An income reduction order is available to a court by or before which an offender is convicted of an offence where—
the offence is committed on or after the date on which section 3 of the Sentencing Act 2026 comes fully into force,
the offender is aged at least 18 when convicted of the offence,
the court imposes a suspended sentence order in relation to—
the offence, or
a combination of the offence and one or more offences associated with it, and
when the sentence is imposed—
the offender’s monthly income exceeds such amount as is specified in regulations under section 161A(2), or
it appears to the court that the offender’s monthly income will exceed that amount during the operational period of the suspended sentence order.
The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make provision about circumstances in which a court may not make an income reduction order.
Where an income reduction order is available, the court may make such an order whether or not it also deals with the offender for the offence in any other way.