Part 45 Deferred sentence

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Further conviction in magistrates’ court after sentence deferred Rule 45.1

Further conviction in magistrates’ court after sentence deferred

45.1

Where under section 1 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 ( 1) a court has deferred passing sentence on an offender and before the expiration of the period of deferment he is convicted of any offence by a magistrates’ court, the court officer for the convicting court shall, if the court which deferred passing sentence on the earlier occasion was another magistrates’ court or the Crown Court, give notice of the conviction to the court officer for that court.

Formerly rule 27 of the Magistrates’ Courts Rules 1981 ( 2).

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Footnotes

1. 2000 c. 6; section 1 is amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 23 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44) with effect from a date to be appointed. Return to footnote 1
2. S.I. 1981/552; amending instruments relevant to this Part are S.I. 2001/610 and 2003/1236.Return to footnote 2
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