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<p>Where a person is convicted of an offence, criminal courts in England and Wales
may make – and in some circumstances are required to consider making – a compensation
order in cases involving personal injury, loss or damage.</p><p> </p><p>Community
orders consist of one or more requirements decided by the court. These can include
rehabilitation activity requirements, treatment requirements or programme requirements,
which specifically address offender needs.</p><p> </p><p>Where an offender fails to
comply with any requirement of a community order, the court has wide powers: it can
amend the order to make the requirements more onerous, impose a fine, or revoke the
order and resentence the offender to any sentence that would have been available for
that offence.</p><p> </p><p>Sentencing in individual cases is entirely a matter for
the independent courts taking into account the circumstances of the case.</p>
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