Sentencing Act 2020

Activity requirement: obligation to engage in activities as instructed by responsible officer E+W

6 (1) A youth rehabilitation order that imposes an obligation under this paragraph— E+W

(a) must specify a number of days, and

(b) may permit the responsible officer to give instructions in accordance with this paragraph requiring the offender to participate in a residential exercise.

(2) The obligation requires the offender to engage in activities in accordance with instructions of the responsible officer on that number of days.

(3) For each of those days, instructions of the responsible officer must require the offender—

(a) to present himself or herself to a person or persons of a description specified in the instructions at a place so specified, or

(b) to participate in an activity specified in the instructions.

(4) On each of those days, or while participating in any such activity, the offender is required to comply with instructions given by, or under the authority of, the person in charge of the place or the activity.

(5) An activity specified in instructions under this paragraph may be one whose purpose is reparation, such as an activity involving contact between an offender and persons affected by the offending concerned.

(6) Sub-paragraphs (7) to (9) apply where under sub-paragraph (1)(b) the youth rehabilitation order permits the responsible officer to give instructions requiring the offender to participate in a residential exercise.

(7) Instructions given by the responsible officer may require the offender to participate in a residential exercise for the period specified in the instructions, and for that purpose—

(a) to present himself or herself to a person of a description specified in the instructions at a place so specified at the beginning of that period and to reside there for that period, or

(b) to participate for that period in an activity specified in the instructions.

(8) But instructions requiring the offender to participate in a residential exercise—

(a) may not require the offender to participate in such an exercise for a period of more than 7 days;

(b) may not be given except with the consent of a parent or guardian of the offender.

(9) Where the responsible officer gives instructions requiring the offender to participate in a residential exercise, the offender is required to comply with instructions given by, or under the authority of, the person in charge of the place or activity specified in the responsible officer's instructions.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 6 para. 6 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2