SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Breach of injunctions: powers of court in respect of under-18s

PART 2Supervision orders

2Supervision orders

1

A supervision order is an order imposing on the person in respect of whom it is made (“the defaulter”) one or more of the following requirements—

a

a supervision requirement (see paragraph 3);

b

an activity requirement (see paragraph 4);

c

a curfew requirement (see paragraph 5).

2

Before making a supervision order the court must obtain and consider information about the defaulter’s family circumstances and the likely effect of a supervision order on those circumstances.

3

Before making a supervision order imposing two or more requirements, the court must consider their compatibility with each other.

4

The court must ensure, as far as practicable, that requirements imposed by a supervision order are such as to avoid—

a

any interference with the times, if any, at which the defaulter normally works or attends school or any other educational establishment;

b

any conflict with the requirements of any other court order or injunction to which the defaulter may be subject.

5

A supervision order must for the purposes of this Schedule specify a maximum period for the operation of any requirement contained in the order.

6

The period specified under sub-paragraph (5) may not exceed 6 months (not counting the day on which the order is made).

7

A supervision order must for the purposes of this Schedule specify—

a

the youth offending team in whose area it appears to the court that the respondent will live during the period specified under sub-paragraph (5), or

b

if it appears to the court that the defaulter will live in more than one such area, whichever of the relevant youth offending teams the court decides.