Section 150 — Sentencing Act 2002: Community-based sentences imposed under Criminal Justice Act 1985
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150 Community-based sentences imposed under Criminal Justice Act 1985 (1) This section applies to an offender who, immediately before the commencement date, was subject to a community-based sentence imposed under the Criminal Justice Act 1985 . (2) Except as provided in section 151 and subsection (3) ,— (a) the offender must continue to serve that sentence as if this Act had not been passed; and (b) the provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1985 and any other enactment applicable to community-based sentences (including the provisions prescribing offences for the breach of those sentences) apply as if they had not been amended or repealed by this Act, subject to the following modifications: (i) every reference to a warden must be read as a reference to a probation officer; and (ii) every reference to a periodic detention centre must be read as a reference to a community work centre; and (iii) every reference to a Manager Community Corrections must be read as a reference to a controlling officer of a probation area. (3) If the offender is subsequently sentenced to imprisonment for another offence, sections 78 and 79 of this Act apply.
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