Section 293A: Review of suspended sentence order qualifying for special procedures

Sentencing Act 2020 · 2020 c. 17View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 10: Custodial sentences — CHAPTER 5: Suspended sentences

A suspended sentence order that—

imposes one or more community requirements, and
qualifies for special procedures for the purposes of this section,

may make provision for the order to be reviewed periodically (“provision for review”).

Where a suspended sentence order contains provision for review under this section, it must—

specify the intervals at which the order is to be reviewed,
provide for each review to be made, subject to section 294, at a hearing held for the purpose by the responsible court (a “review hearing”),
require the offender to attend each review hearing, and
provide for a report by an officer of a provider of probation services on the offender’s progress in complying with the community requirements of the order (a “progress report”) to be made to the responsible court before each review.

In this section “the responsible court”, in relation to a suspended sentence order, means the court by which the order is made.

For more about suspended sentence orders that qualify for special procedures, see section 395A.

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