Marginal Citations
12A(1)Subject to subsection (2) of this section, this subsection applies to—
(a)any supervision order made under section 7(7) of this Act in respect of a child or young person found guilty as there mentioned; and
(b)any supervision order made in respect of a person under section 21(2) of this Act by a court on discharging a care order made in respect of him under the said section 7(7).
(2)Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to any supervision order which by virtue of section 12(2) above requires the supervised person to comply with directions given by the supervisor.
(3)Subject to the following provisions of this section and to section 19(13) of this Act, a supervision order to which subsection (1) of this section applies may require a supervised person—
(a)to do anything that by virtue of section 12(2) of this Act a supervisor has power, or would but for section 19(12) of this Act have power, to direct a supervised person to do;
(b)to remain for specified periods between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.—
(i)at a place specified in the order; or
(ii)at one of several places so specified;
(c)to refrain from participating in activities specified in the order—
(i)on a specified day or days during the period for which the supervision order is in force; or
(ii)during the whole of that period or a specified portion of it.
(4)Any power to include a requirement in a supervision order which is exercisable in relation to a person by virtue of this section or the following provisions of this Act may be exercised in relation to him whether or not any other such power is exercised.
(5)The total number of days in respect of which a supervised person may be subject to requirements imposed by virtue of subsection (3)(a) or (b) above shall not exceed 90.
(6)The court may not include requirements under subsection (3) above in a supervision order unless—
(a)it has first consulted the supervisor as to-
(i)the offender’s circumstances; and
(ii)the feasibility of securing compliance with the requirements,
and is satisfied, having regard to the supervisor’s report, that it is feasible to secure compliance with them;
(b)having regard to the circumstances of the case, it considers the requirements necessary for securing the good conduct of the supervised person or for preventing a repetition by him of the same offence or the commission of other offences; and
(c)the supervised person or, if he is a child, his parent or guardian, consents to their inclusion.
(7)The court shall not include in such an order by virtue of subsection (3) above—
(a)any requirement that would involve the co-operation of a person other than the supervisor and the supervised person unless that other person consents to its inclusion; or
(b)any requirement requiring the supervised person to reside with a specified individual; or
(c)any such requirement as is mentioned in section 12B(1) of this Act.
(8)The place, or one of the places, specified in a requirement under subsection (3)(b) above (“a night restriction") shall be the place where the supervised person lives.
(9)A night restriction shall not require the supervised person to remain at a place for longer than 10 hours on any one night.
(10)A night restriction shall not be imposed in respect of any day which falls outside the period of three months beginning with the date when the supervision order is made.
(11)A night restriction shall not be imposed in respect of more than 30 days in all.
(12)A supervised person who is required by a night restriction to remain at a place may leave it if he is accompanied—
(a)by his parent or guardian;
(b)by his supervisor; or
(c)by some other person specified in the supervision order.
(13)A night restriction imposed in respect of a period of time beginning in the evening and ending in the morning shall be treated as imposed only in respect of the day upon which the period begins.