Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008

Concurrent and consecutive orders E+W

31 (1) This paragraph applies where the court is dealing with an offender who has been convicted of two or more associated offences. E+W

(2) If, in respect of one of the offences, the court makes an order of any of the following kinds—

(a) a youth rehabilitation order with intensive supervision and surveillance,

(b) a youth rehabilitation order with fostering, or

(c) any other youth rehabilitation order,

it may not make an order of any other of those kinds in respect of the other offence, or any of the other offences.

(3) If the court makes two or more youth rehabilitation orders with intensive supervision and surveillance, or with fostering, both or all of the orders must take effect at the same time (in accordance with paragraph 30(1) or (2)).

(4) Where the court includes requirements of the same kind in two or more youth rehabilitation orders, it must direct, in relation to each requirement of that kind, whether—

(a) it is to be concurrent with the other requirement or requirements of that kind, or any of them, or

(b) it and the other requirement or requirements of that kind, or any of them, are to be consecutive.

(5) But the court may not direct that two or more fostering requirements are to be consecutive.

(6) Where the court directs that two or more requirements of the same kind are to be consecutive—

(a) the number of hours, days or months specified in relation to one of them is additional to the number of hours, days, or months specified in relation to the other or others, but

(b) the aggregate number of hours, days or months specified in relation to both or all of them must not exceed the maximum number which may be specified in relation to any one of them.

(7) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (4) and (6), requirements are of the same kind if they fall within the same paragraph of Part 2 of this Schedule.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 31 in force at 30.11.2009 by S.I. 2009/3074, art. 2(m)