Ancillary Orders Consultation

Introduction What is this consultation about? The Sentencing Council currently provides guidance on ancillary orders in various places on our website as well as within offence specific guidelines (usually at step 6 or 7). Most of this guidance is aimed at magistrates’ courts. The Council is seeking to improve the consistency, accessibility and presentation of the current information and to provide more detailed guidance for both magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court. What is the Sentencing Council? The Sentencing Council is the independent body responsible for developing sentencing guidelines for the courts to use when passing a sentence. The Council consults on its proposed guidelines before they come into force and makes changes to the guidelines as a result of consultations. Responding to the consultation Through this consultation process, the Council is seeking views on the usefulness,