Part 1Youth rehabilitation orders
Youth rehabilitation orders
1Youth rehabilitation orders
1
Where a person aged under 18 is convicted of an offence, the court by or before which the person is convicted may in accordance with Schedule 1 make an order (in this Part referred to as a “youth rehabilitation order”) imposing on the person any one or more of the following requirements—
a
an activity requirement (see paragraphs 6 to 8 of Schedule 1),
b
a supervision requirement (see paragraph 9 of that Schedule),
c
in a case where the offender is aged 16 or 17 at the time of the conviction, an unpaid work requirement (see paragraph 10 of that Schedule),
d
a programme requirement (see paragraph 11 of that Schedule),
e
an attendance centre requirement (see paragraph 12 of that Schedule),
f
a prohibited activity requirement (see paragraph 13 of that Schedule),
g
a curfew requirement (see paragraph 14 of that Schedule),
h
an exclusion requirement (see paragraph 15 of that Schedule),
i
a residence requirement (see paragraph 16 of that Schedule),
j
a local authority residence requirement (see paragraph 17 of that Schedule),
k
a mental health treatment requirement (see paragraph 20 of that Schedule),
l
a drug treatment requirement (see paragraph 22 of that Schedule),
m
a drug testing requirement (see paragraph 23 of that Schedule),
n
an intoxicating substance treatment requirement (see paragraph 24 of that Schedule), and
o
an education requirement (see paragraph 25 of that Schedule).
2
A youth rehabilitation order—
a
may also impose an electronic monitoring requirement (see paragraph 26 of Schedule 1), and
b
must do so if paragraph 2 of that Schedule so requires.
3
A youth rehabilitation order may be—
a
a youth rehabilitation order with intensive supervision and surveillance (see paragraph 3 of Schedule 1), or
b
a youth rehabilitation order with fostering (see paragraph 4 of that Schedule).
4
But a court may only make an order mentioned in subsection (3)(a) or (b) if—
a
the court is dealing with the offender for an offence which is punishable with imprisonment,
b
the court is of the opinion that the offence, or the combination of the offence and one or more offences associated with it, was so serious that, but for paragraph 3 or 4 of Schedule 1, a custodial sentence would be appropriate (or, if the offender was aged under 12 at the time of conviction, would be appropriate if the offender had been aged 12), and
c
if the offender was aged under 15 at the time of conviction, the court is of the opinion that the offender is a persistent offender.
5
Schedule 1 makes further provision about youth rehabilitation orders.
6
This section is subject to—
a
sections 148 and 150 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44) (restrictions on community sentences etc.), and
b
the provisions of Parts 1 and 3 of Schedule 1.