Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

14 Requirements to consult etc E+W

(1) A person applying for an injunction under section 1 must before doing so—

(a) consult the local youth offending team about the application, if the respondent will be aged under 18 when the application is made;

(b) inform any other body or individual the applicant thinks appropriate of the application.

This subsection does not apply to a without-notice application.

(2) Where the court adjourns a without-notice application, before the date of the first on-notice hearing the applicant must—

(a) consult the local youth offending team about the application, if the respondent will be aged under 18 on that date;

(b) inform any other body or individual the applicant thinks appropriate of the application.

(3) A person applying for variation or discharge of an injunction under section 1 granted on that person's application must before doing so—

(a) consult the local youth offending team about the application for variation or discharge, if the respondent will be aged under 18 when that application is made;

(b) inform any other body or individual the applicant thinks appropriate of that application.

(4) In this section—

• “local youth offending team” means—

  (a)

  the youth offending team in whose area it appears to the applicant that the respondent lives, or

  (b)

  if it appears to the applicant that the respondent lives in more than one such area, whichever one or more of the relevant youth offending teams the applicant thinks it appropriate to consult;

• “on-notice hearing” means a hearing of which notice has been given to the applicant and the respondent in accordance with rules of court;

• “without-notice application” means an application made without notice under section 6.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 14 in force at 23.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/373, art. 4(a)