 Anti-Social Behaviour Order.

 Protection from Harassment Act restraining order.

 Compensation order – may be made on conviction, where there has been some personal injury, loss or damage to any person, for the offence charged or taken into consideration. Courts often award compensation at the first hearing so it is important that, where known, an estimate of the cost of loss or damage is included on the MG5. Additionally, full details of any victim likely to be awarded compensation should be shown on the MG6.

 Forfeiture order – this can be made where a person has been convicted of an offence in relation to the use or possession of property subject to this order to prevent any person claiming ownership of the property concerned.

 Destruction order – is an order to destroy the property concerned, e.g. controlled substances, offensive weapons etc.

 Proceeds of crime – Confiscation order. Where a defendant has benefited from his crime then the court may make a confiscation order. This order directs the defendant to pay a sum of money with a provision that if he fails to pay within a set period he will have to spend a further period in prison. With certain types of offences the court can look beyond the particular offence and decide whether the defendant has a “criminal lifestyle” and can then assess the defendant’s proceeds from all his criminal conduct.

Disclosure obligations are initially important: see 1.14 of Section 1 of the Manual of Guidance for more details.

Target date for medical statements is important as it enables a charging decision to be made. See Note 5 re relevant protocol.

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