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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 110

Attendance centre orders

(1)     An attendance centre order in relation to a young person must state—

        (a)     the number of occasions on which the young person is to report at the attendance centre or that the young person is to report on the number of occasions in each week that the chief executive from time to time specifies; and

        (b)     the total number of hours, being 8 or a multiple of 8, the young person will be required to attend to comply with the order; and

        (c)     the period of time during which the attendance is required, being a period not longer than 1 year; and

        (d)     the day and time when the young person is to report on the first occasion.

(2)     The total number of hours a young person may be required to attend may not exceed 208.

(3)     An attendance centre order in relation to a young person may contain such recommendations about the young person's attendance as the court decides.

(4)     The length of each period during which the young person is to place himself or herself under the temporary control of the chief executive is to be as decided by the chief executive.

(5)     All the periods of temporary control need not be of the same length but the total of the periods in a week may not be longer than 60 hours.

(6)     Having regard to the general directions given by the court, the chief executive must decide the days on which and the times at which the young person is required to report at the attendance centre after the first occasion.

(7)     The days on which and the times at which the young person is required to report, and the period during which he or she is to remain under temporary control, should not interfere with the education or training of the young person or with a genuine religious observance by the young person.

(8)     The chief executive may, for good cause, excuse a young person from attendance on a particular occasion or on all occasions in a particular week.



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