(1)At a meeting of a youth offender panel, the offender may be accompanied by one person aged 18 or over chosen by the offender with the agreement of the panel.
(2)It need not be the same person who accompanies the offender to every meeting.
(3)The panel may allow any of the following to attend a meeting—
(a)a victim;
(b)any person who appears to the panel to be someone capable of having a good influence on the offender.
(4)If the panel allows a victim to attend a meeting of the panel, it may allow the victim to be accompanied to the meeting by one person chosen by the victim with the agreement of the panel.
(5)For the purposes of subsections (3) and (4) “victim” means any person who appears to the panel to be a victim of, or otherwise affected by, the offence or any of the offences in respect of which the offender was referred to the panel.