Sentencing Act 2020

Requirement

24 (1) In this Code “local authority residence requirement”, in relation to a youth rehabilitation order, means a requirement that, for a particular period (“the required period”), the offender must reside in accommodation provided by or on behalf of a particular local authority.

(2) A youth rehabilitation order which imposes a local authority residence requirement may also stipulate that the offender is not to reside with a particular person.

(3) A youth rehabilitation order which imposes a local authority residence requirement must specify—

(a) the required period,

(b) the local authority which is to receive the offender, and

(c) any person with whom the offender is not to reside by virtue of sub-paragraph (2).

(4) The required period must—

(a) not be longer than 6 months, and

(b) end before the offender reaches the age of 18.

(5) The authority specified must be the local authority in whose area the offender resides or is to reside.