Part III MANDATORY AND DISCRETIONARY REFERRAL OF YOUNG OFFENDERS
Youth offender contracts
25 First meeting: failure to agree contract.
1
Where it appears to a youth offender panel to be appropriate to do so, the panel may—
a
end the first meeting (or any further meeting held in pursuance of paragraph (b) below) without having reached agreement with the offender on a programme of behaviour of the kind mentioned in section 23(1) above; and
b
resume consideration of the offender’s case at a further meeting of the panel.
2
If, however, it appears to the panel at the first meeting or any such further meeting that there is no prospect of agreement being reached with the offender within a reasonable period after the making of the referral order (or orders)—
a
subsection (1)(b) above shall not apply; and
b
instead the panel shall refer the offender back to the appropriate court.
3
If at a meeting of the panel—
a
agreement is reached with the offender but he does not sign the record produced in pursuance of section 23(5) above, and
b
his failure to do so appears to the panel to be unreasonable,
the panel shall end the meeting and refer the offender back to the appropriate court.