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Part I POWERS EXERCISABLE BEFORE SENTENCE
Committal to Crown Court for sentence
3. Committal for sentence on summary trial of offence triable either way.
3B.Committal for sentence of young offenders on summary trial of certain serious offences
4. Committal for sentence on indication of guilty plea to offence triable either way.
4A.Committal for sentence on indication of guilty plea by child or young person with related offences
5. Power of Crown Court on committal for sentence under sections 3 and 4.Power of Crown Court on committal for sentence under sections 3, 3A and 4
5A.Power of Crown Court on committal for sentence under sections 3B, 3C and 4A
6. Committal for sentence in certain cases where offender committed in respect of another offence.
7. Power of Crown Court on committal for sentence under section 6.
Part III MANDATORY AND DISCRETIONARY REFERRAL OF YOUNG OFFENDERS
Part IV Youth community orders and reparation orders
Chapter II Community orders available for offenders of any age
Chapter III Community orders available only where offender aged 16 or over
Chapter IV Attendance centre orders: offenders under 21 and defaulters
Chapter V Community orders available only where offender aged under 18
Part V CUSTODIAL SENTENCES ETC.
Chapter II Detention and custody of young offenders
Conversion of sentence of detention to sentence of imprisonment
101. Term of order, consecutive terms and taking account of remands.
104A.Application of sections 103 to 105 in relation to orders under section 104(3)(aa)
104B.Interaction of orders under section 104(3)(a) with other sentences
106. Interaction with sentences of detention in a young offender institution.
106B.Further supervision after end of term of detention and training order
107. Meaning of “ youth detention accommodation” and references to terms.
Detention of persons aged at least 18 but under 21 for default or contempt
Chapter III Required custodial sentences for certain offences
Chapter IV Return to prison etc. where offence committed during original sentence
Chapter V Suspended sentences of imprisonment
Part VI Financial penalties and orders
135. Limit on fines imposed by magistrates’ courts in respect of young offenders.
136. Power to order statement as to financial circumstances of parent or guardian.
137. Power to order parent or guardian to pay fine, costs , compensation or surcharge.
138. Fixing of fine , compensation or surcharge to be paid by parent or guardian.
Miscellaneous powers and duties of Crown Court in relation to recognizances etc.
139. Powers and duties of Crown Court in relation to ... forfeited recognizances.
140. Enforcement of ... recognizances forfeited by Crown Court.
141. Power of Crown Court to allow time for payment, or payment by instalments, of costs and compensation.
142. Power of Crown Court to order search of persons before it.
Part VIII Miscellaneous and supplementary
SCHEDULES
Youth offender panels: further court proceedings
Part I Referral back to appropriate court : REVOCATION OF REFERRAL ORDER
Part 1ZA Referral back to appropriate court: extension of period for which contract has effect
Part 1a referral of parent or guardian for breach of section 20 order
Part II Further convictions during referral
Additional requirements which may be included in community rehabilitation orders
(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, a community...
(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, a community...
(1) This paragraph applies where a court proposing to make...
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, this paragraph applies where...
(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, a community...
Breach, revocation and amendment of certain community orders
Transfer of certain community orders to Scotland or Northern Ireland
Breach, revocation and amendment of attendance centre orders
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 70)
Licensed Premises (Exclusion of Certain Persons) Act 1980 (c. 32)
Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c. 43)
66.In section 77(2) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (postponement...
67.(1) Section 81 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (enforcement...
68.In section 88(4) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (supervision...
70.In section 96A of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (application...
72.In section 113 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (bail...
75.In section 128(6) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (remand...
77.In section 135(3) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (detention...
78.In section 136(4) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (committal...
79.In section 143(2) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (power...
Criminal Procedure (Insanity and Unfitness to Plead) Act 1991 (c. 25)
Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53)
134.In section 16(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (reciprocal...
135.In section 23(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (default...
146.In section 82(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (duties...
148.In Schedule 4 to the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (increase...
149.In Schedule 12 to the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (transitional...
Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37)
Part II Specific provisions: replication of old transitional provisions
Part III Specific provisions: miscellaneous transitional provisions
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