Subsections (3) and (4) apply where a parenting order under this section is available.
If the offender is aged 16 or 17 at the time of conviction, the court may make a parenting order under this section in respect of a parent or guardian of the offender if it is satisfied that the order would be desirable in the interests of preventing the commission of any further offence by the offender.
Subsections (6) and (7) apply where a court makes a parenting order under this section in respect of a parent or guardian of an offender.
The requirements that the court may specify in the order under section 365(1)(a) are requirements that it considers desirable in the interests of preventing the commission of any further offence by the offender.
If the order contains a requirement under section 365(1)(b) and the court is satisfied that—
the court may provide in the order that a counselling or guidance programme which the parent or guardian is required to attend by virtue of the requirement may be or include a residential course.
Before making a parenting order under this section in respect of a parent or guardian of an offender aged under 16, the court must obtain and consider information about—
Where a parenting order is made under this section, the person in respect of whom it is made has the same right of appeal against it as if—