New Section 1J of the 1998 Act
691.New section 1J(1) makes ASBOs subject to review regardless of how they were obtained (on complaint, or on conviction, or in the county court), provided that the subject was aged under 17 on the day that the order was made.
692.New section 1J(2) ensures that a review will be carried out only if the subject is still aged under 18 and requires the order to be reviewed before the end of each “review period” (see below).
693.New section 1J(3) specifies the review periods. There are two types. The first review (new section 1J(3)(a)) is to be carried out for the period covering the first year of the ASBO, but if there has been a supplemental order (see below) within that first year, that further order has the effect of re-setting the clock on the review period. The second and subsequent reviews (new section 1J(3)(b)) are to be carried out on a one yearly cycle starting from the day after the first review period. However, again, the clock can be re-set if a supplemental order is made within that second (or subsequent) review period. This will avoid a review having to be carried out when a similar process – the case review leading up to an application to vary an order or to obtain an Individual Support Order (ISO) – has already achieved the same end.
694.New section 1J(4) defines supplemental orders for the purposes of new section 1J(3). The result is that varying the ASBO, or making an ISO in relation to it, has the effect of re-setting the clock for the review period.
695.New section 1J(5) makes it clear that a review is not carried out on an ASBO if the order is discharged before the end of the review period.
696.New section 1J(6) sets out what the case review team must consider when conducting the review, including further support to the subject and possible further action to vary or discharge the ASBO.
697.New section 1J(7) requires the case review team to have regard to Home Office guidance when carrying out the review.
