Gang-related violence

36Consultation of youth offending team

1

In the Policing and Crime Act 2009, section 38 (consultation by applicants for injunctions) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (2), after paragraph (a) there is inserted—

aa

where the respondent is under the age of 18 (and will be under that age when the application is made), the youth offending team established under section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 in whose area it appears to the applicant that the respondent resides, and

3

After that subsection there is inserted—

3

If it appears to the applicant that the respondent resides in the area of two or more youth offending teams, the obligation in subsection (2)(aa) is to consult such of those teams as the applicant thinks appropriate.