Sentencing Act 2020

PART 3 Youth rehabilitation orders

Requirements

8 In relation to an offence committed before 3 December 2012, paragraph 18 of Schedule 6 (youth rehabilitation orders: requirements) is to be read as if—

(a) in sub-paragraph (4)(b), the reference to 16 hours were to 12 hours, and

(b) in sub-paragraph (5), the reference to 12 months were to 6 months.

Restriction on imposing local authority residence or fostering requirement without legal representation

9 In relation to a pre-commencement case (within the meaning of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/534)), the references to representation under Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 in—

(a) paragraph C of paragraph 25 of Schedule 6 (restrictions on including local authority residence requirement in youth rehabilitation order), or

(b) paragraph D of paragraph 27 of that Schedule (restrictions on including fostering requirement in youth rehabilitation order),

include representation referred to in paragraph 19(2)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 as it had effect immediately before 13 April 2013 (representation funded by the Legal Services Commission as part of the Criminal Defence Service).

Associated offences: offender convicted before and on or after commencement date

10 (1) This paragraph applies where—

(a) a court imposes a youth rehabilitation order on an offender, and

(b) at the same time the court imposes an order under section 1 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (a “2008 Act order”), in respect of an offence of which the offender was convicted before the commencement date.

In this paragraph “youth rehabilitation order” has the meaning given by section 173.

(2) In section 183—

(a) a reference to a youth rehabilitation order includes a reference to a 2008 Act order;

(b) a reference to a particular kind of youth rehabilitation order includes a reference to the corresponding kind of 2008 Act order;

(c) a reference to a particular kind of requirement of a youth rehabilitation order includes a reference to the corresponding kind of requirement of a 2008 Act order.