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Combination Order
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Combines a Probation Order and a Community Service Order. The period of
Probation supervision can last from 1 to 3 years. The Community Service
part of the Order can range from 40 to 100 hours and must be completed
as instructed.
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Communitiy Service Order (CSO)
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Requires an offender to do unpaid work in the community. It may be given
to someone 16 or over if the offender consents and is between 40 and 240
hours and must be completed within 12 months.
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Custody Probation Order (CPO)
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Requires an offender to serve a period of imprisonment followed by a
period of supervision in the community (the period of supervision will
be 1 to 3 years commencing on date of release) and is unique to Northern
Ireland. This order cannot be made unless the offender consents.
Although Custody Probation Orders remain on the statute books,
Determinate Custodial Sentences were made available from 1 April 2009.
This is only a valid disposal where the offence was committed prior to
April 2009.
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Determinate Custodial Sentence (DCS)
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Requires an offender to serve a period of imprisonment followed by a
period of supervision in the community. The court will specify the
length of both custody and community supervision at sentencing. This
will be the standard determinate sentence for all offenders and has been
available to the courts from 1 April 2009.
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Enhanced Combination Order (ECO)
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A pilot Order with a focus on rehabilitation, reparation, restorative
practice, and desistance, and has been available to a number of pilot
court divisions from October 2015. The period of Probation supervision
can last from 1 to 3 years. The Community Service part of the Order can
range from 40 to 100 hours and must be carried out at an accelerated
pace.
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Extended Custodial Sentence (ECS)
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This may be given at court if the offender has been convicted on
indictment of a specified offence, where a life sentence or
Indeterminate Custodial Sentence is not appropriate. The court must be
of the opinion that there is a significant risk that the offender will
re-offend and that such re-offending is likely to cause serious harm to
members of the public. The sentence involves a portion of time spent in
custody (at least 1 year) and a period under licence conditions
(extension period). Prisoners will be referred to the Parole
Commissioners of Northern Ireland (PCNI) approximately 6 months prior to
the mid-point of their sentence and must demonstrate that they can be
safely released into the community. If PCNI direct release, the prisoner
will remain on licence for the remainder of the custodial term as well
as the licence period set by the court.
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GB Transfer Licence
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An individual subject to licence may, given the agreement of the
Probation Board for Northern Ireland, transfer to Northern Ireland from
another jurisdiction in Great Britain.
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Indeterminate Custodial Sentence (ICS)
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It may be given at court if the offender has been convicted on
indictment of a specified offence, where a life sentence is not
appropriate, but an Extended Custodial Sentence is not sufficient. The
court must be of the opinion that there is a significant risk that the
offender will re-offend and that such re-offending is likely to cause
serious harm to members of the public. No release date is given for an
ICS. Offenders serving an ICS will be given a “tariff” date which is the
earliest date that they may become eligible for consideration for
release by the PCNI. The tariff is a minimum of 2 years. An ICS prisoner
will remain in custody until they have demonstrated to the satisfaction
of the PCNI that they can be released safely into the community.
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Inescapable Voluntary
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These are offenders who continue to be supervised by PBNI on a voluntary
basis following the end of their sentence, usually for the purposes of
completing programmes. These are not statutory orders.
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Juvenile Justice Centre Order (JJCO)
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It requires a young offender (aged between 10 and 17 years) to spend
time, normally three months, in a Juvenile Justice Centre and then be
supervised in the community by a probation officer, normally for three
months.
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Life Sentence Licence
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An offender serving a life sentence will be released from custody on
licence. A n individual must comply with the conditions of his licence
in order to remain in the community and not be returned to custody.
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Probation Order (PO)
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Probation Orders can last between 6 months and 3 years and puts the
offender under the supervision of a Probation Officer for that period.
The order may have extra requirements. Offender consent is required.
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Remand/Sentence
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It refers to persons who are remanded in custody awaiting sentence or
who are subject to a custodial sentence not involving PBNI supervision
on release, with whom PBNI works in order to assess individual risks and
needs.
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Sex Offender Licence
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Article 26 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 makes
provision for all offenders convicted of a sexual offence to be released
on licence under the supervision of a Probation Officer.
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Supervised Activity Order
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It requires an offender to do unpaid work in the community. It may be
given to someone 16 or over if the offender consents and lasts between
10 hours and 100 hours and must be completed within 12 months.
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Supervision and Treatment Order
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It requires the specified person to be under supervision for a period of
not more than 2 years; and to submit, during that period to treatment
under the direction of a medical practitioner with a view to the
improvement of his mental condition.
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