Sentencing Act 2020

Power of youth court to deal with offender for breach of supervision requirement

3 (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies if it is proved to the satisfaction of the youth court before which an offender appears or is brought under paragraph 2 that the offender has breached a supervision requirement imposed under a relevant order.

(2) The court may—

(a) order the offender to be detained for such period, not exceeding the maximum period found under sub-paragraph (3), as the court may specify,

(b) order the offender to be subject to such period of supervision, not exceeding the maximum period found under sub-paragraph (3), as the court may specify, or

(c) impose on the offender a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(3) The maximum period referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(a) and (b) is the shorter of—

(a) 3 months, and

(b) the period between—

(i) the date of the offender’s breach, and

(ii) the last day of the term of the relevant order.

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3), a breach that is found to have occurred—

(a) over 2 or more days, or

(b) at some time during a period of 2 or more days,

is to be taken to have occurred on the first of those days.

(5) A court may make an order under sub-paragraph (2) before or after the end of the term of the relevant order.

(6) A period of detention or supervision ordered under sub-paragraph (2)—

(a) begins with the day on which the order is made, and

(b) may overlap to any extent with the period of supervision under the relevant order.

This is subject to paragraph 5(1) (further detention order made where offender detained under other detention and training order).

(7) An offender detained under a further detention order is deemed to be in legal custody.

(8) Detention under a further detention order is—

(a) if the offender has reached the age of 21, to be in prison,

(b) otherwise, to be in such youth detention accommodation as the Secretary of State may determine.

(9) Where—

(a) the offender is aged under 18, and

(b) but for this sub-paragraph, the court would impose a fine on the offender under sub-paragraph (2)(c),

section 380 (order for payment by parent or guardian) applies to the fine.

(10) A fine imposed under sub-paragraph (2)(c) is to be treated, for the purposes of any enactment, as being a sum adjudged to be paid by a conviction.

(11) An offender may appeal to the Crown Court against any order made under sub-paragraph (2).

(12) In this paragraph—

(a) “relevant order” means—

(i) a detention and training order, or

(ii) a further supervision order;

(b) any reference to the term of a relevant order is—

(i) in the case of a detention and training order, to the term of the order, and

(ii) in the case of a further supervision order, to the period of supervision imposed by the order.