Section 193: Duty of offender to keep in touch with responsible officer etc

Sentencing Act 2020 · 2020 c. 17View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 9: Community sentences — CHAPTER 1: Youth rehabilitation orders

This section applies where a youth rehabilitation order is in force.

The offender—

must keep in touch with the responsible officer in accordance with any instructions the responsible officer may give the offender from time to time, and
must notify the responsible officer of—
any name which the offender uses but which is not mentioned in the youth rehabilitation order,
each of the offender’s telephone numbers and email addresses (if any), and
any change of address.

The offender must comply with subsection (2)(b)(i) and (ii) in relation to a name, telephone number or email address as soon as reasonably practicable after the order is made or the person first uses that name or obtains that telephone number or email address.

An obligation under subsection (2) is enforceable as if it were a youth rehabilitation requirement of the youth rehabilitation order.

This section applies in relation to youth rehabilitation orders made before (as well as those made after) section 192 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 comes into force.

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