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Sentencing Act 2020, Cross Heading: Programme requirement is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 22 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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Programme requirementE+W
12(1)In this Code “programme requirement”, in relation to a youth rehabilitation order, means a requirement for the offender to participate in a particular systematic set of activities (a “programme”), which may have a residential component.E+W
(2)A youth rehabilitation order which imposes a programme requirement must specify—
(a)the programme,
(b)the place or places at which the offender is required to participate in it,
(c)the number of days on which the offender is required to participate in it, and
(d)if the programme has a residential component—
(i)the place where the offender is required to reside for the purposes of the residential component, and
(ii)the period for which the offender is required to reside there.
(3)For the purposes of this paragraph, a programme has “a residential component” if it is necessary to reside at a particular place for a particular period in order to participate in the programme.
(4)A programme requirement operates to require the offender, as instructed by the responsible officer—
(a)to participate in the programme on the number of days specified in the order at a place specified in the order, and
(b)while there, to comply with instructions given by, or under the authority of, the person in charge of the programme.
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