Sentencing Act 2020

367 Report where court proposes both parenting order and referral order

(1) This section applies if a court proposes to make both—

(a) a referral order in respect of an offender, and

(b) a parenting order under section 366 (parenting order on conviction of a person aged under 18) in respect of a parent or guardian of the offender.

(2) Before making the parenting order the court must obtain and consider a report by an appropriate officer—

(a) indicating the requirements which that officer proposes should be included in the parenting order;

(b) indicating the reasons why the officer considers that those requirements would be desirable in the interests of preventing the commission of any further offence by the offender;

(c) if the offender is aged under 16, containing the information required by section 366(8).

(3) In subsection (2) “an appropriate officer” means—

(a) an officer of a provider of probation services,

(b) a social worker of a local authority, or

(c) a member of a youth offending team.