Criminal Justice Act 2003

Chapter 2Community orders: offenders aged 16 or over

177Community 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 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.

178Power 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.

179Breach, 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.

180Transfer of community orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland

Schedule 9 (transfer of community orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland) shall have effect.