The Criminal Justice (Sentencing) (Licence Conditions) Order 2015
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2015/337 |
| Year | 2015 |
2015 No. 337
Criminal Law, England And Wales
The Criminal Justice (Sentencing) (Licence Conditions) Order 2015
Made 15th February 2015
Laid before Parliament 24th February 2015
Coming into force 23th March 2015
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 250(1), (4)(b)(ii) and 330(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 20031.
In making this Order under section 250(1) and (4)(b)(ii) of the Act, in accordance with section 250(8) of the Act, the Secretary of State has had regard to the following purposes of the supervision of offenders while on licence under Chapter 6 of Part 12 of the Act—
(a) the protection of the public;
(b) the prevention of re-offending; and
(c) securing the successful re-integration of the prisoner into the community.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice (Sentencing) (Licence Conditions) Order 2015 and comes into force on 23rd March 2015.
(2) In this Order–
“the Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 2003;
“offender” means a fixed-term prisoner who has been released on licence in accordance with Chapter 6 of Part 12 of the Act.
Revocation
2. The Criminal Justice (Sentencing) (Licence Conditions) Order 20052is revoked.
Standard conditions
3.—(1) The conditions in paragraph (2) are the standard conditions that must be included in an offender’s licence in accordance with section 250(4)(a) of the Act, whether or not any standard conditions in articles 4 to 6 are also included.
(2) An offender must–
(a)
(a) be of good behaviour and not behave in a way which undermines the purpose of the licence period;
(b)
(b) not commit any offence;
(c)
(c) keep in touch with the supervising officer in accordance with instructions given by the supervising officer;
(d)
(d) receive visits from the supervising officer in accordance with instructions given by the supervising officer;
(e)
(e) reside permanently at an address approved by the supervising officer and obtain the prior permission of the supervising officer for any stay of one or more nights at a different address;
(f)
(f) not undertake work, or a particular type of work, unless it is approved by the supervising officer and notify the supervising officer in advance of any proposal to undertake work or a particular type of work;
(g)
(g) not travel outside the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man except with the prior permission of your supervising officer or for the purposes of immigration deportation or removal.
Standard conditions: electronic monitoring
4.—(1) The conditions in paragraph (2) are the standard conditions that must be included in an offender’s licence in accordance with section 250(4)(a) of the Act where the offender is subject to an electronic monitoring condition under sections 623and 62A4of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000.
(2) While subject to electronic monitoring an offender must–
(a)
(a) allow an electronic device to be fitted to their person;
(b)
(b) allow the installation of any equipment associated with electronic monitoring;
(c)
(c) not damage or tamper with the electronic device or equipment associated with electronic monitoring;
(d)
(d) ensure at all times that the electronic device is sufficiently charged;
(e)
(e) immediately report to the supervising officer if the electronic device or equipment associated with electronic monitoring is not working correctly;
(f)
(f) allow any person nominated by the supervising officer to check whether the electronic device or equipment associated with electronic monitoring is working correctly.
Standard conditions: drug testing
5.—(1) The conditions in paragraph (2) are the standard conditions that must be included in an offender’s licence in accordance with section 250(4)(a) of the Act where the offender is subject to a drug testing requirement under section 64 of the Criminal Justice and Court...
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