Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17)

FIFTH GROUP OF PARTS U.K. Sentencing: miscellaneous provision and interpretation

PART 13 E+W Interpretation

404 References to parent or guardian of offender where local authority has parental responsibility E+W

(1) This section applies where an offender for whom a local authority has parental responsibility is—

(a) in the care of the local authority, or

(b) provided with accommodation by the local authority in the exercise of any social services functions of the authority.

(2) Any reference in this Code to the offender's parent or guardian is to be read as a reference to that authority.

(3) This does not apply in paragraphs 27 and 39 of Schedule 6 (fostering and education requirements of youth rehabilitation orders) and is subject to express provision to the contrary.

(4) In this section—

• “local authority” has the same meaning as it has in the Children Act 1989;

• “parental responsibility” has the same meaning as it has in that Act (see section 3 of that Act);

• “social services functions”—

  (a)

  in relation to a local authority in England, has the same meaning as in the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (see section 1A of that Act);

  (b)

  in relation to a local authority in Wales, has the same meaning as in the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 4) (see section 143 of that Act).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Ss. 403-405 applied (with modifications) by 2008 c. 4, s. 39(6)(a), Sch 7 (as amended (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 paras. 266(5), 270 (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 404 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2