Section 23Part 3 — Young Persons and Offences
Probation orders
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Where a young person has been placed under the supervision of a probation officer by a probation order made under this Act, the probation officer shall, in addition to that probation officer's powers and duties under the Alternative Sentencing Act (2008 Revision) —
visit, advise and befriend the young person; and
if it appears necessary in the interests of welfare, bring that person before a youth court to apply for such further order under section 20 of this Act or under the Alternative Sentencing Act (2008 Revision) as appears to the probation officer to be appropriate.
On an application made under paragraph (b) of subsection (1), a youth court may —
vary or discharge the probation order;
make such order under section 20(1), including a further probation order, as it thinks fit; or
make such order under the Alternative Sentencing Act (2008 Revision) as it thinks fit.
Any —
requirement or condition in a probation order; and
duty imposed by paragraph (a) of subsection (1) to visit, advise and befriend a young person subject to a probation order,
shall not apply after the young person attains the age of seventeen years.
Cross References
- Section of Alternative Sentencing Act
Reference to Alternative Sentencing Act (2008 Revision)