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Title and introductory text
2025 No. 1207
CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Sentencing Act 2020 (Special Procedures for Community and Suspended Sentence Orders) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Made
18th November 2025
Laid before Parliament
20th November 2025
Coming into force
Regulations 1 and 3
13th December 2025
Regulation 2
25th December 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 395A(1) and (5) of the Sentencing Act 2020.
Propose a change1 Citation, commencement and extent
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Sentencing Act 2020 (Special Procedures for Community and Suspended Sentence Orders) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on 13th December 2025.
(3) Regulation 2 comes into force on 25th December 2025.
(4) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Propose a change2 Amendment of the Sentencing Act 2020 (Special Procedures for Community and Suspended Sentence Orders) Regulations 2023
In the Sentencing Act 2020 (Special Procedures for Community and Suspended Sentence Orders) Regulations 2023, in regulation 3, for the words from “of” to “force” substitute “beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force and ending with 31st March 2029”.
Propose a change3 Amendment of the Sentencing Act 2020 (Special Procedures for Community and Suspended Sentence Orders) Regulations 2024
In the Sentencing Act 2020 (Special Procedures for Community and Suspended Sentence Orders) Regulations 2024, in regulation 3, for the words from “of” to “force” substitute “beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force and ending with 31st March 2029”.
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