Sentencing Act 2020

Powers of Crown Court following subsequent conviction

23 (1) This paragraph applies where a youth rehabilitation order is in force in respect of an offender, and the offender—

(a) is convicted by the Crown Court of an offence, or

(b) is brought or appears before the Crown Court—

(i) by virtue of paragraph 22(2) or (4), or

(ii) having been committed by a magistrates’ court to the Crown Court for sentence.

(2) If it appears to the Crown Court that it would be in the interests of justice to do so, having regard to circumstances which have arisen since the youth rehabilitation order was made, the Crown Court may—

(a) revoke the order, or

(b) both—

(i) revoke the order, and

(ii) re-sentence the offender for the offence in respect of which the order was made.

(3) Unless the offender is before it, the Crown Court may not deal with the offender under sub-paragraph (2)(b) unless it has summoned the offender to appear before it.

(4) If the offender fails to appear in answer to a summons under sub-paragraph (3) the Crown Court may issue a warrant for the offender’s arrest.

(5) If the Crown Court deals with the offender under sub-paragraph (2)(b), it must take into account the extent to which the offender has complied with the requirements of the order.

(6) If the offender is brought or appears before the Crown Court by virtue of paragraph 22(2) or (4), the Crown Court may deal with the offender for the further offence in any way which the convicting court could have dealt with the offender for that offence.

(7) In sub-paragraph (6), “further offence” and “the convicting court” have the meanings given by paragraph 20.