Legislation – Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

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PART 8Youth justice

Youth rehabilitation orders

161Youth rehabilitation orders

(1)

Schedule 17 contains amendments to provisions of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 and the Sentencing Act 2020 which relate to youth rehabilitation orders.

(2)

In the following provisions of this section, “the relevant YRO provisions” means—

(a)

Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 17, and

(b)

subsection (1) of this section so far as relating to those Parts.

(3)

Regulations under section 208(1) which bring any of the relevant YRO provisions into force only for a specified purpose or in relation to a specified area may—

(a)

provide for that provision to be in force for that purpose or in relation to that area for a specified period, and

(b)

make transitional or saving provision in connection with that provision ceasing to be in force at the end of the specified period.

(4)

Regulations containing provision by virtue of subsection (3)(a) may be amended by subsequent regulations under section 208(1) so as to continue any of the relevant YRO provisions in force for the specified purpose or in relation to the specified area for a further specified period.

(5)

Accordingly, the reference to section 419(1) of the Sentencing Act 2020, as applied by section 206, to the coming into force of an amendment is to be read as including a reference to the continuing in force of an amendment by reason of subsection (4).

(6)

In subsections (3) and (4), “specified” means specified in regulations under section 208(1).

(7)

Subsection (8) applies if—

(a)

the Secretary of State has made regulations under section 208(1) which make provision permitted by subsection (3), and

(b)

the Secretary of State subsequently makes regulations under section 208(1) which bring any of the relevant YRO provisions into force without making provision permitted by subsection (3).

(8)

The regulations mentioned in subsection (7)(b) may—

(a)

provide that those provisions are to come into force with the amendments specified in the regulations;

(b)

make amendments to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 or the Sentencing Act 2020 in consequence of the amendments made by paragraph (a).

(9)

A statutory instrument containing regulations under section 208(1) which make provision permitted by subsection (8) (whether alone or with other provision) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.