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Section 1AB: Individual support orders: explanation, breach, amendment etc

Crime and Disorder Act 1998 · 1998 c. 37View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part I: Prevention of crime and disorder — Chapter I: England and Wales

REPEALED on 2014-10-20 by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

The text below is from the dated revised snapshot immediately preceding this status change. It is historical and is not current law. View the historical source.

Before making an individual support order, the court shall explain to the defendant in ordinary language—

the effect of the order and of the requirements proposed to be included in it;
the consequences which may follow (under subsection (3) below) if he fails to comply with any of those requirements; and
that the court has power (under subsection (6) below) to review the order on the application either of the defendant or of the responsible officer.

The power of the Secretary of State under section 174(4) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 includes power by order to—

prescribe cases in which subsection (1) above does not apply; and
prescribe cases in which the explanation referred to in that subsection may be made in the absence of the defendant, or may be provided in written form.

If the person in respect of whom an individual support order is made fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement included in the order, he is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding—

if he is aged 14 or over at the date of his conviction, £1,000;
if he is aged under 14 then, £250.

No referral order under section 16(2) or (3) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (referral of young offenders to youth offender panels) may be made in respect of an offence under subsection (3) above.

If the anti-social behaviour order as a result of which an individual support order was made ceases to have effect, the individual support order (if it has not previously ceased to have effect) ceases to have effect when the anti-social behaviour order does.

The period specified as the term of an individual support order made on an application under section 1AA(1A) above must not be longer than the remaining part of the term of the anti-social behaviour order as a result of which it is made.

On an application made by complaint by—

the person subject to an individual support order, or
the responsible officer,

the court which made the individual support order may vary or discharge it by a further order.

If the anti-social behaviour order as a result of which an individual support order was made is varied, the court varying the anti-social behaviour order may by a further order vary or discharge the individual support order.

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