This section provides a new process for ending the supervision period of suspended sentence orders on completion of all court-ordered requirements and where the responsible officer considers that all other objectives set out in the offender’s sentence plan have been completed and does not consider it necessary to add to these objectives.
	It incorporates this new process for ending the supervision period of suspended sentence orders into the Sentencing Code by amending Section Part 3 of Schedule 16 of the Code to insert a new Paragraph 22A.
	Sections (2) to (4) amends Section 288, 303, 305 and Part 3 of Schedule 16 to refer to this new Paragraph 22A.
	Section (5) inserts a new paragraph 22A. Subparagraph (1) sets out the circumstances in which the new process applies and when the supervision period of suspended sentence orders using it will end. It applies to all suspended orders in force that are not subject to review using special procedures under Section 217. This means that, where the Secretary of State has made regulations under Section 217 enabling or requiring a court making a suspended sentence order to provide for periodic review of that order by a court (for example, orders within the Intensive Supervision Court process), the supervision period of suspended sentence orders captured by such regulations and that contain such a provision will not be ended using this new process.
	This section also sets out that the supervision period of a suspended sentence order subject to this process will only end when an offender has complied with all court-ordered requirements and, where a sentence plan has been prepared, the responsible officer considers that all objectives have been met and that no further objectives are required.
	The section also sets that, in respect of suspended sentence orders imposing a probation requirement, they will only end when the responsible officer considers that no further instructions are required in respect of that requirement.
	Subparagraph(2) sets out that the supervision period of a suspended sentence order will end on the date that the responsible officer specifies that these requirements are met.
	Subparagraph (3) defines the sentence plan in relation to suspended sentence orders.
	Subparagraph (4) is a transitional provision which applies if this section comes into force prior to section 13 of this Act.
	Subsection (6) prevents the termination provisions from applying to orders transferred outside England and Wales.
	Subsection (7) sets out that these clauses will apply to all orders going forward but also retrospectively to all suspended sentence orders already imposed.
Part 2: Management of offenders after sentencing Section 39: Termination of supervision period of a suspended sentence order