Review of violent offender orders in respect of young offenders

‘(1) This section applies where a violent offender order has been made in respect of an offender who was under 17 at the time when the order was made (“the young offender”).

(2) If—

(a) the young offender will be under 18 at the end of a review period (see subsection (2)), and

(b) the young offender will be subject to the violent offender order at the end of that period,

the appropriate chief officer of police must before the end of that period carry out a review of the operation of the order.

But this subsection ceases to apply if the order is discharged under section 87 before the end of that period.

(3) The “review periods” are—

(a) the period of 12 months beginning with—

(i) the day on which the order was made, or

(ii) if one or more supplemental orders were made during that period, the date on which the supplemental order (or the last supplemental order) was made;

(b) a period of 12 months beginning with—

(i) the day after the end of the previous review period, or

(ii) if one or more supplemental orders were made during that period, the date on which the supplemental order (or the last supplemental order) was made.

(4) A review under this section must include consideration of—

(a) the extent to which the young offender has complied with the violent offender order;

(b) the adequacy of any support available to the young offender to help the young offender comply with it;

(c) any matters relevant to the question whether an application should be made under section 87 for the violent offender order to be varied, renewed or discharged.

(5) A chief officer of police carrying out a review under this section may invite any person to participate in the review, but must have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State when considering which persons to invite.

(6) Those carrying out or participating in a review under this section must have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State when considering—

(a) how the review should be carried out;

(b) what particular matters should be dealt with by the review;

(c) which persons should be sent a copy of the findings of the review or extracts from or a summary of those findings;

(d) what action (if any) it would be appropriate to take in consequence of those findings.

(7) In this section—

“the appropriate chief officer of police” means the chief officer of police of the police force maintained for the police area in which the young offender resides or appears to reside;

“supplemental order”, in relation to a violent offender order, means an order under section 87 varying or renewing the violent offender order.’.—[Maria Eagle.]

Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.