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Sentencing Act 2020

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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.

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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.

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