SCHEDULE 9Minor Amendments

Community sentences: binding over of parent or guardian

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In section 58(2) of the [1991 c. 53.] Criminal Justice Act 1991 (power of court to bind over parent or guardian of young offender), at the end, there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

  • Where the court has passed on the relevant minor a community sentence (within the meaning of section 6 above) it may include in the recognisance a provision that the minor’s parent or guardian ensure that the minor complies with the requirements of that sentence.