CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 104 Probation orders

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 104

(1)     A probation order, in relation to a young person, is an order made by a court—

        (a)     placing the young person under the supervision of the chief executive or someone else named in the order for the period stated in the order; and

        (b)     requiring the young person to report to the supervisor at a place and at times required by the supervisor.

(2)     A probation order may contain 1 or more of the following conditions and provisions:

        (a)     a condition requiring the young person to take part in discussions with the supervisor about the welfare of the young person, in particular whether the young person should receive some form of treatment, or take part in some form of educational, vocational or recreational activity or other activity, having as its object the welfare of the young person;

        (b)     such other conditions and provisions as the court considers to be desirable in the interests of the welfare of the young person, in particular conditions and provisions having as their object the avoidance of a repetition of the offence or of the commission of further offences.

(3)     The court may only make a probation order that is in force for a period of more than 1 year if it considers it necessary to do so.

(4)     The court may not make a probation order that is in force for more than 2 years.