Policy background Community Sentences Removal of attendance centre requirements for adults
This measure will abolish Senior Attendance Centres ("SACs") by removing SAC requirements from the menu of sentencing options available to sentencers.
	SACs are rarely used and the Government believes their removal will promote simpler and more consistent sentencing, with the needs of young adult offenders better met by other available community sentence requirements.
	Section 152 amends the Code so that SACs requirements are no longer available to sentencers, unless the offender was convicted of the offence before the date on which the amendment came into force.