This Act adds a new ancillary order to further strengthen the requirements offenders face in the community, helping to make sure that they are sufficiently punitive.
	Income Reduction Orders (IROs) are a new type of ancillary order which judges may impose alongside a suspended sentence order for offenders who earn above a minimum income threshold (or where it appears to the court that they will do so during the operational period of their suspended sentence). IROs require those offenders to pay a percentage of their excess monthly income above a threshold, for up to the duration of their sentence.
	As a result of other measures in the Act, some offenders will spend all or a greater proportion of their sentence in the community. These orders are seen as an additional punitive element that the court can choose to impose as part of an offender’s sentence, to ensure that the sentence is proportionate to the offence or offences in question.
Policy background Part 1: Sentencing Income reduction orders