SECOND GROUP OF PARTSProvisions applying to sentencing courts generally

PART 3Procedure

CHAPTER 5Duties to explain or give reasons

I153Offender aged under 16: duties to give reasons where order not made in respect of parent or guardian

1

Where an offender aged under 16 is convicted of an offence, for the duty of the court to make a statement in certain circumstances—

a

if it does not make a parenting order under section 366 in respect of a parent or guardian of the offender, see subsection (3)(b) of that section;

b

if it—

i

makes a criminal behaviour order in respect of the offender, and

ii

does not make a parenting order under section 8(1)(b) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 in respect of a parent or guardian of the offender,

see section 9(1B) of that Act;

c

if it does not make an order under section 376 (binding over of parent or guardian), see subsection (4)(b) of that section.

2

Section 404 (certain references to parent or guardian to be read as references to local authority) does not apply to this section.