Legislation – Sentencing Act 2020
THIRD GROUP OF PARTSDisposals
PART 6Orders relating to conduct
CHAPTER 1Referral orders for offenders aged under 18
Making referral orders
88Making of referral order: connected offences
(1)
This section applies where a court makes referral orders in respect of two or more connected offences.
(2)
The referral orders have the effect of referring the offender to a single youth offender panel.
(3)
(4)
The court may direct that the period specified under section 86(1)(b) in any of the referral orders is to run—
(a)
concurrently with, or
(b)
in addition to,
the period specified in another of the referral orders.
(5)
But a direction under subsection (4) must not result in a total period of more than 12 months.
(6)
For the purposes of this Chapter, each of the orders mentioned in subsection (1) is associated with each other of those orders.