THIRD GROUP OF PARTSDisposals

PART 9Community sentences

CHAPTER 1Youth rehabilitation orders

Youth rehabilitation orders: supplementary

I1C2197Youth rehabilitation orders: interpretation

In this Chapter, except where the contrary intention appears—

  • “end date”, in relation to a youth rehabilitation order, means the date for the time being specified in the order under—

    1. a

      section 187 (youth rehabilitation order to specify end date),

    2. b

      paragraph 10(4) of Schedule 7 (power to substitute later end date on breach), or

    3. c

      paragraph 18(1) of that Schedule (extension of order);

  • “home local justice area”, in relation to a youth rehabilitation order, means the local justice area for the time being specified in the order under—

    1. a

      section 188, or

    2. b

      paragraph 15(2) of Schedule 7;

  • “the responsible officer”, in relation to an offender to whom a youth rehabilitation order relates, has the meaning given by section 191;

  • “youth rehabilitation requirement” has the meaning given by section 173.

I3198When a youth rehabilitation order is in force

1

A youth rehabilitation order takes effect at the beginning of the day on which it is made.

2

But a court making a youth rehabilitation order may order that it is to take effect instead on a later date (and see, in particular, section 181(1)).

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A youth rehabilitation order is in force for the period—

a

beginning when it takes effect, and

b

ending—

i

with the end date, or

ii

if later, when the offender has completed any unpaid work requirement imposed by the order.

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But a youth rehabilitation order ceases to be in force when it is revoked.

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An unpaid work requirement is completed when the offender has worked under it for the number of hours specified in the order.

198AF1Electronic monitoring requirement previously imposed

1

This section applies where an electronic monitoring requirement was imposed by a youth rehabilitation order in respect of an offence of which the offender was convicted before the day on which paragraph 4 of Schedule 17 to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 first came into force to any extent (ignoring, for these purposes, the coming into force of Part 2 of that Schedule for the purposes of making regulations).

2

In this section “electronic monitoring requirement” has the meaning given by paragraph 41 of Schedule 6 as it had effect before the day mentioned in subsection (1).

3

The electronic monitoring requirement is not affected by the renaming of electronic monitoring requirements as electronic compliance monitoring requirements by that Act.

4

This Chapter applies in relation to the youth rehabilitation order as if any reference to an electronic compliance monitoring requirement were to an electronic monitoring requirement.

I2199Youth rehabilitation orders: Isles of Scilly

1

This Chapter has effect in relation to the Isles of Scilly with such exceptions, adaptations and modifications as the Secretary of State may by regulations specify.

2

Regulations under this section are subject to the negative resolution procedure.