THIRD GROUP OF PARTSDisposals

PART 6Orders relating to conduct

CHAPTER 1Referral orders for offenders aged under 18

Youth offender panels

I194Attendance at panel meetings: other persons

1

At a meeting of a youth offender panel, the offender may be accompanied by one person aged 18 or over chosen by the offender with the agreement of the panel.

2

It need not be the same person who accompanies the offender to every meeting.

3

The panel may allow any of the following to attend a meeting—

a

a victim;

b

any person who appears to the panel to be someone capable of having a good influence on the offender.

4

If the panel allows a victim to attend a meeting of the panel, it may allow the victim to be accompanied to the meeting by one person chosen by the victim with the agreement of the panel.

5

For the purposes of subsections (3) and (4) “victim” means any person who appears to the panel to be a victim of, or otherwise affected by, the offence or any of the offences in respect of which the offender was referred to the panel.