The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008

Restrictions on power to make order

1.  A court shall not make a supervised activity order in respect of any offender unless—

(a)the court has been notified by the Secretary of State that arrangements exist for persons who reside in the petty sessions district in which the offender resides, or will be residing when the order comes into force, to carry out the requirements of a supervised activity order; and

(b)the court is satisfied that provision can be made under those arrangements for the offender to carry out the requirements of the order which the court proposes to make.