12(1)In this Code “programme requirement”, in relation to a youth rehabilitation order, means a requirement for the offender to participate in a particular systematic set of activities (a “programme”), which may have a residential component.E+W
(2)A youth rehabilitation order which imposes a programme requirement must specify—
(a)the programme,
(b)the place or places at which the offender is required to participate in it,
(c)the number of days on which the offender is required to participate in it, and
(d)if the programme has a residential component—
(i)the place where the offender is required to reside for the purposes of the residential component, and
(ii)the period for which the offender is required to reside there.
(3)For the purposes of this paragraph, a programme has “a residential component” if it is necessary to reside at a particular place for a particular period in order to participate in the programme.
(4)A programme requirement operates to require the offender, as instructed by the responsible officer—
(a)to participate in the programme on the number of days specified in the order at a place specified in the order, and
(b)while there, to comply with instructions given by, or under the authority of, the person in charge of the programme.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 6 para. 12 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2
13(1)A court may not include a programme requirement in a youth rehabilitation order unless—E+W
(a)the programme which the court proposes to specify has been recommended to the court by—
(i)a member of a youth offending team, or
(ii)an officer of a provider of probation services,
as being suitable for the offender, and
(b)the court is satisfied that the programme is available at the place or places it proposes to specify.
For this purpose, “programme” has the same meaning as in paragraph 12.
(2)A court may not include a programme requirement in a youth rehabilitation order if compliance with the requirement would require the co-operation of a person other than the offender and the offender's responsible officer, unless that other person consents to its inclusion.
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 6 para. 13 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2