Part 3Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders
CHAPTER 3Remands of children otherwise than on bail
Remands to local authority accommodation
95Requirements for electronic monitoring: extradition cases
(1)
The requirements referred to in section 93(2)(b) (requirements for imposing electronic monitoring condition: extradition cases) are those set out in subsections (2) to (6).
(2)
The first requirement is that the child has reached the age of twelve.
(3)
The second requirement is that the offence to which the extradition proceedings relate, or one or more of those offences, is an imprisonable offence.
(4)
The third requirement is that—
(a)
the conduct constituting the offence to which the extradition proceedings relate, or one or more of those offences, would, if committed in England and Wales, constitute a violent F1, sexual or terrorism offence or an offence punishable in the case of an adult with imprisonment for a term of 14 years or more, or
(b)
the offence or offences to which the extradition proceedings relate, together with any other imprisonable offences of which the child has been convicted, amount or would, if the child were convicted of that offence or those offences, amount to a recent history of committing imprisonable offences while on bail or subject to a custodial remand.
(5)
The fourth requirement is that the court is satisfied that the necessary provision for electronic monitoring can be made under arrangements currently available in each local justice area which is a relevant area.
(6)
The fifth requirement is that a youth offending team has informed the court that, in its opinion, the imposition of an electronic monitoring condition will be suitable in the child's case.
(7)
For the purposes of this section, a local justice area is a relevant area in relation to a proposed electronic monitoring condition if the court considers that it will not be practicable to secure the electronic monitoring in question unless electronic monitoring arrangements are available in that area.