Part III MANDATORY AND DISCRETIONARY REFERRAL OF YOUNG OFFENDERS

Supplementary

32 Definitions for purposes of Part III.

In this Part—

  • “the appropriate court” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 1 to this Act;

  • “associated”, in relation to referral orders, shall be construed in accordance with section 18(7) above;

  • “connected”, in relation to offences, shall be construed in accordance with section 16(4) above;

  • “meeting”, in relation to a youth offender panel, shall be construed in accordance with section 21(7) above;

  • “the specified team”, in relation to an offender to whom a referral order applies (or two or more associated referral orders apply), means the youth offending team for the time being specified in the order (or orders).