SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 34Parenting orders and referral orders

Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)

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In section 22 of that Act (referral orders: attendance at panel meetings), after subsection (2) there is inserted—

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If—

a

a parent or guardian of the offender fails to comply with an order under section 20 above (requirement to attend the meetings of the panel), and

b

the offender is aged under 18 at the time of the failure,

the panel may refer that parent or guardian to a youth court acting for the petty sessions area in which it appears to the panel that the offender resides or will reside.