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2026 No. 993 CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES The Sentencing Act 2020 (Special Procedures for Community and Suspended Sentence Orders) Regulations 2026 Made 7th September 2026 Laid before Parliament 9th September 2026 Coming into force 5th October 2026 The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 395A(1), (3), (4) and (5) of the Sentencing Act 2020.
Propose a change(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Sentencing Act 2020 (Special Procedures for Community and Suspended Sentence Orders) Regulations 2026. (2) These Regulations come into force on 5th October 2026. (3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Propose a changeA community order or suspended sentence order qualifies for special procedures for the purposes of a relevant provision if the following four conditions are met.
Propose a changeThe first condition is that the proposed order is made within the period beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force and ending with 5th April 2028.
Propose a changeThe second condition is that the court making the order is— (a) Leeds Magistrates’ Court, (b) Liverpool Magistrates’ Court, (c) North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court, or (d) South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court.
Propose a changeThe third condition is that the person who would be subject to the proposed order is— (a) a person aged 18 or over at the date of conviction of the offence to which the order relates, (b) a female person, and (c) not a relevant offender as defined in section 80(2) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 at the date of conviction of the offence to which the order relates.
Propose a changeSubject to regulation 7, the fourth condition is that none of the offences to which the proposed order relates is— (a) an offence under section 1 or section 1A of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953, (b) an offence under Part 1 of the Firearms Act 1968, (c) an offence under section 139, section 139A, section 139AA, section 141 or section 141A of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, (d) an offence under section 6 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019, or (e) an offence listed in paragraphs 1 to 35D of Schedule 3 to the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
Propose a change(1) But the fourth condition will be met where— (a) any of the offences to which the proposed order is to relate is a specified weapons offence, and (b) the person who would be subject to the proposed order has not, before the date of conviction of the offence to which the proposed order relates, been convicted of an offence mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) of regulation 6. (2) In this regulation a “specified weapons offence” is an offence under section 1 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 or section 139 or section 139A of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.
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