before the Crown Court and the

offender does not appear in answer to the summons, the Crown

Court may issue a further summons requiring the offender to

appear at the place and time specified in it.

(4) Where a summons issued under sub-paragraph (1)(a) above or a

further summons issued under sub-paragraph (3) above requires

an offender to appear before the Crown Court and the offender

does not appear in answer to the summons, the Crown Court may

issue a warrant for the arrest of the offender.

Powers of magistrates’ court

4 (1) This paragraph applies if it is proved to the satisfaction of a

magistrates’ court before which an offender appears or is brought

under paragraph 3 above that he has failed without reasonable

excuse to comply with any of the requirements of the relevant

order.

(2) The magistrates’ court may deal with the offender in respect of the

failure in one of the following ways (and must deal with him in

one of those ways if the relevant order is in force)—

(a) by making a curfew order in respect of him (subject to

paragraph 7 below);
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(b) by making an attendance centre order in respect of him

(subject to paragraph 8 below); or

(c) where the relevant order was made by a magistrates’

court, by dealing with him, for the offence in respect of

which the order was made, in any way in which he could

have been dealt with for that offence by the court which

made the order if the order had not been made.

(3) In dealing with an offender under sub-paragraph (2)(c) above, a

magistrates’ court—

(a) shall take into account the extent to which the offender has

complied with the requirements of the relevant order; and

(b) in the case of an offender who has wilfully and persistently

failed to comply with those requirements, may impose a

custodial sentence (where the relevant order was made in

respect of an offence punishable with such a sentence)

notwithstanding anything in section 152(2) of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003.

(4) Where a magistrates’ court deals with an offender under subparagraph (2)(c) above, it shall revoke the relevant order if it is still

in force.

(5) Where a relevant order was made by the Crown Court and a

magistrates’ court has power to deal with the offender under subparagraph (2)(a) or (b) above, it may instead commit him to

custody or release him on bail until he can be brought or appear

before the Crown Court.

(6) A magistrates’ court which deals with an offender’s case under

sub-paragraph (5) above shall send to the Crown Court—

(a) a certificate signed by a justice of the peace certifying that

the offender has failed to comply with the requirements of

the relevant order in the respect specified in the certificate;

and

(b) such other particulars of the case as may be desirable;

and a certificate purporting to be so signed shall be admissible as

evidence of the failure before the Crown Court.

(7) A person sentenced under sub-paragraph (2)(c) above for an

offence may appeal to the Crown Court against the sentence.

Powers of Crown Court

5 (1) This paragraph applies where under paragraph 3 or by virtue of

paragraph 4(5) above an offender is brought or appears before the

Crown Court and it is proved to the satisfaction of that court that

he has failed without reasonable excuse to comply with any of the

requirements of the relevant order.

(2) The Crown Court may deal with the offender in respect of the

failure in one of the following ways (and must deal with him in

one of those ways if the relevant order is in force)—

(a) by making a curfew order in respect of him (subject to

paragraph 7 below);

(b) by making an attendance centre order in respect of him

(subject to paragraph 8 below); or
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(c) by dealing with him, for the offence in respect of which the

order was made, in any way in which he could have been

dealt with for that offence by the court which made the

order if the order had not been made.

(3) In dealing with an offender under sub-paragraph (2)(c) above, the

Crown Court—

(a) shall take into account the extent to which the offender has

complied with the requirements of the relevant order; and

(b) in the case of an offender who has wilfully and persistently

failed to comply with those requirements, may impose a

custodial sentence (where the relevant order was made in

respect of an offence punishable with such a sentence)

notwithstanding anything in section 152(2) of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003.

(4) Where the Crown Court deals with an offender under subparagraph (2)(c) above, it shall revoke the relevant order if it is still

in force.

(5) In proceedings before the Crown Court under this paragraph any

question whether the offender has failed to comply with the

requirements of the relevant order shall be determined by the

court and not by the verdict of a jury.

Exclusions from paragraphs 4 and 5

6 Without prejudice to paragraphs 10 and 11 below, an offender

who is convicted of a further offence while a relevant order is in

force in respect of him shall not on that account be liable to be dealt

with under paragraph 4 or 5 in respect of a failure to comply with

any requirement of the order.

Curfew orders imposed for breach of relevant order

7 (1) Section 37 of this Act (curfew orders) shall apply for the purposes

of paragraphs 4(2)(a) and 5(2)(a) above as if for the words from the

beginning to “make” there were substituted “Where a court has

power to deal with an offender under Part 2 of Schedule 3 to this

Act for failure to comply with any of the requirements of a

relevant order, the court may make in respect of the offender”.

(2) The following provisions of this Act, namely—

(a) section 37(3) to (12), and

(b) so far as applicable, sections 36B and 40 and this Schedule

so far as relating to curfew orders;

have effect in relation to a curfew order made by virtue of

paragraphs 4(2)(a) and 5(2)(a) as they have effect in relation to any

other curfew order, subject to sub-paragraph (3) below.

(3) This Schedule shall have effect in relation to such a curfew order

as if—

(a) the power conferred on the court by each of paragraphs

4(2)(c), 5(2)(c) and 10(3)(b) to deal with the offender for the

offence in respect of which the order was made were a

power to deal with the offender, for his failure to comply

with the relevant order, in any way in which the
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appropriate court could deal with him for that failure if it

had just been proved to the satisfaction of the court;

(b) the reference in paragraph 10(1)(b) to the offence in respect

of which the order was made were a reference to the failure

to comply in respect of which the curfew order was made;

and

(c) the power conferred on the Crown Court by paragraph

11(2)(b) to deal with the offender for the offence in respect

of which the order was made were a power to deal with the

offender, for his failure to comply with the relevant order,

in any way in which the appropriate court (if the relevant

order was made by the magistrates’ court) or the Crown

Court (if that order was made by the Crown Court) could

deal with him for that failure if it had just been proved to

its satisfaction.

(4) For the purposes of the provisions mentioned in paragraphs (a)

and (c) of sub-paragraph (3) above, as applied by that subparagraph, if the relevant order is no longer in force the

appropriate court’s powers shall be determined on the

assumption that it is still in force.

(5) Sections 148 and 156 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (restrictions

and procedural requirements for community sentences) do not

apply in relation to a curfew order made by virtue of paragraph

4(2)(a) or 5(2)(a) above.

Attendance centre orders imposed for breach of relevant order

8 (1) Section 60(1) of this Act (attendance centre orders) shall apply for

the purposes of paragraphs 4(2)(b) and 5(2)(b) above as if for the

words from the beginning to “the court may,” there were

substituted “Where a court has power to deal with an offender

under Part 2 of Schedule 3 to this Act for failure to comply with

any of the requirements of a relevant order, the court may,”.

(2) The following provisions of this Act, namely—

(a) subsections (3) to (11) of section 60, and

(b) so far as applicable, section 36B and Schedule 5,

have effect in relation to an attendance centre order made by

virtue of paragraph 4(2)(b) or 5(2)(b) above as they have effect in

relation to any other attendance centre order, but as if there were

omitted from each of paragraphs 2(1)(b), 3(1) and 4(3) of Schedule

5 the words “, for the offence in respect of which the order was

made,” and “for that offence”.

(3) Sections 148 and 156 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (restrictions

and procedural requirements for community sentences) do not

apply in relation to an attendance centre order made by virtue of

paragraph 4(2)(b) or 5(2)(b) above.

Supplementary

9 Any exercise by a court of its powers under paragraph 4(2)(a) or

(b) or 5(2)(a) or (b) above shall be without prejudice to the

continuance of the relevant order.
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PART 3

REVOCATION OF ORDER

Revocation of order with or without re-sentencing: powers of magistrates’ court

10 (1) This paragraph applies where a relevant order made by a

magistrates’ court is in force in respect of any offender and on the

application of the offender or the responsible officer it appears to

the appropriate magistrates’ court that, having regard to

circumstances which have arisen since the order was made, it

would be in the interests of justice—

(a) for the order to be revoked; or

(b) for the offender to be dealt with in some other way for the

offence in respect of which the order was made.

(2) In this paragraph “the appropriate magistrates’ court” means a

magistrates’ court acting for the petty sessions area concerned.

(3) The appropriate magistrates’ court may—

(a) revoke the order; or

(b) both—

(i) revoke the order; and

(ii) deal with the offender for the offence in respect of

which the order was made, in any way in which he

could have been dealt with for that offence by the

court which made the order if the order had not

been made.

(4) In dealing with an offender under sub-paragraph (3)(b) above, a

magistrates’ court shall take into account the extent to which the

offender has complied with the requirements of the relevant

order.

(5) A person sentenced under sub-paragraph (3)(b) above for an

offence may appeal to the Crown Court against the sentence.

(6) Where a magistrates’ court proposes to exercise its powers under

this paragraph otherwise than on the application of the offender,

it shall summon him to appear before the court and, if he does not

appear in answer to the summons, may issue a warrant for his

arrest.

(7) No application may be made by the offender under subparagraph (1) above while an appeal against the relevant order is

pending.

Revocation of order with or without re-sentencing: powers of Crown Court on 

conviction etc.

11 (1) This paragraph applies where—

(a) a relevant order made by the Crown Court is in force in

respect of an offender and the offender or the responsible

officer applies to the Crown Court for the order to be

revoked or for the offender to be dealt with in some other

way for the offence in respect of which the order was

made; or
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(b) an offender in respect of whom a relevant order is in force

is convicted of an offence before the Crown Court or,

having been committed by a magistrates’ court to the

Crown Court for sentence, is brought or appears before the

Crown Court.

(2) If it appears to the Crown Court to be in the interests of justice to

do so, having regard to circumstances which have arisen since the

order was made, the Crown Court may—

(a) revoke the order; or

(b) both—

(i) revoke the order; and

(ii) deal with the offender for the offence in respect of

which the order was made, in any way in which he

could have been dealt with for that offence by the

court which made the order if the order had not

been made.

(3) In dealing with an offender under sub-paragraph (2)(b) above, the

Crown Court shall take into account the extent to which the

offender has complied with the requirements of the relevant

order.

Revocation following custodial sentence by magistrates’ court unconnected with 

order

12 (1) This paragraph applies where—

(a) an offender in respect of whom a relevant order is in force

is convicted of an offence by a magistrates’ court

unconnected with the order;

(b) the court imposes a custodial sentence on the offender; and

(c) it appears to the court, on the application of the offender or

the responsible officer, that it would be in the interests of

justice to exercise its powers under this paragraph having

regard to circumstances which have arisen since the order

was made.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) above “a magistrates’ court unconnected

with the order” means a magistrates’ court not acting for the petty

sessions area concerned.

(3) The court may—

(a) if the order was made by a magistrates’ court, revoke it;

(b) if the order was made by the Crown Court, commit the

offender in custody or release him on bail until he can be

brought or appear before the Crown Court.

(4) Where the court deals with an offender’s case under subparagraph (3)(b) above, it shall send to the Crown Court such

particulars of the case as may be desirable.

13 Where by virtue of paragraph 12(3)(b) above an offender is

brought or appears before the Crown Court and it appears to the

Crown Court to be in the interests of justice to do so, having regard

to circumstances which have arisen since the relevant order was

made, the Crown Court may revoke the order.
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Supplementary

14 (1) On the making under this Part of this Schedule of an order

revoking a relevant order, the proper officer of the court shall

forthwith give copies of the revoking order to the responsible

officer.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) above “proper officer” means—

(a) in relation to a magistrates’ court, the justices’ chief

executive for the court; and

(b) in relation to the Crown Court, the appropriate officer.

(3) A responsible officer to whom in accordance with sub-paragraph

(1) above copies of a revoking order are given shall give a copy to

the offender and to the person in charge of any institution in which

the offender was required by the order to reside.

PART 4

AMENDMENT OF ORDER

Amendment by reason of change of residence

15 (1) This paragraph applies where, at any time while a relevant order

is in force in respect of an offender, a magistrates’ court acting for

the petty sessions area concerned is satisfied that the offender

proposes to change, or has changed, his residence from that petty

sessions area to another petty sessions area.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the court may, and on the

application of the responsible officer shall, amend the relevant

order by substituting the other petty sessions area for the area

specified in the order or, in the case of a curfew order, a place in

that other area for the place so specified.

(3) The court shall not amend under this paragraph a curfew order

which contains requirements which, in the opinion of the court,

cannot be complied with unless the offender continues to reside in

the petty sessions area concerned unless, in accordance with

paragraph 16 below, it either—

(a) cancels those requirements; or

(b) substitutes for those requirements other requirements

which can be complied with if the offender ceases to reside

in that area.

Amendment of requirements of order

16 (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 15 above but

subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, a

magistrates’ court acting for the petty sessions area concerned

may, on the application of an eligible person, by order amend a

relevant order—

(a) by cancelling any of the requirements of the order; or

(b) by inserting in the order (either in addition to or in

substitution for any of its requirements) any requirement
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which the court could include if it were then making the

order.

(2) A magistrates’ court shall not under sub-paragraph (1) above

amend a curfew order by extending the curfew periods beyond

the end of six months from the date of the original order.

(3) A magistrates’ court shall not under sub-paragraph (1) above

amend an exclusion order by extending the period for which the

offender is prohibited from entering the place in question beyond

the end of three months from the date of the original order.

(4) For the purposes of this paragraph the eligible persons are—

(a) the offender;

(b) the responsible officer; and

(c) in relation to an exclusion order, any affected person.

But an application under sub-paragraph (1) by a person such as is

mentioned in paragraph (c) above must be for the cancellation of

a requirement which was included in the order by virtue of his

consent or for the purpose (or partly for the purpose) of protecting

him from being approached by the offender, or for the insertion of

a requirement which will, if inserted, be such a requirement.

Supplementary

17 No order may be made under paragraph 15 above, and no

application may be made under paragraph 16 above, while an

appeal against the relevant order is pending.

18 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, where a court proposes to

exercise its powers under this Part of this Schedule, otherwise than

on the application of the offender, the court—

(a) shall summon him to appear before the court; and

(b) if he does not appear in answer to the summons, may issue

a warrant for his arrest.

(2) This paragraph shall not apply to an order cancelling a

requirement of a relevant order or reducing the period of any

requirement, or to an order under paragraph 15 above

substituting a new petty sessions area or a new place for the one

specified in a relevant order.

19 (1) On the making under this Part of this Schedule of an order

amending a relevant order, the justices’ chief executive for the

court shall forthwith—

(a) if the order amends the relevant order otherwise than by

substituting, by virtue of paragraph 15 above, a new petty

session area or a new place for the one specified in the

relevant order, give copies of the amending order to the

responsible officer;

(b) if the order amends the relevant order in the manner

excepted by paragraph (a) above, send to the chief

executive to the justices for the new petty sessions area or,

as the case may be, for the petty sessions area in which the

new place is situated—

(i) copies of the amending order; and
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(ii) such documents and information relating to the

case as he considers likely to be of assistance to a

court acting for that area in the exercise of its

functions in relation to the order;

and in a case falling within paragraph (b) above the chief executive

of the justices for that area shall give copies of the amending order

to the responsible officer.

(2) A responsible officer to whom in accordance with sub-paragraph

(1) above copies of an order are given shall give a copy to the

offender and to the person in charge of any institution in which the

offender is or was required by the order to reside.”

126 In Schedule 5 (breach, revocation and amendment of attendance centre

orders)—

(a) in paragraph 1(1)(b), for “section 62(3) of this Act” there is

substituted “section 222(1)(d) or (e) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”,

(b) in paragraph 2(5)(b), for “section 79(2) of this Act” there is

substituted “section 152(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”, and

(c) in paragraph 3(3)(b), for “section 79(2) of this Act” there is

substituted “section 152(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

127 In Schedule 6 (requirements which may be included in supervision

orders)—

(a) in paragraph 2(7)(a), after the word “other” there is inserted “youth

community order or any”, and

(b) in paragraph 3(6)(a), for “community order” there is substituted

“youth community order”.

128 In Schedule 7 (breach, revocation and amendment of supervision orders)—

(a) in paragraph 3—

(i) in sub-paragraph (2), for “sub-paragraphs (4) and (5)” there is

substituted “sub-paragraph (5)”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (3), for “Sections 35 and 36 of this Act” there

is substituted “Sections 148 and 156 of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003”, 

(iii) sub-paragraph (4) is omitted, and

(iv) in sub-paragraph (5)(a), for the words from the beginning to

“and” there is substituted “the power conferred on the court

by each of paragraphs 4(2)(c) and”, and

(b) in paragraph 4(3), for “Sections 35 and 36 of this Act” there is

substituted “Sections 148 and 156 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

129 In Schedule 8 (breach, revocation and amendment of action plan orders and

reparation orders)—

(a) in paragraph 3—

(i) in sub-paragraph (2), for “sub-paragraphs (4) and (5)” there is

substituted “sub-paragraph (5)”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (3), for “Sections 35 and 36 of this Act” there

is substituted “Sections 148 and 156 of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003”, 

(iii) sub-paragraph (4) is omitted, and
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(iv) in sub-paragraph (5)(a), for the words from the beginning to

“and” there is substituted “The power conferred on the court

by each of paragraphs 4(2)(c) and”, and

(b) in paragraph 4(3), for “Sections 35 and 36 of this Act” there is

substituted “Sections 148 and 156 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19)

130 The Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 is amended as

follows.

131 (1) Section 62 (loss of benefit for breach of community order) is amended as

follows.

(2) In subsection (8), for the definition of “relevant community order” there is

substituted—

““relevant community order” means—

(a) a community order made under section 177 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003; or

(b) any order falling in England or Wales to be treated as

such an order.”

(3) In subsection (11)(c)(ii), for “to (e)” there is substituted “and (b)”.

132 In section 64 (information provision), in subsection (6)(a), after “community

orders” there is inserted “(as defined by section 177 of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003)”.

Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43)

133 The Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 is amended as follows.

134 In section 1 (purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Act), in subsection (2)—

(a) in paragraph (a), after “community orders” there is inserted “(as

defined by section 177 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003)”, and

(b) after paragraph (c) there is inserted—

“(d) giving effect to suspended sentence orders (as

defined by section 189 of the Criminal Justice Act

2003).”

135 In section 42 (interpretation of Part 2), in subsection (2)(a), for “section 119 of

the Powers of Criminal Court (Sentencing) Act 2000” there is substituted

“paragraph 8(2)(a) or (b) of Schedule 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

136 (1) Section 62 (release on licence etc: conditions as to monitoring) is amended as

follows.

(2) For subsection (3) there is substituted—

“(3) In relation to a prisoner released under section 246 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003 (power to release prisoners on licence before

required to do so), the monitoring referred to in subsection (2)(a)

does not include the monitoring of his compliance with conditions

imposed under section 253 of that Act (curfew condition).”

(3) In subsection (5) after paragraph (e) there is inserted “, and

(f) a sentence of detention under section 226 or 228 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003”.
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137 In section 69 (duties of local probation boards in connection with victims of

certain offences), in subsection (8), for paragraph (a) there is substituted—

“(a) murder or an offence specified in Schedule 15 to the Criminal

Justice Act 2003,”.

138 In section 70 (general interpretation), in subsection (5), for the words “any

community order” there is substituted “a curfew order, an exclusion order,

a community rehabilitation order, a community punishment order, a

community punishment and rehabilitation order, a drug treatment and

testing order, a drug abstinence order, an attendance centre order, a

supervision order or an action plan order”.

International Criminal Court Act 2001 (c. 17)

139 (1) Schedule 7 to the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (domestic

provisions not applicable to ICC prisoners), is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 2(1), for paragraph (d) there is substituted—

“(d) section 240 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (crediting of

periods of remand in custody).”

(3) In paragraph 3(1), for “Part 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991” there is

substituted “sections 244 to 264 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

Armed Forces Act 2001 (c. 19)

140 In section 30 of the Armed Forces Act 2001 (conditional release from

custody), in subsection (6)(a) for “six months” there is substituted “the term

specified in subsection (1)(a) of section 8 of the Armed Forces Act 1 976

(powers of courts in relation to civilians)”.

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)

141 In section 38 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (provisions about

imprisonment or detention), in subsection (4)(a), for “section 118(1) of the

Sentencing Act” there is substituted “section 189(1) of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003”.

Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42)

142 The Sexual Offences Act 2003 is amended as follows.

143 In section 131 (application of Part 2 to young offenders), after paragraph (j)

there is inserted—

“(k) a sentence of detention for public protection under section

226 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003,

(l) an extended sentence under section 228 of that Act,”.

144 In section 133 (general interpretation), at the end of paragraph (a) of the

definition of “community order” there is inserted “(as that Act had effect

before the passing of the Criminal Justice Act 2003)”.
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PART 2

OFFENCES: ABOLITION OF IMPRISONMENT AND CONVERSION TO SUMMARY OFFENCE

Vagrancy Act 1824 (c. 83)

145 In section 3 of the Vagrancy Act 1824 (idle and disorderly persons), for the

words from “subject to” to the end there is substituted “it shall be lawful for

any justice of the peace to impose on such person (being thereof convicted

before him by his own view, or by the confession of such person, or by the

evidence on oath of one or more credible witnesses) a fine not exceeding

level 3 on the standard scale”.

146 (1) Section 4 of that Act (rogues and vagabonds) is amended as follows.

(2) In that section, for the words from “shall be” to the end there is substituted

“commits an offence under this section”.

(3) At the end of that section (which becomes subsection (1)) there is inserted—

“(2) It shall be lawful for any justice of the peace to impose on any person

who commits an offence under this section (being thereof convicted

before him by the confession of such person, or by the evidence on

oath of one or more credible witnesses)—

(a) in the case of a person convicted of the offence of wandering

abroad and lodging in any barn or outhouse, or in any

deserted or unoccupied building, or in the open air, or under

a tent, or in any cart or waggon, and not giving a good

account of himself, a fine not exceeding level 1 on the

standard scale, and

(b) in the case of a person convicted of any other offence under

this section, a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard

scale.”

London Hackney Carriages Act 1843 (c. 86)

147 In section 28 of the London Hackney Carriages Act 1843, after “for every

such offence”, there is inserted “of which he is convicted before the justice”.

Town Police Clauses Act 1847 (c. 89)

148 In section 26 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, for the words from

“committed by them” to the end, there is substituted “liable to a fine not

exceeding level 3 on the standard scale”.

149 In section 28 of that Act, after “for each offence”, there is inserted “of which

he is convicted before the justice”.

150 In section 29 of that Act, after “for every such offence”, there is inserted “of

which he is convicted before the justice”.

151 In section 36 of that Act, after “liable”, there is inserted “on conviction before

the justices”.
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Seamen’s and Soldiers’ False Characters Act 1906 (c. 5)

152 In section 1 of the Seamen’s and Soldiers’ False Characters Act 1906, for

“imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months” there is substituted

“a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale”.

Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919 (c. 92)

153 In section 3(2) of the Aliens Restriction (Amendment) Act 1919, for

“imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months” there is substituted

“a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale”.

Polish Resettlement Act 1947 (c. 19)

154 In the Schedule to the Polish Resettlement Act 1947, in paragraph 7, for

“imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months” there is substituted

“a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale”.

Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18)

155 In section 61 of the Army Act 1955, for the words from “the like” to “section

nineteen of this Act” there is substituted “dismissal from Her Majesty’s

service with or without disgrace, to detention for a term not exceeding three

months,”.

Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19)

156 In section 61 of the Air Force Act 1955, for the words from “the like” to

“section nineteen of this Act” there is substituted “dismissal from Her

Majesty’s service with or without disgrace, to detention for a term not

exceeding three months,”.

Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53)

157 In section 34A of the Naval Discipline Act 1957, for the words

“imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months” there is substituted

“dismissal from Her Majesty’s service with or without disgrace, detention

for a term not exceeding three months,”.

Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (c. 3)

158 In section 4 of the Slaughterhouses Act 1974, after subsection (5) there is

inserted—

“(5A) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (5) above shall be

liable to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.”

Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)

159 In Schedule 6 to the Water Industry Act 1991, in paragraph 5(4), for

paragraphs (a) and (b) there is substituted “, on summary conviction, to a

fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale”.
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Water Resources Act 1991 (c.57)

160 In section 205(6) of the Water Resources Act 1991, for paragraphs (a) and (b)

there is substituted “on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5

on the standard scale”.

Transport Act 2000 (c. 38)

161 In section 82(4) of the Transport Act 2000, after “subsection (1)” there is

inserted “or (2)”.

Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14)

162 In paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 1 to the Reserve Forces Act 1996, for the words

“imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months” there is substituted

“dismissal from Her Majesty’s service with or without disgrace, to detention

for a term not exceeding 3 months,”.

SCHEDULE 33 Section 321

JURY SERVICE

1The Juries Act 1974 (c. 23) is amended as follows.

2 For section 1 (qualification for jury service) there is substituted—

“1 Qualification for jury service

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, every person shall be qualified

to serve as a juror in the Crown Court, the High Court and county

courts and be liable accordingly to attend for jury service when

summoned under this Act if—

(a) he is for the time being registered as a parliamentary or local

government elector and is not less than eighteen nor more

than seventy years of age;

(b) he has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, the

Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for any period of at least

five years since attaining the age of thirteen;

(c) he is not a mentally disordered person; and

(d) he is not disqualified for jury service.

(2) In subsection (1) above “mentally disordered person” means any

person listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act.

(3) The persons who are disqualified for jury service are those listed in

Part 2 of that Schedule.”

3 Section 9(1) (certain persons entitled to be excused from jury service) shall

cease to have effect.

4 In section 9(2) (discretionary excusal) after “may” there is inserted “, subject

to section 9A(1A) of this Act,”.

5 After section 9(2) (discretionary excusal) there is inserted—
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“(2A) Without prejudice to subsection (2) above, the appropriate officer

shall excuse a full-time serving member of Her Majesty’s naval,

military or air forces from attending in pursuance of a summons if—

(a) that member’s commanding officer certifies to the

appropriate officer that it would be prejudicial to the

efficiency of the service if that member were to be required to

be absent from duty, and

(b) subsection (2A) or (2B) of section 9A of this Act applies.

(2B) Subsection (2A) above does not affect the application of subsection

(2) above to a full-time serving member of Her Majesty’s naval,

military or air forces in a case where he is not entitled to be excused

under subsection (2A).”

6 In section 9(3) (discretionary excusal) after “above” there is inserted “or any

failure by the appropriate officer to excuse him as required by subsection

(2A) above”.

7 In section 9A(1) (discretionary deferral) after “may” there is inserted “,

subject to subsection (2) below,”.

8 After section 9A(1) (discretionary deferral) there is inserted—

“(1A) Without prejudice to subsection (1) above and subject to subsection

(2) below, the appropriate officer—

(a) shall defer the attendance of a full-time serving member of

Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces in pursuance of a

summons if subsection (1B) below applies, and

(b) for this purpose, shall vary the dates upon which that

member is summoned to attend and the summons shall have

effect accordingly.

(1B) This subsection applies if that member’s commanding officer

certifies to the appropriate officer that it would be prejudicial to the

efficiency of the service if that member were to be required to be

absent from duty.

(1C) Nothing in subsection (1A) or (1B) above shall affect the application

of subsection (1) above to a full-time serving member of Her

Majesty’s naval, military or air forces in a case where subsection (1B)

does not apply.”

9 For section 9A(2) (discretionary deferral) there is substituted—

“(2) The attendance of a person in pursuance of a summons shall not be

deferred under subsection (1) or (1A) above if subsection (2A) or (2B)

below applies.”

10 After section 9A(2) (discretionary deferral) there is inserted—

“(2A) This subsection applies where a deferral of the attendance of the

person in pursuance of the summons has previously been made or

refused under subsection (1) above or has previously been made

under subsection (1A) above.

(2B) This subsection applies where—

(a) the person is a full-time serving member of Her Majesty’s

naval, military or air forces, and
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(b) in addition to certifying to the appropriate officer that it

would be prejudicial to the efficiency of the service if that

member were to be required to be absent from duty, that

member’s commanding officer certifies that this position is

likely to remain for any period specified for the purpose of

this subsection in guidance issued under section 9AA of this

Act.”

11 In section 9A(3) (discretionary deferral) after “above” there is inserted “or

any failure by the appropriate officer to defer his attendance as required by

subsection (1A) above”.

12 After section 9A (discretionary deferral) there is inserted—

“9AA Requirement to issue guidance

(1) The Lord Chancellor shall issue guidance as to the manner in which

the functions of the appropriate officer under sections 9 and 9A of

this Act are to be exercised.

(2) The Lord Chancellor shall—

(a) lay before each House of Parliament the guidance, and any

revised guidance, issued under this section, and

(b) arrange for the guidance, or revised guidance, to be

published in a manner which he considers appropriate.”

13 In section 19 (payment for jury service), after subsection (1) there is

inserted—

“(1A) The reference in subsection (1) above to payments by way of

allowance for subsistence includes a reference to vouchers and other

benefits which may be used to pay for subsistence, whether or not

their use is subject to any limitations.”

14 In section 20 (offences), for subsection (5)(d) there is substituted—

“(d) knowing that he is disqualified under Part 2 of Schedule 1 to

this Act, serves on a jury;”

15 For Schedule 1 (ineligibility and disqualification for and excusal from jury

service) there is substituted—

“SCHEDULE 1

MENTALLY DISORDERED PERSONS AND PERSONS DISQUALIFIED FOR JURY SERVICE

PART 1

MENTALLY DISORDERED PERSONS

1A person who suffers or has suffered from mental illness,

psychopathic disorder, mental handicap or severe mental

handicap and on account of that condition either—

(a) is resident in a hospital or similar institution; or

(b) regularly attends for treatment by a medical practitioner.
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2 A person for the time being under guardianship under section 7 of

the Mental Health Act 1983.

3 A person who, under Part 7 of that Act, has been determined by a

judge to be incapable, by reason of mental disorder, of managing

and administering his property and affairs.

4 (1) In this Part of this Schedule—

(a) “mental handicap” means a state of arrested or incomplete

development of mind (not amounting to severe mental

handicap) which includes significant impairment of

intelligence and social functioning;

(b) “severe mental handicap” means a state of arrested or

incomplete development of mind which includes severe

impairment of intelligence and social functioning;

(c) other expressions are to be construed in accordance with

the Mental Health Act 1983.

(2) For the purposes of this Part a person is to be treated as being

under guardianship under section 7 of the Mental Health Act 1983

at any time while he is subject to guardianship pursuant to an

order under section 116A(2)(b) of the Army Act 1955, section

116A(2)(b) of the Air Force Act 1955 or section 63A(2)(b) of the

Naval Discipline Act 1957.

PART 2

PERSONS DISQUALIFIED

5 A person who is on bail in criminal proceedings (within the

meaning of the Bail Act 1976).

6 A person who has at any time been sentenced in the United

Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man—

(a) to imprisonment for life, detention for life or custody for

life,

(b) to detention during her Majesty’s pleasure or during the

pleasure of the Secretary of State,

(c) to imprisonment for public protection or detention for

public protection,

(d) to an extended sentence under section 227 or 228 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003 or section 210A of the Criminal

Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, or

(e) to a term of imprisonment of five years or more or a term

of detention of five years or more.

7 A person who at any time in the last ten years has—

(a) in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of

Man—

(i) served any part of a sentence of imprisonment or a

sentence of detention, or

(ii) had passed on him a suspended sentence of

imprisonment or had made in respect of him a

suspended order for detention,
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(b) in England and Wales, had made in respect of him a

community order under section 177 of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003, a community rehabilitation order, a community

punishment order, a community punishment and

rehabilitation order, a drug treatment and testing order or

a drug abstinence order, or

(c) had made in respect of him any corresponding order

under the law of Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of

Man or any of the Channel Islands.

8 For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule—

(a) a sentence passed by a court-martial is to be treated as

having been passed in the United Kingdom, and

(b) a person is sentenced to a term of detention if, but only if—

(i) a court passes on him, or makes in respect of him

on conviction, any sentence or order which

requires him to be detained in custody for any

period, and

(ii) the sentence or order is available only in respect of

offenders below a certain age,

and any reference to serving a sentence of detention is to be

construed accordingly.”

SCHEDULE 34 Section 324

PARENTING ORDERS AND REFERRAL ORDERS

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)

1In section 8 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (parenting orders), in

subsection (2) the words from “and to section 19(5)” to “2000” shall cease to

have effect.

2 (1) Section 9 of that Act (parenting orders: supplemental) is amended as

follows.

(2) For subsection (1A) there is substituted—

“(1A) The requirements of subsection (1) do not apply where the court

makes a referral order in respect of the offence.”

(3) After subsection (2) there is inserted—

“(2A) In a case where a court proposes to make both a referral order in

respect of a child or young person convicted of an offence and a

parenting order, before making the parenting order the court shall

obtain and consider a report by an appropriate officer—

(a) indicating the requirements proposed by that officer to be

included in the parenting order;

(b) indicating the reasons why he considers those requirements

would be desirable in the interests of preventing the

commission of any further offence by the child or young

person; and
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(c) if the child or young person is aged under 16, containing the

information required by subsection (2) above.

(2B) In subsection (2A) above “an appropriate officer” means—

(a) an officer of a local probation board;

(b) a social worker of a local authority social services

department; or

(c) a member of a youth offending team.”

(4) After subsection (7) there is inserted—

“(7A) In this section “referral order” means an order under section 16(2) or

(3) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (referral

of offender to youth offender panel).”

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)

3 In section 19(5) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000

(orders that cannot be made with referral orders)—

(a) at the end of paragraph (a) there is inserted “or”, and

(b) paragraph (c) (parenting orders) and the word “or” immediately

preceding it shall cease to have effect.

4 In section 22 of that Act (referral orders: attendance at panel meetings), after

subsection (2) there is inserted—

“(2A) If—

(a) a parent or guardian of the offender fails to comply with an

order under section 20 above (requirement to attend the

meetings of the panel), and

(b) the offender is aged under 18 at the time of the failure,

the panel may refer that parent or guardian to a youth court acting

for the petty sessions area in which it appears to the panel that the

offender resides or will reside.”

5 (1) Section 28 of that Act (which introduces Schedule 1) is amended as follows.

(2) In the sidenote, for “Offender referred back to court or” there is substituted

“Offender or parent referred back to court: offender”.

(3) After paragraph (a) there is inserted—

“(aa) in Part 1A makes provision for what is to happen when a

youth offender panel refers a parent or guardian to the court

under section 22(2A) above, and”.

6 In Schedule 1 to that Act (youth offender panels: further court proceedings),

after Part 1 there is inserted—

“PART 1A

REFERRAL OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN FOR BREACH OF SECTION 20 ORDER

Introductory

9A (1) This Part of this Schedule applies where, under section 22(2A) of

this Act, a youth offender panel refers an offender’s parent or

guardian to a youth court.
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(2) In this Part of this Schedule—

(a) “the offender” means the offender whose parent or

guardian is referred under section 22(2A);

(b) “the parent” means the parent or guardian so referred; and

(c) “the youth court” means a youth court as mentioned in

section 22(2A).

Mode of referral to court

9B The panel shall make the referral by sending a report to the youth

court explaining why the parent is being referred to it.

Bringing the parent before the court

9C (1) Where the youth court receives such a report it shall cause the

parent to appear before it.

(2) For the purpose of securing the attendance of the parent before the

court, a justice acting for the petty sessions area for which the court

acts may—

(a) issue a summons requiring the parent to appear at the

place and time specified in it; or

(b) if the report is substantiated on oath, issue a warrant for

the parent’s arrest.

(3) Any summons or warrant issued under sub-paragraph (2) above

shall direct the parent to appear or be brought before the youth

court.

Power of court to make parenting order: application of supplemental provisions

9D (1) Where the parent appears or is brought before the youth court

under paragraph 9C above, the court may make a parenting order

in respect of the parent if—

(a) it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that the parent

has failed without reasonable excuse to comply with the

order under section 20 of this Act; and

(b) the court is satisfied that the parenting order would be

desirable in the interests of preventing the commission of

any further offence by the offender.

(2) A parenting order is an order which requires the parent—

(a) to comply, for a period not exceeding twelve months, with

such requirements as are specified in the order, and

(b) subject to sub-paragraph (4) below, to attend, for a

concurrent period not exceeding three months, such

counselling or guidance programme as may be specified in

directions given by the responsible officer.

(3) The requirements that may be specified under sub-paragraph

(2)(a) above are those which the court considers desirable in the

interests of preventing the commission of any further offence by

the offender.

(4) A parenting order under this paragraph may, but need not,

include a requirement mentioned in subsection (2)(b) above in any
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case where a parenting order under this paragraph or any other

enactment has been made in respect of the parent on a previous

occasion.

(5) A counselling or guidance programme which a parent is required

to attend by virtue of subsection (2)(b) above may be or include a

residential course but only if the court is satisfied—

(a) that the attendance of the parent at a residential course is

likely to be more effective than his attendance at a nonresidential course in preventing the commission of any

further offence by the offender, and

(b) that any interference with family life which is likely to

result from the attendance of the parent at a residential

course is proportionate in all the circumstances.

(6) Before making a parenting order under this paragraph where the

offender is aged under 16, the court shall obtain and consider

information about his family circumstances and the likely effect of

the order on those circumstances.

(7) Sections 8(3) and (8), 9(3) to (7) and 18(3) and (4) of the Crime and

Disorder Act 1998 apply in relation to a parenting order made

under this paragraph as they apply in relation to any other

parenting order.

Appeal

9E (1) An appeal shall lie to the Crown Court against the making of a

parenting order under paragraph 9D above.

(2) Subsections (2) and (3) of section 10 of the Crime and Disorder

Act 1998 (appeals against parenting orders) apply in relation to an

appeal under this paragraph as they apply in relation to an appeal

under subsection (1)(b) of that section.

Effect on section 20 order

9F (1) The making of a parenting order under paragraph 9D above is

without prejudice to the continuance of the order under section 20

of this Act.

(2) Section 63(1) to (4) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (power of

magistrates’ court to deal with person for breach of order, etc)

apply (as well as section 22(2A) of this Act and this Part of this

Schedule) in relation to an order under section 20 of this Act.”

SCHEDULE 35 Section 328

CRIMINAL RECORD CERTIFICATES: AMENDMENTS OF PART 5 OF POLICE ACT 1997

1The Police Act 1997 (c. 50) is amended as follows.

2 In section 112 (criminal conviction certificates), in subsection (1)(a), after

“prescribed” there is inserted “manner and”.

3 (1) Section 113 (criminal record certificates) is amended as follows.
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(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) at the beginning there is inserted “Subject to subsection (4A)”,

(b) in paragraph (a), after “prescribed” there is inserted “manner and”,

and

(c) in paragraph (b), after “pays” there is inserted “in the prescribed

manner”.

(3) After subsection (4) there is inserted—

“(4A) The Secretary of State may treat an application under this section as

an application under section 115 if—

(a) in his opinion the certificate is required for a purpose

prescribed under subsection (2) of that section,

(b) the registered person provides him with the statement

required by subsection (2) of that section, and

(c) the applicant consents and pays to the Secretary of State the

amount (if any) by which the fee payable in relation to an

application under section 115 exceeds the fee paid in relation

to the application under this section.”.

4 (1) Section 115 (enhanced criminal record certificates) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) at the beginning there is inserted “Subject to subsection (9A),”,

(b) in paragraph (a), after “prescribed” there is inserted “manner and”,

and

(c) in paragraph (b), after “pays” there is inserted “in the prescribed

manner”.

(3) In subsection (2), for paragraphs (a) to (c) there is substituted “for such

purposes as may be prescribed under this subsection”.

(4) Subsections (3) to (5) and subsections (6C) to (6E) are omitted.

(5) After subsection (9) there is inserted—

“(9A) The Secretary of State may treat an application under this section as

an application under section 113 if in his opinion the certificate is not

required for a purpose prescribed under subsection (2).

(9B) Where by virtue of subsection (9A) the Secretary of State treats an

application under this section as an application under section 113, he

must refund to the applicant the amount (if any) by which the fee

paid in relation to the application under this section exceeds the fee

payable in relation to an application under section 113.”

5 In section 116 (enhanced criminal record certificates: judicial appointments

and Crown employment), in subsection (2)(b), for the words from “to

which” onwards there is substituted “of such description as may be

prescribed”.

6 (1) Section 120 (registered persons) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (2) there is substituted—

“(2) Subject to regulations under section 120ZA and 120AA and to section

120A the Secretary of State shall include in the register any person

who—

(a) applies to him in writing to be registered,

(b) satisfies the conditions in subsections (4) to (6), and
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(c) has not in the period of two years ending with the date of the

application been removed from the register under section

120A or 120AA.”

(3) Subsection (3) is omitted.

7 After section 120 there is inserted—

“120ZA Regulations about registration

(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make further provision

about registration.

(2) Regulations under this section may in particular make provision

for—

(a) the payment of fees,

(b) the information to be included in the register,

(c) the registration of any person to be subject to conditions,

(d) the nomination by—

(i) a body corporate or unincorporate, or

(ii) a person appointed to an office by virtue of any

enactment,

of the individuals authorised to act for it or, as the case may

be, him in relation to the countersigning of applications

under this Part, and

(e) the refusal by the Secretary of State, on such grounds as may

be specified in or determined under the regulations, to accept

or to continue to accept the nomination of a person as so

authorised. 

(3) The provision which may be made by virtue of subsection (2)(c)

includes provision—

(a) for the registration or continued registration of any person to

be subject to prescribed conditions or, if the regulations so

provide, such conditions as the Secretary of State thinks fit,

and

(b) for the Secretary of State to vary or revoke those conditions.

(4) The conditions imposed by virtue of subsection (2)(c) may in

particular include conditions—

(a) requiring a registered person, before he countersigns an

application at an individual’s request, to verify the identity of

that individual in the prescribed manner,

(b) requiring an application under section 113 or 115 to be

transmitted by electronic means to the Secretary of State by

the registered person who countersigns it, and

(c) requiring a registered person to comply with any code of

practice for the time being in force under section 122.”

8 At the end of the sidenote to section 120A (refusal and cancellation of

registration) there is inserted “on grounds related to disclosure”.

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“120AA Refusal, cancellation or suspension of registration on other grounds

(1) Regulations may make provision enabling the Secretary of State in

prescribed cases to refuse to register a person who, in the opinion of

the Secretary of State, is likely to countersign fewer applications

under this Part in any period of twelve months than a prescribed

minimum number.

(2) Subsection (3) applies where a registered person—

(a) is, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, no longer likely to

wish to countersign applications under this Part,

(b) has, in any period of twelve months during which he was

registered, countersigned fewer applications under this Part

than the minimum number specified in respect of him by

regulations under subsection (1), or

(c) has failed to comply with any condition of his registration.

(3) Subject to section 120AB, the Secretary of State may—

(a) suspend that person’s registration for such period not

exceeding 6 months as the Secretary of State thinks fit, or

(b) remove that person from the register.

120AB Procedure for cancellation or suspension under section 120AA

(1) Before cancelling or suspending a person’s registration by virtue of

section 120AA, the Secretary of State must send him written notice of

his intention to do so.

(2) Every such notice must—

(a) give the Secretary of State’s reasons for proposing to cancel

or suspend the registration, and

(b) inform the person concerned of his right under subsection (3)

to make representations.

(3) A person who receives such a notice may, within 21 days of service,

make representations in writing to the Secretary of State as to why

the registration should not be cancelled or suspended.

(4) After considering such representations, the Secretary of State must

give the registered person written notice—

(a) that at the end of a further period of six weeks beginning with

the date of service, the person’s registration will be cancelled

or suspended, or

(b) that he does not propose to take any further action.

(5) If no representations are received within the period mentioned in

subsection (3) the Secretary of State may cancel or suspend the

person’s registration at the end of the period mentioned in that

subsection.

(6) Subsection (1) does not prevent the Secretary of State from imposing

on the registered person a lesser sanction than that specified in the

notice under that subsection.

(7) Any notice under this section that is required to be given in writing

may be given by being transmitted electronically.
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(8) This section does not apply where—

(a) the Secretary of State is satisfied, in the case of a registered

person other than a body, that the person has died or is

incapable, by reason of physical or mental impairment, of

countersigning applications under this Part, or

(b) the registered person has requested to be removed from the

register.

(9) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend subsection (4)(a) by

substituting for the period there specified, such other period as may

be specified in the regulations.”

10 After section 122 there is inserted—

“122A Delegation of functions of Secretary of State

(1) The Secretary of State may, to such extent and subject to such

conditions as he thinks fit, delegate any relevant function of his

under this Part to such person as he may determine.

(2) A function is relevant for the purposes of subsection (1) if it does not

consist of a power—

(a) to make regulations, or

(b) to publish or revise a code of practice or to lay any such code

before Parliament.

(3) A delegation under subsection (1) may be varied or revoked at any

time.”

11 After section 124 (offences: disclosure) there is inserted—

“124A Further offences: disclosure of information obtained in connection 

with delegated function

(1) Any person who is engaged in the discharge of functions conferred

by this Part on the Secretary of State commits an offence if he

discloses information which has been obtained by him in connection

with those functions and which relates to a particular person unless

he discloses the information, in the course of his duties,—

(a) to another person engaged in the discharge of those

functions,

(b) to the chief officer of a police force in connection with a

request under this Part to provide information to the

Secretary of State, or

(c) to an applicant or registered person who is entitled under this

Part to the information disclosed to him.

(2) Where information is disclosed to a person and the disclosure—

(a) is an offence under subsection (1), or

(b) would be an offence under subsection (1) but for subsection

(3)(a), (d) or (e),

the person to whom the information is disclosed commits an offence

if he discloses it to any other person.
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(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a disclosure of information which is

made—

(a) with the written consent of the person to whom the

information relates,

(b) to a government department,

(c) to a person appointed to an office by virtue of any enactment,

(d) in accordance with an obligation to provide information

under or by virtue of any enactment, or

(e) for some other purpose specified in regulations made by the

Secretary of State.

(4) A person who is guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable

on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51

weeks or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale, or to

both.

(5) In relation to an offence committed before the commencement of

section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, the reference in

subsection (4) to 51 weeks is to be read as a reference to 6 months.”

12 In section 125 (regulations)—

(a) subsection (3) is omitted, and

(b) in subsection (4), the words “to which subsection (3) does not apply”

are omitted.

SCHEDULE 36 Section 331

FURTHER MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

PART 1

BAIL

Bail Act 1976 (c. 63)

1The Bail Act 1976 is amended as follows.

2 (1) Section 5(6A)(a) (supplementary provisions about decisions on bail) is

amended as follows.

(2) After “examination)” there is inserted “, section 52(5) of the Crime and

Disorder Act 1998 (adjournment of proceedings under section 51 etc)”.

(3) After sub-paragraph (ii) there is inserted—

“(iia) section 17C (intention as to plea:

adjournment), or”.

(4) After sub-paragraph (iii) there is inserted “or

(iiia) section 24C (intention as to plea by child or

young person: adjournment),”.

3 In Part 3 of Schedule 1 (interpretation) for paragraph 2 there is substituted—

“2 References in this Schedule to previous grants of bail include—

(a) bail granted before the coming into force of this Act;
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(b) as respects the reference in paragraph 2A of Part 1 of this

Schedule (as substituted by section 14(1) of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003), bail granted before the coming into force

of that paragraph;

(c) as respects the references in paragraph 6 of Part 1 of this

Schedule (as substituted by section 15(1) of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003), bail granted before the coming into force

of that paragraph;

(d) as respects the references in paragraph 9AA of Part 1 of

this Schedule, bail granted before the coming into force of

that paragraph;

(e) as respects the references in paragraph 9AB of Part 1 of this

Schedule, bail granted before the coming into force of that

paragraph;

(f) as respects the reference in paragraph 5 of Part 2 of this

Schedule (as substituted by section 13(4) of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003), bail granted before the coming into force

of that paragraph.”

Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54)

4 (1) Section 81 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (bail) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)(g) after “examination)” there is inserted “, section 52(5) of

the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (adjournment of proceedings under section

51 etc)”.

(3) In subsection (1)(g) the word “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (ii) is omitted

and after that sub-paragraph there is inserted—

“(iia) section 17C (intention as to plea: adjournment);”.

(4) In subsection (1)(g) after sub-paragraph (iii) there is inserted “or

(iiia) section 24C (intention as to plea by child or young

person: adjournment);”.

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60)

5 In section 38(2A) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (bail granted

by custody officer after charge)—

(a) for “2” there is substituted “2(1)”, and

(b) after “1976” there is inserted “(disregarding paragraph 2(2) of that

Part)”.

PART 2

CHARGING ETC

Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45)

6 In section 39 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (service of summons and citation

throughout United Kingdom) for subsection (1) there is substituted—

“(1) The following documents, namely—

(a) a summons requiring a person charged with an offence to

appear before a court in England or Wales,
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(b) a written charge (within the meaning of section 29 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003) charging a person with an offence,

(c) a requisition (within the meaning of that section) requiring a

person charged with an offence to appear before a court in

England or Wales, and

(d) any other document which, by virtue of any enactment, may

or must be served on a person with, or at the same time as, a

document mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above,

may, in such manner as may be prescribed by rules of court, be

served on him in Scotland or Northern Ireland.”

Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)

7 The Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 is amended as follows.

8 (1) Section 1 (issue of summons to accused or warrant for his arrest) is amended

as follows.

(2) In subsection (3) after “section” there is inserted “upon an information being

laid”.

(3) In subsection (4) after “summons” there is inserted “, or a written charge and

requisition,”.

(4) In subsection (6) after “has” there is inserted “, or a written charge and

requisition have,”.

(5) After subsection (6) there is inserted—

“(6A) Where the offence charged is an indictable offence and a written

charge and requisition have previously been issued, a warrant may

be issued under this section by a justice of the peace upon a copy of

the written charge (rather than an information) being laid before the

justice by a public prosecutor.”

(6) After subsection (7) there is inserted—

“(7A) For the purposes of subsection (6A) above, a copy of a written charge

may be laid before, and a warrant under this section may be issued

by, a single justice of the peace.”

9 In section 150(1) (interpretation of other terms) after the definition of

“prescribed” there is inserted—

“public prosecutor”, “requisition” and “written charge” have the same

meaning as in section 29 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003;”.

Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23)

10 (1) Section 15 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (interpretation) is

amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) after the definition of “public authority” there is inserted—

““public prosecutor”, “requisition” and “written charge” have the

same meaning as in section 29 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003;”.

(3) In subsection (2), after paragraph (b) there is inserted—

“(ba) where a public prosecutor issues a written charge and

requisition for the offence, when the written charge and

requisition are issued;”.
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Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)

11 (1) Section 51 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (intimidation,

etc, of witnesses, jurors and others) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (9), for the word “and” at the end of the definition of

“potential” there is substituted—

““public prosecutor”, “requisition” and “written charge” have

the same meaning as in section 29 of the Criminal Justice Act

2003;”

(3) In subsection (10)(a), after sub-paragraph (i) there is inserted—

“(ia) when a public prosecutor issues a written charge and

requisition in respect of the offence;”.

Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (c. 37)

12 (1) Section 60 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (prosecution by order of

Commissioners of Customs and Excise) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (6) for the word “and” at the end of the definition of “officer”

there is substituted—

““public prosecutor”, “requisition” and “written charge” have

the same meaning as in section 29 of the Criminal Justice Act

2003;”.

(3) In subsection (6A), after paragraph (a) there is inserted—

“(aa) when a public prosecutor issues a written charge and

requisition in respect of the offence;”.

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21)

13 (1) Section 145 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (interpretation of section 144)

is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2)(a), after sub-paragraph (i) there is inserted—

“(ia) when a public prosecutor issues a written charge and

requisition in respect of the offence;”.

(3) After subsection (2) there is inserted—

“(2A) In subsection (2) above “public prosecutor”, “requisition” and

“written charge” have the same meaning as in section 29 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003.”

Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11)

14 (1) Paragraph 11 of Schedule 4 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (proceedings for an

offence: timing) is amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1), after paragraph (a) there is inserted—

“(aa) when a public prosecutor issues a written charge and

requisition in respect of the offence;”.

(3) After sub-paragraph (2) there is inserted—

“(2A) In sub-paragraph (1) “public prosecutor”, “requisition” and

“written charge” have the same meaning as in section 29 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003.”
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Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)

15 (1) Section 85 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (proceedings) is amended as

follows.

(2) In subsection (1), after paragraph (a) there is inserted—

“(aa) when a public prosecutor issues a written charge and

requisition in respect of the offence;”.

(3) After subsection (8) there is inserted—

“(9) In this section “public prosecutor”, “requisition” and “written

charge” have the same meaning as in section 29 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003.”

Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32)

16 After section 4 of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 there is

inserted—

“4A General requirements for service of written charge or requisition

(1) This section applies to the following documents issued for the

purposes of criminal proceedings in England and Wales by a

prosecutor—

(a) a written charge (within the meaning of section 29 of the

Criminal Justice Act 2003),

(b) a requisition (within the meaning of that section).

(2) The written charge or requisition may be issued in spite of the fact

that the person on whom it is to be served is outside the United

Kingdom.

(3) Where the written charge or requisition is to be served outside the

United Kingdom and the prosecutor believes that the person on

whom it is to be served does not understand English, the written

charge or requisition must be accompanied by a translation of it in an

appropriate language.

(4) A written charge or requisition served outside the United Kingdom

must be accompanied by a notice giving any information required to

be given by rules of court.

(5) If a requisition is served outside the United Kingdom, no obligation

under the law of England and Wales to comply with the requisition

is imposed by virtue of the service.

(6) Accordingly, failure to comply with the requisition is not a ground

for issuing a warrant to secure the attendance of the person in

question.

(7) But the requisition may subsequently be served on the person in

question in the United Kingdom (with the usual consequences for

non-compliance).
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4B Service of written charge or requisition otherwise than by post

(1) A written charge or requisition to which section 4A applies may,

instead of being served by post, be served on a person outside the

United Kingdom in accordance with arrangements made by the

Secretary of State.

(2) But where the person is in a participating country, the written charge

or requisition may be served in accordance with those arrangements

only if one of the following conditions is met.

(3) The conditions are—

(a) that the correct address of the person is unknown,

(b) that it has not been possible to serve the written charge or

requisition by post,

(c) that there are good reasons for thinking that service by post

will not be effective or is inappropriate.”

PART 3

DISCLOSURE

Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23)

17 In section 22B of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (re-institution of

proceedings stayed under section 22(4) or 22A(5)), in subsection (5)(a) for

“section 3, 4, 7 or 9” there is substituted “section 3, 4 or 7A”.

Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c. 38)

18 In section 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (preparatory hearings in serious

fraud cases etc.), paragraphs (i) and (iii) of subsection (5) are omitted.

Criminal Justice (Serious Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1846 (N.I. 16))

19 In Article 8 of the Criminal Justice (Serious Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order

1988 (preparatory hearings in serious fraud cases etc.), sub-paragraphs (i)

and (iii) of paragraph (5) are omitted.

Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25)

20 The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 is amended as follows.

21In section 3 (primary disclosure by prosecutor), for the heading there is

substituted “Initial duty of prosecutor to disclose”.

22 In section 4 (primary disclosure: further provisions), in the heading for

“Primary disclosure” there is substituted “Initial duty to disclose”.

23 In section 5 (compulsory disclosure by accused), subsections (6) to (9) are

omitted.

24 In section 6 (voluntary disclosure by accused), subsection (3) is omitted.

25 Section 7 (secondary disclosure by prosecutor) shall cease to have effect.

26 Section 9 (continuing duty of prosecutor to disclose) shall cease to have

effect.
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27 In section 10 (prosecutor’s failure to observe time limits), in subsection (1),

for paragraph (b) there is substituted—

“(b) purports to act under section 7A(5) after the end of the period

which, by virtue of section 12, is the relevant period for

section 7A.”

28 In section 12 (time limits)—

(a) in subsection (1), for “and 7” there is substituted “, 6B, 6C and 7A(5)”;

(b) in subsection (5), for “7” there is substituted “7A(5)”.

29 In section 13 (time limits: transitional), for subsection (2) there is

substituted—

“(2) As regards a case in relation to which no regulations under section

12 have come into force for the purposes of section 7A, section 7A(5)

shall have effect as if—

(a) in paragraph (a) for the words from “during the period” to

the end, and

(b) in paragraph (b) for “during that period”,

there were substituted “as soon as is reasonably practicable after the

accused gives the statement in question”.

30 In section 14 (public interest: review for summary trials), in subsection (2)(a),

for “7(5), 8(5) or 9(8)” there is substituted “7A(8) or 8(5)”.

31In section 15 (public interest: review in other cases), in subsection (2)(a), for

“7(5), 8(5) or 9(8)” there is substituted “7A(8) or 8(5)”.

32 In section 16 (applications: opportunity to be heard), in paragraph (a) and in

the words after paragraph (c), for “7(5), 8(5), 9(8)” there is substituted “7A(8),

8(5)”.

33 In section 17 (confidentiality of disclosed information), in subsection (1)(a),

for “7, 9” there is substituted “7A”.

34 In section 19 (rules of court) in subsection (2)(b) and (d), for “7(5), 8(2) or (5),

9(8)” there is substituted “5(5B), 6B(6), 6E(5), 7A(8), 8(2) or (5)”.

35 In section 20 (other statutory rules as to disclosure)—

(a) subsection (2) is omitted, and

(b) in subsection (5)(a), for “sections 3 to 9” there is substituted “sections

3 to 8”.

36 In section 31 (preparatory hearings in complex cases etc.), paragraphs (a)

and (c) of subsection (6) are omitted.

37 (1) Section 77 (orders and regulations) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (5)—

(a) after “No” there is inserted “regulations or”, and

(b) after “section” there is inserted “6A or”.

(3) In subsection (6)(b) after “regulations” there is inserted “(other than

regulations under section 6A)”.

38 In Schedule 4 (modifications for Northern Ireland), in paragraph 7, for “3(6),

7(5), 8(5) or 9(8)” there is substituted “3(6), 7A(8) or 8(5)”.
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Sexual Offences (Protected Material) Act 1997 (c. 39)

39 In section 9(4) of the Sexual Offences (Protected Material) Act 1997 (which,

when in force, will add a subsection (6) to section 1 of the Criminal

Procedure and Investigations Act 1996), for “section 3, 7 or 9” there is

substituted “section 3 or 7A”.

PART 4

TRIALS ON INDICTMENT WITHOUT A JURY

Indictments Act 1915 (c. 90)

40 (1) Section 5 of the Indictments Act 1915 (orders for amendment of indictment,

separate trial and postponement of trial) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (5)(a) for “are to” there is substituted “(if there is one)”.

(3) In subsection (5)(b) after “discharged” there is inserted “under paragraph

(a)”.

Criminal Law Act 1967 (c. 58)

41In section 6(4) of the Criminal Law Act 1967 (trial of offences) after “jury”

there is inserted “or otherwise act”.

Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80)

42 In section 17 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 (entry of verdict of not guilty

by order of a judge)—

(a) for “the defendant being given in charge to a jury” there is

substituted “any further steps being taken in the proceedings”, and

(b) after “verdict of a jury” there is inserted “or a court”.

Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 (c. 18)

43 In section 6(3) of the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 (trial of

offences) after “jury” there is inserted “or otherwise act”.

Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19)

44 In section 7(2)(c) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (power to order retrial)—

(a) for “the jury were discharged from giving a verdict” there is

substituted “no verdict was given”, and

(b) for “convicting him” there is substituted “his being convicted”.

Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23)

45 (1) Section 48 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (committal for trial

on indictment) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (6A) for “the jury are sworn” there is substituted “the time

when the jury are sworn”.

(3) After subsection (6A) there is inserted—
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“(6B) The reference in subsection (6A) to the time when the jury are sworn

includes the time when the jury would be sworn but for—

(a) the making of an order under Part 7 of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003, or

(b) the application of section 75 of the Terrorism Act 2000.”

Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47)

46 In section 6(3)(c) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (power

to order retrial) for “the jury were discharged from giving a verdict” there is

substituted “no verdict was given”.

Supreme Court Act 1981 (c.54)

47 (1) Section 76 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 (committal for trial: alteration of

place of trial) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2A) for “the jury are sworn” there is substituted “the time

when the jury are sworn”

(3) After subsection (2A) there is inserted—

“(2B) The reference in subsection (2A) to the time when the jury are sworn

includes the time when the jury would be sworn but for the making

of an order under Part 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.”

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60)

48 (1) Section 77 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (confessions of

mentally handicapped persons) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) after “indictment” there is inserted “with a jury”.

(3) In subsection (2) after “indictment” there is inserted “with a jury”.

(4) After subsection (2) there is inserted—

“(2A) In any case where at the trial on indictment without a jury of a person

for an offence it appears to the court that a warning under subsection

(1) above would be required if the trial were with a jury, the court

shall treat the case as one in which there is a special need for caution

before convicting the accused on his confession.”

Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c.23)

49 The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 is amended as follows.

50 In section 7A(6)(a) (powers of non-legal staff) for “by a jury” there is

substituted “on indictment”.

51(1) Section 22 (power of Secretary of State to set time limits in relation to

preliminary stages of criminal proceedings) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (11A)—

(a) for “when a jury is sworn” there is substituted “at the time when a

jury is sworn”,

(b) for “a jury is sworn” there is substituted “the time when a jury is

sworn”.

(3) After that subsection there is inserted—
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“(11AA) The references in subsection (11A) above to the time when a jury is

sworn include the time when that jury would be sworn but for the

making of an order under Part 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.”

Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c.38)

52 The Criminal Justice Act 1987 is amended as follows.

53 (1) Section 7 (power to order preparatory hearing) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) for “the jury are sworn” there is substituted “the time when

the jury are sworn”.

(3) After subsection (2) there is inserted—

“(2A) The reference in subsection (1) above to the time when the jury are

sworn includes the time when the jury would be sworn but for the

making of an order under Part 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.”

54 (1) Section 9 (the preparatory hearing) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (4)(b) for “the jury” there is substituted “a jury”.

(3) In subsection (13) for “no jury shall be sworn” there is substituted “the

preparatory hearing shall not be concluded”.

55 (1) Section 10 (later stages of trial) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2) after “jury” there is inserted “or, in the case of a trial without

a jury, the judge”.

(3) In subsection (3) for “deciding whether to give leave” there is substituted

“doing anything under subsection (2) above or in deciding whether to do

anything under it”.

(4) In subsection (4) for “Except as provided by this section” there is substituted

“Except as provided by this section, in the case of a trial with a jury”.

Criminal Justice (Serious Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1846 (N.I. 16))

56 The Criminal Justice (Serious Fraud) (Northern Ireland) Order 1 988 is

amended as follows.

57 (1) Article 6 (power to order preparatory hearing) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1) for “the jury are sworn” there is substituted “the time when

the jury are sworn”.

(3) After paragraph (2) there is inserted—

“(2A) The reference in paragraph (1) to the time when the jury are sworn

includes the time when the jury would be sworn but for—

(a) the making of an order under Part 7 of the Criminal Justice

Act 2003, or

(b) the application of section 75 of the Terrorism Act 2000.”

58 (1) Article 8 (the preparatory hearing) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (4)(b) for “the jury” there is substituted “a jury”.

(3) In paragraph (12) for “no jury shall be sworn” there is substituted “the

preparatory hearing shall not be concluded”.

59 (1) Article 9 (later stages of trial) (as originally enacted) is amended as follows.
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(2) In paragraph (1) after “jury” there is inserted “or, in the case of a trial without

a jury, the judge”.

(3) In paragraph (2) for “deciding whether to give leave” there is substituted

“doing anything under paragraph (1) or in deciding whether to do anything

under it”.

(4) In paragraph (3) for “Except as provided by this Article” there is substituted

“Except as provided by this Article, in the case of a trial with a jury”.

60 (1) Article 9 (later stages of trial) (as substituted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to

the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25)) is amended as

follows.

(2) In paragraph (2) after “jury” there is inserted “or, in the case of a trial without

a jury, the judge”.

(3) In paragraph (3) for “deciding whether to give leave” there is substituted

“doing anything under paragraph (2) or in deciding whether to do anything

under it”.

(4) In paragraph (4) for “Except as provided by this Article” there is substituted

“Except as provided by this Article, in the case of a trial with a jury”.

Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12))

61(1) Article 75 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order

1989 (confessions of mentally handicapped persons) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1) after “indictment” there is inserted “with a jury”.

(3) In paragraph (2) after “indictment” there is inserted “with a jury”.

(4) After paragraph (2) there is inserted—

“(2A) In any case where at the trial on indictment without a jury of a

person for an offence it appears to the court that a warning under

paragraph (1) would be required if the trial were with a jury, the

court shall treat the case as one in which there is a special need for

caution before convicting the accused on his confession.”

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)

62 The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 is amended as follows.

63 In section 35(2) (effect of accused’s silence at trial) after “indictment” there is

inserted “with a jury”.

64 In section 51(10)(b) (intimidation of witnesses, jurors and others) after

“finding” there is inserted “otherwise than in circumstances where the

proceedings are continued without a jury”.

Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c.25)

65 The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 is amended as follows.

66 (1) Section 29 (power to order preparatory hearing) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)(a) for “the jury are sworn” there is substituted “the time

when the jury are sworn”.

(3) After subsection (4) there is inserted—
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“(5) The reference in subsection (1)(a) to the time when the jury are sworn

includes the time when the jury would be sworn but for the making

of an order under Part 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.”

67 In section 31(4)(b) (the preparatory hearing) for “the jury” there is

substituted “a jury”.

68 (1) Section 34 (later stages of trial) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2) after “jury” there is inserted “or, in the case of a trial without

a jury, the judge”.

(3) In subsection (3) for “deciding whether to give leave” there is substituted

“doing anything under subsection (2) or in deciding whether to do anything

under it”.

(4) In subsection (4) for “Except as provided by this section” there is substituted

“Except as provided by this section, in the case of a trial with a jury”.

69 In section 35(2) (appeals to Court of Appeal) for “no jury shall be sworn”

there is substituted “the preparatory hearing shall not be concluded”.

70 In section 36(2) (appeals to House of Lords) for “no jury shall be sworn”

there is substituted “the preparatory hearing shall not be concluded”.

71(1) Section 39 (meaning of pre-trial hearing) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3)—

(a) for “when a jury is sworn” there is substituted “at the time when a

jury is sworn”,

(b) for “a jury is sworn” there is substituted “the time when a jury is

sworn”.

(3) After that subsection there is inserted—

“(4) The references in subsection (3) to the time when a jury is sworn

include the time when that jury would be sworn but for the making

of an order under Part 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.”

72 (1) Schedule 4 (modifications for Northern Ireland) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 15 after the substituted version of section 39(2) there is

inserted—

“(2A) But, for the purposes of this Part, a hearing of the kind mentioned in

section 45(2)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 is not a pre-trial

hearing.”

(3) In paragraph 15 in paragraph (b) of the substituted version of section 39(3)—

(a) for “when a jury is sworn” there is substituted “at the time when a

jury is sworn”, and

(b) for “a jury is sworn” there is substituted “the time when a jury is

sworn”.

(4) After paragraph 15 there is inserted—

“15A In section 39(4) for “(3)” substitute “(3)(b)”.”

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)

73 In paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1 998

(applications for dismissal) for “a jury properly to convict him” there is

substituted “him to be properly convicted”.
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Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23)

74 The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 is amended as follows.

75 In section 32 (warning to jury) after “indictment” there is inserted “with a

jury”.

76 In section 39(1) (warning to jury) after “indictment” there is inserted “with a

jury”.

Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (c. 24)

77 In paragraph 19(6)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security

Act 2001 (general interpretation) after “finding” there is inserted “otherwise

than in circumstances where the proceedings are continued without a jury”.

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)

78 In section 316(9)(c) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (general

interpretation) after “finding” there is inserted “otherwise than in

circumstances where the proceedings are continued without a jury”.

PART 5

EVIDENCE

Criminal Procedure Act 1865 (c. 18)

79 In section 6 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1865 (witness’s conviction for

offence may be proved if not admitted)—

(a) for “A witness may be” there is substituted “If, upon a witness being

lawfully”;

(b) the words “and upon being so questioned, if” are omitted.

Criminal Evidence Act 1898 (c. 36)

80 In section 1 of the Criminal Evidence Act 1898 (defendant as witness)—

(a) at the beginning of subsection (2) there is inserted “Subject to section

101 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (admissibility of evidence of

defendant’s bad character),”;

(b) subsection (3) is omitted.

Army Act 1955 (c. 18)

81 In section 99(1) of the Army Act 1955 (rules of evidence) after “courts-martial

etc)” there is inserted “to Schedules 6 and 7 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

Air Force Act 1955 (c. 19)

82 In section 99(1) of the Air Force Act 1955 (rules of evidence) after “courtsmartial etc)” there is inserted “to Schedules 6 and 7 to the Criminal Justice

Act 2003”.
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Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53)

83 In section 64A(1) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (rules of evidence) after

“courts-martial etc)” there is inserted “to Schedules 6 and 7 to the Criminal

Justice Act 2003”.

Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52)

84 In paragraph 11(1) of Schedule 3 to the Armed Forces Act 1976 (rules of

evidence) after “paragraph 12 below” there is inserted “to Schedules 6 and 7

to the Criminal Justice Act 2003”.

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60)

85 (1) Section 74 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (conviction as

evidence of commission of offence) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) (commission of offence by non-defendant) for the words

from “, where to do so” to “committed that offence” there is substituted “that

that person committed that offence, where evidence of his having done so is

admissible”.

(3) In subsection (3) (commission of offence by defendant) the words from “in

so far” to “he is charged,” are omitted.

PART 6

MISCELLANEOUS

Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19)

86 The Criminal Appeal Act 1968 is amended as follows.

87 In section 31(1) (powers of Court of Appeal exercisable by single judge) after

paragraph (a) there is inserted—

“(aa) the power to give leave under section 14(4B) of the Criminal

Appeal Act 1995;”.

88 In section 31A (powers of Court of Appeal exercisable by registrar) after

subsection (4) there is inserted—

“(5) In this section “respondent” includes a person who will be a

respondent if leave to appeal is granted.”

89 In section 45 (construction of references to Court of Appeal)—

(a) in subsection (1), for “section 44A” there is substituted “sections 44A

and 51”,

(b) in subsection (2) after “sections” there is inserted “23A,”.

90 (1) Section 51 (interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) the definition of “the defendant” is omitted.

(3) After that subsection there is inserted—

“(1A) In Part 2 of this Act “the defendant”—

(a) in relation to an appeal under section 33(1) of this Act against

a decision of the Court of Appeal on an appeal under Part 1
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of this Act, means the person who was the appellant before

the Court of Appeal,

(b) in relation to an appeal under section 33(1) of this Act against

any other decision, means a defendant in the proceedings

before the Crown Court who was a party to the proceedings

before the Court of Appeal, and

(c) in relation to an appeal under section 33(1B) of this Act, shall

be construed in accordance with section 33(4) of this Act;

and, subject to section 33(1A) of this Act, “prosecutor” shall be

construed accordingly.”

Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47)

91The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 is amended as follows.

92 (1) Section 19 (legal aid) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1) after “an appeal” there is inserted “under this Part of this

Act”.

(3) In subsection (1A) for “for the purpose” there is substituted “in respect”.

(4) In subsection (1A)(a)—

(a) the words “application for leave to” are omitted, and

(b) after “hearings)” there is inserted “or section 47 of the Criminal

Justice Act 2003”.

(5) For subsection (1A)(b) there is substituted—

“(b) any other appeal to the Court of Appeal under any Northern

Ireland legislation (whenever passed or made) from

proceedings before the Crown Court; or

(c) an application for leave to appeal in relation to an appeal

mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above.”

(6) After subsection (1A) there is inserted—

“(1B) The Crown Court or the Court of Appeal may order that an acquitted

person shall be given legal aid in respect of an application made in

relation to him under section 76 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.”

(7) In subsection (3) for “an appellant” there is substituted “a person”.

93 (1) Section 28 (costs) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2)(a) for “this Part” there is substituted “section 19(1)”.

(3) After subsection (2) there is inserted—

“(2AA) The expenses of any solicitor or counsel assigned to a person

pursuant to a grant of legal aid under section 19(1A) or (1B) of this

Act shall, up to an amount allowed by the Master (Taxing Office), be

defrayed by the Lord Chancellor.”

(4) In subsection (2A) after “(2)(a)” there is inserted “or (2AA)”.

(5) In subsection (2G)—

(a) after “(2)(a)” there is inserted “or (2AA)”, and

(b) for “subsection (2)” there is substituted “subsections (2) and (2AA)”.

94 For section 31(3) (definition of defendant and prosecutor) there is

substituted—
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“(3) In this Part of this Act “the defendant”—

(a) in relation to an appeal under subsection (1) above against a

decision of the Court on an appeal under Part 1 of this Act,

means the person who was the appellant before the Court;

(b) in relation to an appeal under subsection (1) above against

any other decision, means a defendant in the proceedings

before the Crown Court who was a party to the proceedings

before the Court;

(c) in relation to an appeal under subsection (1B) above, shall be

construed in accordance with subsection (4) below;

and, subject to subsection (1A) above, “prosecutor” shall be

construed accordingly.”

95 In section 45 (powers of Court of Appeal exercisable by single judge) after

subsection (3B) there is inserted—

“(3C) Subject to section 44(4) above, the power of the Court of Appeal to

give leave under section 14(4B) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 may

be exercised by a single judge of the Court.”

Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33)

96 In section 36 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (reviews of sentencing)—

(a) in subsection (3), for “10” there is substituted “11”,

(b) in subsection (9)(b), for “10 and 35(1)” there is substituted “11 and

35(1)”.

Criminal Appeal Act 1995 (c. 35)

97 In section 15(2)(a) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1995 (investigations by

Criminal Cases Review Commission for Court of Appeal) for “case”, in both

places where it occurs, there is substituted “appeal or application for leave

to appeal”.

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)

98 In section 159 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000

(execution of process between England and Wales and Scotland), for

“paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1” there is substituted “paragraph 3(2) or 9C(2)

of Schedule 1”.

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REPEALS

PART 1

REPEALS RELATING TO AMENDMENTS OF POLICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ACT 1984

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal

Police and Criminal Evidence

Act 1984 (c. 60)

In section 1(8), the word “and” at the end of

paragraph (c).
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PART 2

BAIL

Police and Criminal Evidence

Act 1984 (c. 60)—cont.

In section 54(1), the words “and record or cause

to be recorded”.

In section 63(3)(a), the words “is in police

detention or”.

In section 67—

(a) the word “such” in subsections (9),

(10)(a), (b) and (c) and in both places where it

occurs in subsection (11), and

(b) the words “of practice to which this

section applies” in subsection (9A).

In section 113—

(a) in subsection (4), the words “issued

under that subsection”,

(b) in subsection (8), the words “of practice

issued under this section”, and

(c) in subsection (10), the word “such” in

both places where it occurs.

Criminal Justice and Public

Order Act 1994 (c. 33) 

Section 29(3).

Armed Forces Act 2001 (c. 19) In section 2(9), the word “and” at the end of

paragraph (c).

Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30) In Schedule 7, paragraph 9(1) and (6).

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal

Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80) In section 22, in subsection (1) the words

“subject to section 25 of the Criminal Justice

and Public Order Act 1994” and in subsection

(3) the words from “except that” to the end.

Courts Act 1971 (c. 23) In Schedule 8, in paragraph 48(b), the word

“22(3)”.

Bail Act 1976 (c. 63) In section 3(6), the words “to secure that”.

In section 3A(5), the words “for the purpose of

preventing that person from”. In section 5, in subsection (3), the words from

“with a view” to “another court”, and in

subsection (6), in paragraph (a) the words “to

the High Court or” and paragraph (b).

In section 5A(2), in the substituted version of

section 5(3), the words from “with a view” to

“vary the conditions”.

Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) In section 81(1)(g), the word “or” at the end of

sub-paragraph (ii).

Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) In Schedule 11, in paragraph 22(2), the words

“and the words” onwards.

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)

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PART 3

DISCLOSURE

PART 4

ALLOCATION AND SENDING OF OFFENCES

Criminal Justice and Public

Order Act 1994 (c. 33)

Section 26.

In Schedule 10, paragraphs 15 and 34.

Powers of Criminal Courts

(Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)

In Schedule 9, paragraph 87(b).

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal

Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c. 38) In section 9(5)(i) and (iii).

Criminal Justice (Serious Fraud)

(Northern Ireland) Order

1988 (S.I. 1988/1846 (N.I. 16))

Article 8(5)(i) and (iii).

Criminal Procedure and

Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25)

Section 5(6) to (9).

Section 6(3).

Section 7.

Section 9.

Section 20(2).

Section 31(6)(a) and (c).

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal

Bankers’ Books Evidence Act

1879 (c. 11)

In section 4, the paragraph beginning “Where

the proceedings”.

In section 5, the paragraph beginning “Where

the proceedings”.

Explosive Substances Act 1883

(c. 3)

Section 6(3).

Criminal Justice Act 1925 (c. 86) Section 49(2).

Administration of Justice

(Miscellaneous Provisions)

Act 1933 (c. 36)

In section 2(2), paragraphs (aa) to (ac),

paragraphs (iA) and (iB), and the words from

“and in paragraph (iA)” to the end.

Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58) Section 41(5A).

In section 80, the definition of “Court of

summary jurisdiction”.

Backing of Warrants (Republic

of Ireland) Act 1965 (c. 45)

In the Schedule, in paragraph 4, the words “and

section 2 of the Poor Prisoners Defence Act

1930 (legal aid before examining justices)”.

Criminal Procedure

(Attendance of Witnesses)

Act 1965 (c. 69)

Section 2(5).

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)

Schedule 37 — Repeals

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433

Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80) In section 9(1), the words “, other than

committal proceedings”. In section 36(1), the definition of “committal

proceedings”.

Criminal Appeal Act 1968

(c. 19)

In section 9(2), the words from “section 41” to

“either way offence”.

Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27) In Schedule 6, in Part 2, paragraph 3.

Theft Act 1968 (c. 60) Section 27(4A).

Criminal Justice Act 1972 (c. 71) In section 46, subsections (1A) to (1C).

Bail Act 1976 (c. 63) In section 3, subsections (8A) and (8B), and the

subsection (10) inserted by paragraph 12(b) of

Schedule 9 to the Criminal Justice and Public

Order Act 1994 (c. 33).

Section 5(6A)(a)(i).

Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45) In Schedule 12, the entry relating to the

Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27).

Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30) In Schedule 1, in the definition of “Committed

for trial”, paragraph (a).

Customs and Excise

Management Act 1979 (c. 2)

Section 147(2).

Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

(c. 43) 

Sections 4 to 8, and the cross-heading preceding

section 4.

In section 8B(6)(a), the words “commits or”.

Section 24(1A) and (2).

In section 25, subsections (3) to (8).

In section 33(1), paragraph (b) and the word

“and” immediately preceding it.

Section 42.

Section 97A.

Section 103.

Section 106.

In section 128, in subsection (1)(b), the words

“inquiring into or”, and in each of subsections

(1A)(a), (3A), (3C)(a) and (3E)(a), the word

“5,”.

In section 130(1), the word “5,”.

Section 145(1)(f).

In section 150(1), the definition of “committal

proceedings”.

In section 155(2)(a), the words “8 (except

subsection (9))”.

In Schedule 3, paragraph 2(a).

In Schedule 5, paragraph 2.

In Schedule 7, paragraph 73.

Criminal Justice (Amendment)

Act 1981 (c. 27)

The whole Act.

Criminal Attempts Act 1981

(c. 47)

In section 2(2)(g), the words “or committed for

trial”.

Contempt of Court Act 1981

(c. 49)

Section 4(4).

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)

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434

Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54) Section 76(5).

Section 77(4).

In section 81—

(a) in subsection (1)(a), the words “who has

been committed in custody for appearance

before the Crown Court or in relation to

whose case a notice of transfer has been given

under a relevant transfer provision or”,

(b) subsection (1)(g)(i),

(c) subsection (7).

Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) Section 61.

In Schedule 9, paragraph 1(a).

Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20) In section 52(7)(b), the words “where the court

proceeds under subsection (1) of that

section,”.

Police and Criminal Evidence

Act 1984 (c. 60)

Section 62(10)(a)(i).

In section 71, the paragraph beginning “Where

the proceedings”.

Section 76(9).

Section 78(3).

Prosecution of Offences Act

1985 (c. 23)

In section 16, subsections (1)(b), (2)(aa) and (12).

In section 23A(1)(b), the words from “under” to

“1998”.

In Schedule 1, paragraphs 2 and 3.

Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c. 38) Sections 4 to 6.

In section 11—

(a) subsection (2)(a),

(b) subsection (3),

(c) in subsection (7), the word “(3),”,

(d) in subsection (8), the word “(3),”,

(e) subsections (9) and (10),

(f) in subsection (11), paragraphs (a) and

(d).

In Schedule 2, paragraphs 1, 9 and 14.

Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) Section 23(5).

Section 24(5).

In section 26, the paragraph beginning “This

section shall not apply”. In section 27, the paragraph beginning “This

section shall not apply”.

Section 30(4A).

Section 33.

In section 40(1), the words “were disclosed to a

magistrates’ court inquiring into the offence

as examining justices or”. 

Section 41.

Section 144.

In Schedule 15, paragraphs 10, 66 and 104.

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal
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435

Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988

(c. 53)

Section 11(3A).

Section 13(7).

Section 16(6A).

Section 20(8A).

Courts and Legal Services Act

1990 (c. 41)

In Schedule 18, paragraph 25(5).

Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42) In Schedule 20, paragraph 29(1).

Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) Section 53.

Section 55(1).

Schedule 6.

In Schedule 11, paragraph 25.

Criminal Justice and Public

Order Act 1994 (c. 33)

Section 34(2)(a).

Section 36(2)(a).

Section 37(2)(a).

In Schedule 9, paragraphs 12, 17(c), 18(d), 25, 27,

29 and 49.

In Schedule 10, paragraphs 40 and 71.

Criminal Procedure and

Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25)

In section 1 (2), paragraphs (a) to (c) and, in

paragraph (cc), the words from “under” to the

end.

In section 5, subsections (2) and (3).

In section 13(1), paragraphs (a) to (c) of the

modified section 3(8).

Section 28(1)(b).

Section 44(3).

Section 45.

Section 49(4).

Section 68.

In Schedule 1, paragraphs 2 to 5, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15

to 19, 22(3), 24 to 26, 28 to 32, and 34 to 38.

Schedule 2.

Sexual Offences (Protected

Material) Act 1997 (c. 39)

Section 9(1).

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

(c. 37)

Section 47(6).

In section 50(1), the words “unless the accused

falls to be dealt with under section 51 below”.

In Schedule 3, in paragraph 2, sub-paragraphs

(4) and (5), paragraph 12, and in paragraph

13(2), the words from “unless” to the end.

In Schedule 8, paragraphs 8, 37, 40, 65 and 93.

Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22) Section 67(3).

In Schedule 4, paragraphs 16, 39 and 47.

In Schedule 13, paragraphs 96, 111 and 137.

Youth Justice and Criminal

Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23)

Section 27(10).

In section 42(3), paragraphs (a) and (b).

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal
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EVIDENCE OF BAD CHARACTER

PART 6

HEARSAY EVIDENCE

Powers of Criminal Courts

(Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)

In section 89(2)(b), the words “trial or”.

In section 140(1)(b), the words “was committed

to the Crown Court to be tried or dealt with

or by which he”.

In Schedule 9, paragraphs 62, 63, 64(2), 65, 91

and 201.

In Schedule 11, paragraph 9.

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal

Criminal Procedure Act 1865

 (c. 18)

In section 6, the words “and upon being so

questioned, if”.

Criminal Evidence Act 1898

 (c. 36)

Section 1(3).

Children and Young Persons

Act 1963 (c. 37)

Section 16(2) and (3).

Criminal Evidence Act 1979

 (c. 16)

In section 1, the words from “each of the

following” to “1898, and”.

Police and Criminal Evidence

Act 1984 (c. 60)

In section 74(3), the words from “in so far” to

“he is charged,”.

Criminal Justice and Public

Order Act 1994 (c. 33)

Section 31.

Crime (Sentences) Act 1997

(c. 43)

In Schedule 4, paragraph 4.

Youth Justice and Criminal

Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23)

In Schedule 4, paragraph 1(5).

Powers of Criminal Courts

(Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)

In Schedule 9, paragraph 23.

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal

Registered Designs Act 1949

(c. 88)

In section 17, in subsection (8) the words

“Subject to subsection (11) below,” and in

subsection (10) the words “, subject to

subsection (11) below,”.

Patents Act 1977 (c. 37) In section 32, in subsection (9) the words

“Subject to subsection (12) below,” and in

subsection (11) the words “, subject to

subsection (12) below,”.

Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) Part 2.

Schedule 2.

In Schedule 13, paragraphs 2 to 5.

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—cont. In Schedule 15, paragraph 32.

In Schedule 4, paragraph 6(2).

Finance Act 1994 (c. 9) Section 22(2)(b).

In Schedule 7, paragraph 1(6)(b).

Value Added Tax Act 1994

(c. 23)

In Schedule 11, paragraph 6(6)(b).

Criminal Justice and Public

Order Act 1994 (c. 33)

In Schedule 9, paragraph 31.

Civil Evidence Act 1995 (c. 38) In Schedule 1, paragraph 12.

Finance Act 1996 (c. 8) In Schedule 5, paragraph 2(6)(a).

Criminal Procedure and

Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25)

In Schedule 1, paragraphs 28 to 31.

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

(c. 37)

In Schedule 3, paragraph 5(4).

Youth Justice and Criminal

Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23)

In Schedule 4, paragraph 16.

Finance Act 2000 (c. 17) In Schedule 6, paragraph 126(2)(a).

Finance Act 2001 (c. 9) In Schedule 7, paragraph 3(2)(a).

Crime (International Cooperation) Act 2003 (c. 32)In section 9(4), the words “section 25 of the

Criminal Justice Act 1988 or”.

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal

Piracy Act 1837 (c. 88) Section 3.

Children and Young Persons

Act 1933 (c. 12)

In section 16(3), the words “mandatory and”.

Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80) In section 104, in subsection (1) the definition of

“suspended sentence” and subsection (2).

Criminal Appeal Act 1968

(c. 19)

In section 10 subsection (2)(c) and the word “or”

immediately preceding it.

Section 11(4).

Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968

(c. 49)

In section 94(1), the definition of “community

rehabilitation order”.

Bail Act 1976 (c. 63) In section 2(1)(d), the words “placing the

offender on probation or”.

Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

(c. 43)

In section 82(4A), paragraph (e) and the word

“or” immediately preceding it.

Section 133(2).

In Schedule 6A, the entry relating to section

123(3) of the Powers of Criminal Courts

(Sentencing) Act 2000.

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Forgery and Counterfeiting Act

1981 (c. 45)

Section 23(1)(b), (2)(b) and (3)(b).

Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20) In section 37(1B), the words “109(2),”.

In section 45A(1)(b), the words from “except” to

“1997”.

Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988

(c. 53)

In section 46(1), paragraph (a) and the word

“or” following it.

Football Spectators Act 1989

(c. 37)

In section 7, subsection (9) and in subsection

(10)(b) the words from “(or” to the end.

Children Act 1989 (c. 41) In section 68(2)(d), the words “a probation order

has been made in respect of him or he has

been”.

In Schedule 9A, in paragraph 4(2)(g), the words

“placed on probation or”.

Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) Sections 32 to 51.

Section 65.

Schedule 5.

In Schedule 12—

(a) in paragraph 8(8), paragraph (d), and

(b) in paragraph 9(3), paragraph (c).

Prisoners and Criminal

Proceedings (Scotland) Act

1993 (c. 9)

In section 10(1)(a), sub-paragraph (i) and the

succeeding “or”.

Criminal Justice Act 1993 (c. 36) Section 67(1).

Criminal Justice and Public

Order Act 1994 (c. 33)

In section 25(3)(c), the words “placing the

offender on probation or”.

Criminal Procedure (Scotland)

Act 1995 (c. 46)

In section 234—

(a) in subsection (1), the words after

paragraph (b),

(b) in subsection (3), the words from “or to

vary” to “one hundred”, and

(c) subsection (11).

Crime (Sentences) Act 1997

(c. 43)

Sections 35 and 40.

In Schedule 1, paragraph 15(5).

In Schedule 2, paragraphs 2 and 3.

In Schedule 4, paragraphs 6(2), 7, 10(1), 12(1), 13

and 15(10).

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

(c. 37)

In section 18, subsection (2).

In section 38(4)(i), the words “section 37(4A) or

65 of the 1991 Act or”.

Sections 59 and 60.

Sections 80 and 81.

Sections 99 and 100.

Sections 101(1).

Sections 103 to 105.

In section 121(12), the words from the beginning

to “paragraphs 56 to 60 of Schedule 8 to this

Act;”.

In Schedule 7, paragraph 50.

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Crime and Disorder Act 1998

(c. 37)—cont.

In Schedule 8, paragraphs 11, 13(2), 56, 58, 59, 79

to 84, 86 to 91, 94, 97, 132 and 135(3) and (4).

Criminal Justice (Children)

(Northern Ireland) Order

1998 (S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9))

In Schedule 5, paragraph 28(b).

Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22) Section 58(5).

Powers of Criminal Courts

(Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)

Section 6(4)(d).

Section 12(4).

Sections 34 to 36A.

In section 36B, subsections (4) and (8) and, in

subsection (9), the words from “a community

punishment order” to “a drug abstinence

order”.

In section 37, in subsection (9) the words “who

on conviction is under 16” and subsection

(10).

In section 40A, subsection (4), in subsection (9)

the words “who on conviction is under 16”

and subsection (10).

Sections 41 to 59.

In section 60, in subsection (1 ), paragraph (c)

and the word “or” immediately preceding it.

Section 62.

Section 69(11).

Section 73(7).

Sections 78 to 82.

Section 84.

Section 85.

Sections 87 and 88.

Section 91(2).

Section 100(4).

Section 106(2) and (3).

Section 109.

Section 110(3).

Section 111(3).

In section 112(1)(a), the words “109,”.

In section 113, in subsection (1)(a), the words “a

serious offence or” and in subsection (3), the

words ““serious offence”,” and “109,”.

In section 114(1)(b), the words “a serious

offence,”.

In section 115, the word “109,”.

Sections 116 and 117.

Sections 118 to 125.

Sections 126 to 129.

Sections 151 to 153.

Sections 156 to 158.

In section 159, the words “, 121(1) or 123(1)” and

“paragraph 6(6) of Schedule 4 to this Act,”.

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Powers of Criminal Courts

(Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)—

cont.

In section 160—

(a) in subsection (2), in paragraph (a) the

words from “42(2E)” to “Schedule 2” and in

paragraph (b) the words from “122(7)” to the

end,

(b) in subsection (3), in paragraph (a) the

words “45, 50, 58, 58A(4), 85(7)”, paragraph

(b) and the word “or” immediately preceding

it,

(c) subsection (4), and

(d) in subsection (5), in paragraph (a) the

words from “or paragraph 7” to the end, and

in paragraph (b) the words from “42(2E)” to

the end.

Section 161(2) to (4).

Section 162.

In section 163, in the definition of “affected

person”, paragraphs (b) and (c), the

definitions of “the appropriate officer of the

court”, “community punishment and

rehabilitation order”, “community

rehabilitation order”, “community

rehabilitation period”, “community

punishment order”, the definitions of “drug

abstinence order”, “drug treatment and

testing order”, “falling to be imposed under

section 109(2), 110(2) or 11(2)”, “pre-sentence

report”, “protecting the public from serious

harm”’, in the definition of “responsible

officer”, paragraphs (b) to (ee) and the words

from “except that” to “that section;”, the

definitions of “review hearing”, “sexual

offence”, “specified Class A drug”,

“suspended sentence supervision order”, “the

testing requirement”, “the treatment

provider”, “the treatment requirement”, “the

treatment and testing period”, “trigger

offence” and “violent offence”.

In section 168—

(a) in subsection (1 ), the words “to

subsection (2) below and”, and

(b) subsections (2) and (3).

Schedule 2.

Schedule 4.

In Schedule 7, paragraph 3(4).

In Schedule 8, paragraph 3(4).

In Schedule 9, paragraphs 7, 24(a), 26(2), 28, 29,

52, 54(3), 55, 61, 76, 81, 82, 89(2), 90(2), 94, 102,

137 to 145, 147(2) and (3)(a) to (d) and (e)(i),

151, 174, 176(2) to (5) and (7), 177(2) and (3),

184, 185, 186(3) and (4), 187(2), (3) and (5), 196

and 202.

Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) In Schedule 15, paragraph 20.

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Child Support, Pensions and

Social Security Act 2000

(c. 19)

Section 62(10).

Criminal Justice and Court

Services Act 2000 (c. 43)

Section 47 to 51.

Sections 53 to 55.

Section 63.

Section 64(5)(e).

In section 78(1), the definition of “community

order”.

In Schedule 7, paragraphs 1 to 3, 104 to 107,

111(b), 123(a) and (c) to (f), 124(a) and (b), 133,

139, 140, 161, 162, 165 to 172, 177, 179, 189,

196(c)(ii) and (iii), 197(c) and (g)(ii), 198 to 200

and 206(a).

Anti-terrorism, Crime and

Security Act 2001 (c. 24)

Section 39(7).

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

(c. 29)

In Schedule 11, paragraph 32.

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal

Murder (Abolition of Death

Penalty) Act 1965 (c. 71)

Section 1(2).

Repatriation of Prisoners Act

1984 (c. 47) 

In section 2(4)(b)(i), the words “or 29(1)”.

Section 3(9).

Paragraph 3 of the Schedule.

Crime (Sentences) Act 1997

(c. 43)

Section 29.

Section 31(4).

Section 33.

In section 34(3), the words from the beginning

to “advocate; and”.

Crime and Punishment

(Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 48)

In Schedule 1, paragraph 10(3).

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.

37)

In Schedule 8, paragraphs 57 and 60.

Powers of Criminal Courts

(Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)

In section 82A, in subsection (4) the words

“subject to subsection (5) below”, and

subsections (5) and (6).

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal

Vagrancy Act 1824 (c. 83) Section 5.

Section 10.

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Railway Regulation Act 1842

(c. 55)

In section 17, the words from “be imprisoned”

(where first occurring) to “discretion of such

justice, shall”.

London Hackney Carriages Act

1843 (c. 86)

In section 28, the words from “; or it shall be

lawful” to the end.

Town Police Clauses Act 1847

(c. 89)

In section 28, the words from “, or, in the

discretion” to “fourteen days”.

In section 29, the words from “, or, in the

discretion” to the end.

In section 36, the words from “, or, in the

discretion” to “one month”.

Ecclesiastical Courts

Jurisdiction Act 1860 (c. 32)

In section 2, the words from “, or may, if the

justices” to the end.

Town Gardens Protection Act

1863 (c. 13)

In section 5, the words “, or to imprisonment for

any period not exceeding fourteen days”.

Public Stores Act 1875 (c. 25) In section 8, the words from “, or, in the

discretion” to the end.

North Sea Fisheries Act 1893

(c. 17)

In section 2—

(a) in paragraph (a), the words from “, or, in

the discretion” to the end, and

(b) in paragraph (b), the words from “, or in

the discretion” to the end.

In section 3(a), the words from “, or, in the

discretion” to the end.

Children and Young Persons

Act 1933 (c. 12)

In section 4(1), the words from “, or

alternatively” to the end.

Protection of Animals Act 1934

(c. 21)

In section 2, the words from “, or, alternatively”

to the end.

Public Health Act 1936 (c. 49) In section 287(5), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Essential Commodities

Reserves Act 1938 (c. 51)

In section 4(2), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

London Building Acts

(Amendment) Act 1939 (c.

xcvii)

In section 142(5), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Cancer Act 1939 (c. 13) In section 4(2), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Civil Defence Act 1939 (c. 31) In section 77, the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Hill Farming Act 1946 (c. 73) In section 19—

(a) in subsection (2), the words from “, or to

imprisonment” to the end, and

(b) in subsection (3), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

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Agriculture Act 1947 (c. 48) In section 14(7) (as remaining in force for the

purposes of section 95), the words—

(a) “to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding three months or”, and

(b) “or to both such imprisonment and such

fine”.

In section 95(3), the words—

(a) “to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding three months or”, and

(b) “or to both such imprisonment and such

fine”.

Civil Defence Act 1948 (c. 5) In section 4(4), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Agricultural Wages Act 1948

(c. 47)

In section 12(7), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949

(c. 54)

In section 14(1B), the words—

(a) “to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding three months or”, and

(b) “, or both”.

Prevention of Damage by Pests

Act 1949 (c. 55)

In section 22(5), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Coast Protection Act 1949 (c. 74) In section 25(9), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Pet Animals Act 1951 (c. 35) In section 5—

(a) in subsection (1), the words “other than

the last foregoing section” and the words

from “or to imprisonment” to the end, and

(b) subsection (2).

Cockfighting Act 1952 (c. 59) In section 1(1), the words—

(a) “to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding three months, or”, and

(b) “, or to both such imprisonment and

such fine”.

Agricultural Land (Removal of

Surface Soil) Act 1953 (c. 10)

In section 2(1)—

(a) paragraph (a) of the proviso,

(b) the word “; or” immediately preceding

paragraph (b) of the proviso, and

(c) the words “or to both”.

Accommodation Agencies Act

1953 (c. 23)

In section 1(5), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2

c. 18)

In section 19(1), the words “to imprisonment for

a term not exceeding three months or”. In section 161, the words from “, or to

imprisonment” to the end.

In section 171(1), the words from “, or to

imprisonment” to the end.

In section 191, the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

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Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2

c. 18)—cont.

In section 193, the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

In section 196(3), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

In section 197(3), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2

c. 19)

In section 19(1), the words “to imprisonment for

a term not exceeding three months or”.

In section 161, the words from “, or to

imprisonment” to the end.

In section 171(1), the words from “, or to

imprisonment” to the end.

In section 191, the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

In sections 193, the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

In section 196(3), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

In section 197(3), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Naval Discipline Act 1957

(c. 53)

In section 96, the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

In section 99(3), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Agricultural Marketing Act

1958 (c. 47) 

In section 45(6), the words—

(a) “to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding one month, or”, and

(b) “, or to both such imprisonment and

such fine”.

Rivers (Prevention of Pollution)

Act 1961 (c. 50) 

In section 12(2), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Betting, Gaming and Lotteries

Act 1963 (c. 2)

In section 8(1), the words—

(a) “or to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding three months, or to both”, and

(b) “in any case”.

Children and Young Persons

Act 1963 (c. 37)

In section 40—

(a) in subsection (1), the words from “or

imprisonment” to the end, and

(b) in subsection (2), the words from “or

imprisonment” to the end.

Animal Boarding

Establishments Act 1963

(c. 43)

In section 3—

(a) in subsection (1), the words “other than

the last foregoing section” and the words

from “or to imprisonment” to the end, and

(b) subsection (2).

Agriculture and Horticulture

Act 1964 (c. 28)

In section 20(2), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

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Emergency Laws (Reenactments and Repeals) Act

1964 (c. 60)

In Schedule 1—

(a) in paragraph 1(3), the words “to

imprisonment for a term not exceeding three

months or” and “, or to both”, and

(b) in paragraph 2(4), the words “to

imprisonment for a term not exceeding three

months or” and “, or to both”.

Riding Establishments Act 1964

(c. 70)

In section 4(1), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Industrial and Provident

Societies Act 1965 (c. 12)

In section 16(5), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

In section 48(2), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Cereals Marketing Act 1965

(c. 14)

In section 17(1), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Gas Act 1965 (c. 36) In Schedule 6, in paragraph 9, the words from

“or to imprisonment” to the end.

Armed Forces Act 1966 (c. 45) In section 8, the words “to imprisonment for a

term not exceeding three months or”.

Agriculture Act 1967 (c. 22) In section 6(9), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

In section 14(2), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

In section 69, the words from “or

imprisonment” to the end.

Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c. 80) Section 20.

Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act

1967 (c. 83)

In section 14(2), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Theatres Act 1968 (c. 54) In section 13(3), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Theft Act 1968 (c. 60) In Schedule 1, in paragraph 2(1), the words—

(a) “to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding three months or”, and

(b) “or to both”.

Agriculture Act 1970 (c. 40) In section 106(8), the words from “or

imprisonment” to the end.

Breeding of Dogs Act 1973

(c. 60)

In section 3(1)—

(a) paragraph (a),

(b) the word “; or” immediately preceding

paragraph (b), and

(c) the words “or to both”.

Slaughterhouses Act 1974 (c. 3) In section 38(5), the words “or imprisonment for

a term of three months or both”.

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National Health Service Act

1977 (c. 49)

In Schedule 11—

(a) in paragraph 8(3), the words “to

imprisonment for a term not exceeding three

months or” and “, or to both”, and

(b) in paragraph 9(4), the words “to

imprisonment for a term not exceeding three

months or” and “, or to both”.

Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 

(c. 43)

In section 84(3), the words—

(a) “imprisonment for a term not exceeding

4 months or”, and

(b) “to both”.

Animal Health Act 1981 (c. 22) In paragraph 6 of Schedule 1, the words—

(a) “or to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding 2 months,”, and

(b) “in either case”.

Fisheries Act 1981 (c. 29) In section 5(4), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16) In section 82(2), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48) Section 70.

Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20) Section 43(5).

In section 103(9), the words—

(a) “to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding three months or”, and

(b) “or both”.

In section 129(3), the words—

(a) “to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding three months or”, and

(b) “or to both”.

Building Act 1984 (c. 55) In section 96(3), the words “or to imprisonment

for a term not exceeding three months”.

Surrogacy Arrangements Act

1985 (c. 49)

In section 4(1)—

(a) paragraph (a), and

(b) in paragraph (b), the words “in the case

of an offence under section 3”.

Animals (Scientific Procedures)

Act 1986 (c. 14)

In section 22(3), the words—

(a) “to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding three months or”, and

(b) “or to both”.

In section 23(2), the words—

(a) “to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding three months or”, and

(b) “or to both”.

In section 25(3), the words—

(a) “to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding three months or”, and

(b) “or to both”.

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Motor Cycle Noise Act 1987

(c. 34)

In the Schedule, in paragraph 1(1), the words

“to imprisonment for a term not exceeding

three months or”.

Human Organ Transplants Act

1989 (c. 31)

In section 2(5), the words—

(a) “imprisonment for a term not exceeding

three months or”, and

(b) “or both”.

Town and Country Planning

Act 1990 (c. 8)

In Schedule 15, in paragraph 14(4), the words

from “or to imprisonment” to the end.

Environmental Protection Act

1990 (c. 43)

In section 118(7), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) Section 26(5).

Deer Act 1991 (c. 54) In section 10(3), the words from “or to

imprisonment” to the end.

Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56) In section 206(9), the words—

(a) “to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding three months or”, and

(b) “or to both”.

In Schedule 6, in paragraph 5(5), the words—

(a) “to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding three months or”, and

(b) “or to both”.

Social Security Administration

Act 1992 (c. 5)

In section 105(1), the words—

(a) “to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding 3 months or”, and

(b) “or to both”.

In section 182(3), the words—

(a) “to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding 3 months or”, and

(b) “or to both”.

Local Government Finance Act

1992 (c. 14)

In section 27(5), the words—

(a) “imprisonment for a term not exceeding

three months or”, and

(b) “or both”.

Trade Union and Labour

Relations (Consolidation) Act

1992 (c. 52)

In section 240(3), the words—

(a) “to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding three months or”, and

(b) “or both”.

Merchant Shipping Act 1995

(c. 21)

In section 57(2)—

(a) in paragraph (a), the words “except in a

case falling within paragraph (b) below,”, and

(b) paragraph (b).

Reserve Forces Act 1996 (c. 14) In section 75(5), the words—

(a) “imprisonment for a term not exceeding

3 months or”, and

(b) “(or both)”.

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Reserve Forces Act 1996

(c. 14)—cont.

In section 82(1), the words—

(a) “imprisonment for a term not exceeding

3 months”, and

(b) “(or both)”.

In section 87(1), the words— 

(a) ”imprisonment for a term not exceeding

3 months or”, and

(b) “(or both)”.

In section 99, the words—

(a) “imprisonment for a term not exceeding

3 months”, and

(b) “(or both)”.

In Schedule 1, in paragraph 5(2), the words—

(a) “imprisonment for a term not exceeding

3 months or”, and

(b) “(or both)”.

Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) In Schedule 1— (a) in paragraph 23(6), the words from “or

imprisonment” to “or both”, and

(b) in paragraph 24(6), the words from “or

imprisonment” to “or both”.

Broadcasting Act 1996 (c. 55) In section 144(4), the words—

(a) “to imprisonment for a term not

exceeding three months or”, and

(b) “or to both”.

Breeding and Sale of Dogs

(Welfare) Act 1999 (c. 11)

In section 9—

(a) in subsection (1), paragraph (a), the

word “, or” immediately preceding

paragraph (b) and the words “or to both”, and

(b) in subsection (7), paragraph (a), the

word “, or” immediately preceding

paragraph (b) and the words “or to both”.

Powers of Criminal Courts

(Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)

In section 6(4), paragraph (a).

Countryside and Rights of Way

Act 2000 (c. 37)

In section 81, subsections (2) and (3).

Transport Act 2000 (c. 38) In section 82, subsection (5).

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal

Juries Act 1974 (c. 23). In section 2(5)(a), the word “9(1),”.

In section 9, subsection (1) and in subsection (2)

the words from “and” to the end.

Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45). In Schedule 12, the entry relating to the Juries

Act 1974.

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal
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Part 11 — Repeals relating to amendments of Part 5 of Police Act 1997

449

PART 11

REPEALS RELATING TO AMENDMENTS OF PART 5 OF POLICE ACT 1997

Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48). In Schedule 14, paragraph 35.

Mental Health (Amendment)

Act 1982 (c. 51).

In Schedule 3, paragraph 48.

Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20). In Schedule 4, paragraph 37.

Juries (Disqualification) Act

1984 (c. 34).

The whole Act.

Coroners Act 1988 (c. 13). Section 9(2).

Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33). Section 119.

In Schedule 8, paragraph 8.

Courts and Legal Services Act

1990 (c. 41).

In Schedule 17, paragraph 7.

In Schedule 18, paragraph 5.

Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53). In Schedule 11, paragraph 18.

Probation Service Act 1993

(c. 47).

In Schedule 3, paragraph 5.

Police and Magistrates’ Courts

Act 1994 (c. 29).

In Schedule 8, paragraph 28.

Criminal Justice and Public

Order Act 1994 (c. 33).

Section 40.

Section 42.

In Schedule 10, paragraph 29.

Criminal Appeal Act 1995

(c. 35).

In Schedule 2, paragraph 8.

Police Act 1996 (c. 16). In Schedule 7, paragraph 23.

Police Act 1997 (c. 50). In Schedule 9, paragraph 27.

Government of Wales Act 1998

(c. 38).

In Schedule 12, paragraph 18.

Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). Section 85(1).

Access to Justice Act 1999

(c. 22).

In Schedule 11, paragraph 22.

Criminal Justice and Court

Services Act 2000 (c. 43).

In Schedule 7, paragraph 47.

European Parliamentary

Elections Act 2002 (c. 24).

In Schedule 3, paragraph 2.

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal

Police Act 1997 (c. 50) In section 115, subsections (3) to (5) and

subsections (6C) to (6E).

Section 120(3).

In section 125, subsection (3) and, in subsection

(4), the words “to which subsection (3) does

not apply”.

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal
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Schedule 37 — Repeals

Part 12 — Miscellaneous

450

PART 12

MISCELLANEOUS

Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14) Section 104(3)(a).

In Schedule 4, paragraph 25(2)(a).

Private Security Industry Act

2001 (c. 12)

Section 21.

Section 26(3)(a).

Health and Social Care Act 2001

(c. 15)

Section 19.

Criminal Justice and Police Act

2001 (c. 16)

Section 134(3) and (4).

National Health Service Reform

and Health Care Professions

Act 2002 (c. 17)

Section 42(7).

In Schedule 2, paragraph 64.

Education Act 2002 (c. 32) In Schedule 12, paragraph 15(2).

In Schedule 13, paragraph 8(2).

Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17) In Schedule 6, paragraph 116.

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal

Criminal Appeal Act 1968

(c. 19)

Section 10(4).

In section 11(2), the words from “(which

expression” to “purposes of section 10)”.

In section 51(1), the definition of “the

defendant”.

Bail Act 1976 (c. 63) In section 5(1)(c), the words “a court or officer of

a court appoints”.

Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980

(c. 43)

In section 1(3), the words “and substantiated on

oath”.

Section 12(1)(a)(i).

In section 13(3)(a), the words “the information

has been substantiated on oath and”.

Criminal Appeal (Northern

Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47)

In section 19(1A)(a), the words “application for

leave to”.

Criminal Procedure and

Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25)

In Schedule 4, paragraph 16.

Crime and Disorder Act 1998

(c. 37)

In section 8(2), the words from “and to section

19(5)” to “2000”.

Youth Justice and Criminal

Evidence Act 1999 (c. 23)

In Schedule 4, paragraphs 26 and 27.

Powers of Criminal Courts

(Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)

In section 19(5), paragraph (c) and the word “or”

immediately preceding it. In Schedule 9, paragraphs 194 and 195.

Criminal Justice and Court

Services Act 2000 (c. 43)

Sections 67 and 68.

Short title and chapter Extent of repeal
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451

SCHEDULE 38 Section 333(6)

TRANSITORY, TRANSITIONAL AND SAVING PROVISIONS

Sentencing of offenders aged 18 but under 21

1If any provision of Part 12 (“the relevant provision”) is to come into force

before the day on which section 61 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services

Act 2000 (abolition of sentences of detention in a young offender institution,

custody for life, etc.) comes into force (or fully into force) the provision that

may be made by order under section 333(1) includes provision modifying

the relevant provision with respect to sentences passed, or other things

done, at any time before section 61 of that Act comes into force (or fully into

force).

Sentencing guidelines

2 The repeal by this Act of sections 80 and 81 of the Crime and Disorder Act

1998 does not affect the authority of any guidelines with respect to

sentencing which have been included in any judgment of the Court of

Appeal given before the commencement of that repeal (“existing

guidelines”), but any existing guidelines may be superseded by sentencing

guidelines published by the Sentencing Guidelines Council under section

170 of this Act as definitive guidelines.

3 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the repeal by this Act of section 81 of the Crime

and Disorder Act 1998 does not affect the operation of subsection (4) of that

section in relation to any notification received by the Panel under subsection

(2) of that section, or proposal made by the Panel under subsection (3) of that

section, before the commencement of the repeal.

(2) In its application by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) after the commencement of

that repeal, section 81(4) of that Act is to have effect as if any reference to “the

Court” were a reference to the Sentencing Guidelines Council.

(3) In this paragraph “the Panel” means the Sentencing Advisory Panel.

Drug treatment and testing orders

4 A drug treatment and testing order made under section 52 of the Powers of

Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 before the repeal of that section by

this Act is in force (or fully in force) need not include the provision referred

to in subsection (6) of section 54 of that Act (periodic review by court) if the

treatment and testing period (as defined by section 52(1) of that Act) is less

than 12 months.

Drug testing as part of supervision of young offenders after release

5 (1) Until the coming into force of the repeal by this Act of section 65 of the

Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) (supervision of young offenders after

release), that section has effect subject to the following modifications.

(2) In subsection (5B)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for “18 years” there is substituted “14 years”,

(b) for paragraph (b) there is substituted—

“(b) a responsible officer is of the opinion—
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(i) that the offender has a propensity to misuse

specified Class A drugs, and

(ii) that the misuse by the offender of any

specified Class A drug caused or contributed

to any offence of which he has been convicted,

or is likely to cause or contribute to the

commission by him of further offences; and”.

(3) After subsection (5D) there is inserted—

“(5E) A person under the age of 17 years may not be required by virtue of

subsection (5A) to provide a sample otherwise than in the presence

of an appropriate adult.”

(4) For subsection (10) there is substituted—

“(10) In this section—

“appropriate adult”, in relation to a person aged under 17,

means—

(a) his parent or guardian or, if he is in the care of a local

authority or voluntary organisation, a person

representing that authority or organisation,

(b) a social worker of a local authority social services

department, or

(c) if no person falling within paragraph (a) or (b) is

available, any responsible person aged 18 or over

who is not a police officer or a person employed by

the police;

“responsible officer” means—

(a) in relation to an offender aged under 18, an officer of

a local probation board or a member of a youth

offending team;

(b) in relation to an offender aged 18 or over, an officer of

a local probation board;

“specified Class A drug” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of

the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43).”

Intermittent custody

6 If section 183 (intermittent custody) is to come into force for any purpose

before the commencement of the repeal by this Act of section 78 of the

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6) (which imposes a

general limit on the power of a magistrates’ court to impose imprisonment),

the provision that may be made by order under section 333(1) includes

provision modifying any period or number of days specified in section 183

with respect to sentences passed by magistrates’ courts before the

commencement of that repeal.

Transfer to Scotland of community orders and suspended sentence orders

7 (1) Until the coming into force of the repeal by the Mental Health (Care and

Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984

(c. 36), in the provisions mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) the reference to the

Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 has effect as a

reference to the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984.
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(2) Those provisions are—

(a) paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 9 (transfer of community orders to

scotland or Northern Ireland), and 

(b) paragraph 4 of Schedule 13 (transfer of suspended sentence orders to

Scotland or Northern Ireland).

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