2(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.