SCHEDULE 2Breach, revocation or amendment of youth rehabilitation orders
Part 2Breach of requirement of order
Power of magistrates' court to refer offender to Crown Court
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(1)
Sub-paragraph (2) applies if—
(a)
the youth rehabilitation order was made by the Crown Court and contains a direction under paragraph 36 of Schedule 1, and
(b)
a youth court or other magistrates' court would (apart from that sub-paragraph) be required, or has the power, to deal with the offender in one of the ways mentioned in paragraph 6(2).
(2)
The court may instead—
(a)
commit the offender in custody, or
(b)
release the offender on bail,
until the offender can be brought or appear before the Crown Court.
(3)
Where a court deals with the offender's case under sub-paragraph (2) it must send to the Crown Court—
(a)
a certificate signed by a justice of the peace certifying that the offender has failed to comply with the youth rehabilitation order in the respect specified in the certificate, and
(b)
such other particulars of the case as may be desirable;
and a certificate purporting to be so signed is admissible as evidence of the failure before the Crown Court.