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associated person if either P or the associated person lives in premises which

fall within paragraph (a) of the definition of “service living accommodation” in

section 96(1) of the Armed Forces Act 2006.

(2)   

If a DVPN is issued by a member of the Ministry of Defence Police by virtue of

subsection (1), provision may be included in the DVPN by virtue of section

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21(8) in relation to any other premises in England or Wales lived in by P and

the associated person.

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Pilot schemes

(1)   

The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument provide for

any provision of sections 21 to 29 to come into force for a period of time to be

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specified in or under the order for the purpose of assessing the effectiveness of

the provision.

(2)   

Such an order may make different provision for different areas.

(3)   

More than one order may be made under this section.

(4)   

Provision included in an order under this section does not affect the provision

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that may be included in relation to sections 21 to 29 in an order under section

45 (commencement).

Gang-related violence

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Grant of injunction: minimum age

In section 34 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (injunctions to prevent gang-

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related violence), in subsection (1), after “grant an injunction” there is inserted

“against a respondent aged 14 or over”.

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Review on respondent to injunction becoming 18

(1)   

The Policing and Crime Act 2009 is amended as follows.

(2)   

In section 36 (contents of injunctions: supplemental), after subsection (4) there

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is inserted—

“(4A)   

Where—

(a)   

the respondent is under the age of 18 on the injunction date, and

(b)   

any prohibition or requirement in the injunction is to have effect

after the respondent reaches that age and for at least the period

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of four weeks beginning with the respondent’s 18th birthday,

   

the court must order the applicant and the respondent to attend a

review hearing on a specified date within that period.”

(3)   

In section 42 (variation or discharge of injunctions), after subsection (4) there is

inserted—

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“(4A)   

Section 36(4A) does not apply where an injunction is varied to include

a prohibition or requirement which is to have effect as mentioned in

that provision but the variation is made within (or at any time after) the

period of four weeks ending with the respondent’s 18th birthday.”

 
 

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Consultation of youth offending team

(1)   

In the Policing and Crime Act 2009, section 38 (consultation by applicants for

injunctions) is amended as follows.

(2)   

In subsection (2), after paragraph (a) there is inserted—

“(aa)   

where the respondent is under the age of 18 (and will be under

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that age when the application is made), the youth offending

team established under section 39 of the Crime and Disorder

Act 1998 in whose area it appears to the applicant that the

respondent resides, and”.

(3)   

After that subsection there is inserted—

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“(3)   

If it appears to the applicant that the respondent resides in the area of

two or more youth offending teams, the obligation in subsection (2)(aa)

is to consult such of those teams as the applicant thinks appropriate.”

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Application for variation or discharge of injunction

In the Policing and Crime Act 2009, in section 42 (variation or discharge of

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injunctions), at the end there is inserted—

“(6)   

If an application to vary or discharge an injunction under this Part is

dismissed, no further application to vary or discharge it may be made

by any person without the consent of the court.”

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Powers of court to remand

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In the Policing and Crime Act 2009, in Schedule 5 (injunctions: powers to

remand), in paragraph 2(1)(a) (power to remand in custody), at the beginning

there is inserted “in the case of a person aged 18 or over”.

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Powers of court on breach of injunction by respondent under 18

(1)   

The Policing and Crime Act 2009 is amended as follows.

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(2)   

After section 46 (and after the heading “miscellaneous”) there is inserted—

“46A    

Breach of injunction: supplementary powers in respect of under-18s

Schedule 5A (which makes provision about the powers of the court in

relation to breach of an injunction by a respondent aged under 18) has

effect.”

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(3)   

After Schedule 5 there is inserted—

“Schedule 5A

Section 46A

 

Breach of injunction: powers of court in respect of under-18s

Part 1

Introductory

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Power to make supervision order or detention order

1     (1)  

Where—

 
 

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(a)   

an injunction under Part 4 is granted against a person under

the age of 18, and

(b)   

on an application made by the injunction applicant, the court

is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the person is in

breach of any provision of the injunction,

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the court may make one of the orders specified in sub-paragraph (2)

in respect of the person.

      (2)  

Those orders are—

(a)   

a supervision order (see Part 2 of this Schedule);

(b)   

a detention order (see Part 3 of this Schedule).

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      (3)  

The powers conferred by this paragraph are in addition to any other

power of the court in relation to the breach of the injunction.

      (4)  

Before making an application under paragraph 1(1)(b) the injunction

applicant must consult—

(a)   

the youth offending team consulted under section 38(1) or

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39(5) in relation to the injunction, and

(b)   

any other person previously so consulted.

      (5)  

In considering whether and how to exercise its powers under this

paragraph, the court must consider representations made by the

youth offending team referred to in sub-paragraph (4)(a).

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      (6)  

An order under sub-paragraph (1) may not be made in respect of a

person aged 18 or over.

      (7)  

The court may not make a detention order under sub-paragraph (1)

unless it is satisfied, in view of the severity or extent of the breach,

that no other power available to the court is appropriate.

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      (8)  

In this Schedule—

“defaulter”, in relation to an order under this Schedule, means

the person in respect of whom the order is made;

“injunction applicant”, in relation to an injunction under Part 4

or an order under this Schedule made in respect of such an

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injunction, means the person who applied for the injunction;

“appropriate court”, in relation to an order under this Schedule,

means—

(a)   

where the order is made by the High Court, the High

Court;

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(b)   

where the order is made by a county court, a county

court.

Part 2

Supervision orders

Supervision orders

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2     (1)  

A supervision order is an order imposing on the defaulter one or

more of the following requirements—

(a)   

a supervision requirement;

(b)   

an activity requirement;

 
 

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(c)   

a curfew requirement.

      (2)  

Before making a supervision order the court must obtain and

consider information about the defaulter’s family circumstances and

the likely effect of such an order on those circumstances.

      (3)  

Before making a supervision order imposing two or more

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requirements, the court must consider their mutual compatibility.

      (4)  

The court must ensure, as far as practicable, that any requirement

imposed by a supervision order is such as to avoid—

(a)   

any conflict with the defaulter’s religious beliefs,

(b)   

any interference with the times, if any, at which the defaulter

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normally works or attends school or any other educational

establishment, and

(c)   

any conflict with the requirements of any other court order or

injunction to which the defaulter may be subject.

      (5)  

A supervision order must for the purposes of this Schedule specify a

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maximum period for the operation of any requirement contained in

the order.

      (6)  

The period specified under sub-paragraph (5) may not exceed six

months beginning with the day after that on which the supervision

order is made.

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      (7)  

A supervision order must for the purposes of this Schedule specify a

youth offending team established under section 39 of the Crime and

Disorder Act 1998.

      (8)  

The youth offending team specified under sub-paragraph (7) is to

be—

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(a)   

the youth offending team in whose area it appears to the

court that the respondent will reside during the period

specified under sub-paragraph (5), or

(b)   

where it appears to the court that the respondent will reside

in the area of two or more such teams, such one of those

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teams as the court may determine.

Supervision requirements

3     (1)  

In this Schedule, “supervision requirement”, in relation to a

supervision order, means a requirement that the defaulter attend

appointments with—

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(a)   

the responsible officer, or

(b)   

another person determined by the responsible officer,

           

at such times and places as may be instructed by the responsible

officer.

      (2)  

The appointments must be within the period for the time being

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specified in the order under paragraph 2(5).

Activity requirements

4     (1)  

In this Schedule, “activity requirement”, in relation to a supervision

order, means a requirement that the defaulter do any or all of the

 
 

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following within the period for the time being specified in the order

under paragraph 2(5)—

(a)   

participate, on such number of days as may be specified in

the order, in activities at a place, or places, so specified;

(b)   

participate in an activity or activities specified in the order on

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such number of days as may be so specified;

(c)   

participate in one or more residential exercises for a

continuous period or periods comprising such number or

numbers of days as may be specified in the order;

(d)   

in accordance with sub-paragraphs (6) to (9), engage in

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activities in accordance with instructions of the responsible

officer on such number of days as may be specified in the

order.

      (2)  

The number of days specified in a supervision order in relation to an

activity requirement must not, in aggregate, be less than 12 or more

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than 24.

      (3)  

A requirement referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b) operates to

require the defaulter, in accordance with instructions given by the

responsible officer, on the number of days specified in the order in

relation to the requirement—

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(a)   

in the case of a requirement referred to in sub-paragraph

(1)(a), to present himself or herself at a place specified in the

order to a person of a description so specified, or

(b)   

in the case of a requirement referred to in sub-paragraph

(1)(b), to participate in an activity specified in the order,

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and, on each such day, to comply with instructions given by, or

under the authority of, the person in charge of the place or the

activity (as the case may be).

      (4)  

Where the order includes a requirement referred to in sub-paragraph

(1)(c) to participate in a residential exercise, it must specify, in

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relation to the residential exercise—

(a)   

a place, or

(b)   

an activity.

      (5)  

A requirement under sub-paragraph (1)(c) to participate in a

residential exercise operates to require the defaulter, in accordance

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with instructions given by the responsible officer—

(a)   

if a place is specified under sub-paragraph (4)(a)—

(i)   

to present himself or herself at the beginning of the

period specified in the order in relation to the

exercise, at the place so specified to a person of a

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description specified in the instructions, and

(ii)   

to reside there for that period;

(b)   

if an activity is specified under sub-paragraph (4)(b), to

participate, for the period specified in the order in relation to

the exercise, in the activity so specified,

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and, during that period, to comply with instructions given by, or

under the authority of, the person in charge of the place or the

activity (as the case may be).

 
 

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      (6)  

Subject to sub-paragraph (8), instructions under sub-paragraph

(1)(d) relating to any day must require the defaulter to do either of

the following—

(a)   

present himself or herself to a person of a description

specified in the instructions at a place so specified;

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(b)   

participate in an activity specified in the instructions.

      (7)  

Any such instructions operate to require the defaulter, on that day or

while participating in that activity, to comply with instructions given

by, or under the authority of, the person in charge of the place or, as

the case may be, the activity.

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      (8)  

If the supervision order so provides, instructions under sub-

paragraph (1)(d) may require the defaulter to participate in a

residential exercise for a period comprising not more than seven

days, and, for that purpose—

(a)   

to present himself or herself at the beginning of that period to

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a person of a description specified in the instructions at a

place so specified and to reside there for that period, or

(b)   

to participate for that period in an activity specified in the

instructions.

      (9)  

Instructions such as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (8)—

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(a)   

may not be given except with the consent of a parent or

guardian of the defaulter, and

(b)   

operate to require the defaulter, during the period specified

under that sub-paragraph, to comply with instructions given

by, or under the authority of, the person in charge of the place

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or activity specified under paragraph (a) or (b) of that sub-

paragraph.

     (10)  

Instructions given by, or under the authority of, a person in charge of

a place under sub-paragraph (3), (5), (7) or (9)(b) may require the

defaulter to engage in activities otherwise than at that place.

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     (11)  

Where a supervision order contains an activity requirement, the

appropriate court may on the application of the injunction applicant

or the defaulter amend the order by substituting for any number of

days, place, activity, period or description of persons specified in the

order a new number of days, place, activity, period or description

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(subject, in the case of a number of days, to sub-paragraph (2)).

     (12)  

A court may only include an activity requirement in a supervision

order or vary such a requirement under sub-paragraph (11) if—

(a)   

it has consulted the youth offending team which is to be, or

is, specified in the order,

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(b)   

it is satisfied that it is feasible to secure compliance with the

requirement or requirement as varied,

(c)   

it is satisfied that provision for the defaulter to participate in

the activities proposed can be made under the arrangements

for persons to participate in such activities which exist in the

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area of the youth offending team which is to be or is specified

in the order, and

(d)   

in a case where the requirement or requirement as varied

would involve the co-operation of a person other than the

 
 

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defaulter and the responsible officer, that person consents to

its inclusion or variation.

     (13)  

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (9) “guardian” has the same

meaning as in the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (subject to

sub-paragraph (14)).

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     (14)  

If a local authority has parental responsibility for a defaulter who is

in its care or provided with accommodation by it in the exercise of

any social services functions, the reference to “guardian” in sub-

paragraph (9) is to be read as a reference to that authority.

     (15)  

In sub-paragraph (14)—

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(a)   

“parental responsibility” has the same meaning as it has in

the Children Act 1989 by virtue of section 3 of that Act;

(b)   

“social services functions” has the same meaning as it has in

the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 by virtue of

section 1A of that Act.

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Curfew requirements

5     (1)  

In this Schedule, “curfew requirement”, in relation to a supervision

order, means a requirement that the defaulter remain, for periods

specified in the order, at a place so specified.

      (2)  

A supervision order imposing a curfew requirement may specify

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different places or different periods for different days.

      (3)  

The periods specified under sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)   

must be within the period for the time being specified in the

order under paragraph 2(5);

(b)   

may not amount to less than two or more than eight hours in

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any day.

      (4)  

Before specifying a place under sub-paragraph (1) in a supervision

order, the court making the order must obtain and consider

information about the place proposed to be specified in the order

(including information as to the attitude of persons likely to be

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affected by the enforced presence there of the defaulter).

      (5)  

Where a supervision order contains a curfew requirement, the

appropriate court may, on the application of the injunction applicant

or the defaulter amend the order by—

(a)   

substituting new periods for the periods specified in the

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order under this paragraph (subject to sub-paragraph (3)); or

(b)   

substituting a new place for the place specified in the order

under this paragraph (subject to sub-paragraph (4)).

Electronic monitoring requirements

6     (1)  

A supervision order containing a curfew requirement may also

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contain a requirement (an “electronic monitoring requirement”) for

securing the electronic monitoring of compliance with the curfew

requirement during a period—

(a)   

specified in the order, or

 
 

 
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