Gang-related violenceE+W

Valid from 09/01/2012

35Review on respondent to injunction becoming 18E+W

(1)The Policing and Crime Act 2009 is amended as follows.

(2)In section 36 (contents of injunctions: supplemental), after subsection (4) there is inserted—

(4A)Where—

(a)the respondent is under the age of 18 on the injunction date, and

(b)any prohibition or requirement in the injunction is to have effect after the respondent reaches that age and for at least the period of four weeks beginning with the respondent's 18th birthday,

the court must order the applicant and the respondent to attend a review hearing on a specified date within that period.

(3)In section 42 (variation or discharge of injunctions), after subsection (4) there is inserted—

(4A)Section 36(4A) does not apply where an injunction is varied to include a prohibition or requirement which is to have effect as mentioned in that provision but the variation is made within (or at any time after) the period of four weeks ending with the respondent's 18th birthday.