Part 2: Serious Disruption Prevention Orders Section 25: Duration of serious disruption prevention order
Subsection (1) provides a SDPO takes effect on the day it is made, subject to subsections (3) and (4).
	Subsection (2) sets out that a SDPO must specify the period that it has effect. This is a fixed period of a minimum of one week, up to a maximum of two years (but a SDPO may be renewed under the provisions of section 28).
	Subsection (3) sets out that subsection (4) applies where a person has been remanded in or committed to custody by a court, had a custodial sentence imposed on them or serving or otherwise subject to such a sentence, or is on licence for part of a custodial sentence.
	Subsection (4) provides that SDPOs may provide that they do not take effect until the person is released from custody, ceases to be subject to a custodial sentence, or ceases to be on licence. In the latter case, the licence conditions may have similar effect to the prohibitions or restrictions provided for in the order and, as such, the order need not take effect until the licence conditions cease to apply.
	Subsection (5) allows SDPOs to specify periods where particular requirements or prohibitions have effect. Particular provisions of an order may therefore apply for a more limited period than the order itself. Where a requirement of a SDPO is time limited, the duration of the requirement may be extended on the variation of the SDPO under Section 28.
	Subsection (6) provides that, where a court makes a SDPO on a person already subject to a SDPO, the earlier order ceases to have effect.
	Subsection (7) defines custodial sentence in this section as having the same meaning as in the Sentencing Code and including pre-Code custodial sentence (see section 222(4) of the Sentencing Act 2020).