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Community Payback Order Treatment: Mental Health

Last updated: 13th October 2025

Description:

Where the order contains a mental health treatment requirement an individual must submit to treatment by or under the direction of a registered medical practitioner or a registered psychologist (or both) with a view to improving the offender’s mental condition.

Further Information:

Through a Justice Social Work Report (JSWR). Details of programmes and interventions are normally included in the report, together with an outline action plan.