Where a parenting order under this section is available, the court may make such an order in respect of the offender if satisfied that the order would be desirable in the interests of preventing the commission of any further offence under section 443 or 444 of the Education Act 1996.
Subsections (4) and (5) apply where a court makes a parenting order under this section.
The requirements that the court may specify under section 365(1)(a) are requirements that it considers desirable in the interests of preventing the commission of any further offence under section 443 or 444 of the Education Act 1996.
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 offender 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 a case where the offence related to a person aged under 16, the court must obtain and consider information about—