(1)A youth rehabilitation order is available to a court by or before which an offender is convicted of an offence if the offender is aged under 18 at the time of the conviction.
(2)Subsection (1) is subject to—
(a)subsection (3), and
(b)section 37(8) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (youth rehabilitation order not to be made in combination with hospital order or guardianship order in respect of same offence).
(3)A youth rehabilitation order is not available if a mandatory sentence requirement applies in relation to the offence (see section 399)—
(a)because the sentence is fixed by law, or
(b)by virtue of—
(i)section 258 (required sentence of detention for life), or
(ii)section 311 (minimum sentence for certain offences involving firearms that are prohibited weapons).
But this is subject to section 74 and Chapter 4 of Part 12 (reduction of sentence for assistance to prosecution).
Commencement Information
I1S. 177 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2