If such an application is made, the court may make a parenting order in respect of a parent of the child or young person if it is satisfied—
A parenting order is an order which requires the parent—
A parenting order under this section may, but need not, include a requirement mentioned in subsection (3)(b) in any case where a parenting order under this section or any other enactment has been made in respect of the parent on a previous occasion.
A counselling or guidance programme which a parent is required to attend by virtue of subsection (3)(b) may be or include a residential course but only if the court is satisfied that the following two conditions are fulfilled.
The first condition is that the attendance of the parent at a residential course is likely to be more effective than his attendance at a non-residential course in preventing the child or young person from engaging in further anti-social behaviour.
The second condition is that any interference with family life which is likely to result from the attendance of the parent at a residential course is proportionate in all the circumstances.
A relevant housing provider must not make an application under this section without first consulting the local authority (or, if subsection (8A) applies, each local authority) in whose area the child or young person in question resides or appears to reside.
This subsection applies if the place where the child or young person resides or appears to reside is within the area of a county council and within the area of a district council.
In deciding whom to nominate under subsection (9)(b) a relevant housing provider must take into account the views of—