Part IIIMandatory and discretionary referral of young offenders

Supplementary

32Definitions for purposes of Part III

In this Part—

“the appropriate court” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 1 to this Act;

“associated”, in relation to referral orders, shall be construed in accordance with section 18(7) above;

“connected”, in relation to offences, shall be construed in accordance with section 16(4) above;

“meeting”, in relation to a youth offender panel, shall be construed in accordance with section 21(7) above;

“the specified team”, in relation to an offender to whom a referral order applies (or two or more associated referral orders apply), means the youth offending team for the time being specified in the order (or orders).