Section 6 and Schedule 4: Abolition of certain youth orders and related amendments
178.Section 6 abolishes five existing community sentences for young offenders namely, curfew orders, attendance centre orders, exclusion orders, supervision orders and action plan orders, which will be replaced by the YRO. The section also introduces Schedule 4, which makes consequential amendments to other legislation. Paragraph 80 of Schedule 4 amends section 174 of the 2003 Act imposing an additional requirement on the courts when passing a custodial sentence on an offender aged under 18. The court is already required, when imposing a discretionary custodial sentence, to explain why it is of the opinion that the matter is so serious that neither a fine alone nor a community sentence can be justified for the offence. This additional requirement means that when passing a discretionary custodial sentence on an offender under the age of 18, the court must also include a statement that it is of the opinion that the imposition of a youth rehabilitation order with intensive supervision and surveillance or fostering cannot be justified, and why it is of that opinion.