The Compulsory Electronic Monitoring Licence Condition (Amendment) Order 2022

Made: 28th September 2022

Laid before Parliament: 5th October 2022

Coming into force: 26th October 2022

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 62A(1), (2)(b) and (3)(b) of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000[^f00001], makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and extent

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Compulsory Electronic Monitoring Licence Condition (Amendment) Order 2022 and comes into force on 26th October 2022.

• (2) This Order extends to England and Wales.

Amendments to the Compulsory Electronic Monitoring Licence Condition Order 2021

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• (1) The Compulsory Electronic Monitoring Licence Condition Order 2021[^f00002] is amended as follows.

• (2) In article 2(b)(i) (qualifying offender), for “12 months” substitute “90 days”.

Signed

Rob Butler — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 28th September 2022

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends Article 2 of the Compulsory Electronic Monitoring Licence Condition Order 2021 (S.I.2021/330), which requires an electronic monitoring condition to be included in the licence of persons described in that Order pursuant to section 62A of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43).

Article 2 of this Order amends the description of the persons to which it applies (defined in Article 1 as a “qualifying offender”). It amends the date of release criteria which determines whether a person is a qualifying offender from 12 months or more for specified offences to 90 days or more.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant impact on private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2000 c. 43. Section 62A was inserted by section 7(3) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2).

[^f00002]: S.I. 2021/330; amended by S.I. 2021/999.