Section 1 Power to grant youth injunctionsF12I1

A court may grant an injunction under this section F1(a “youth injunction”) against a person aged 10 or over F2but under 18 (“the respondent”) if two conditions are met.

The first condition is that the court is satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, that the respondent has engaged or threatens to engage in anti-social behaviour.

The second condition is that the court considers it just and convenient to grant the injunction for the purpose of preventing the respondent from engaging in anti-social behaviour.

F3A youth injunction may for the purpose of preventing the respondent from engaging in anti-social behaviour—

But a youth injunction may not have the effect of excluding the respondent from the place where the respondent normally lives.

Prohibitions and requirements in F5a youth injunction must, so far as practicable, be such as to avoid—

A youth injunction must specify the period for which it has effect, which must be no more than 12 months.

F9A youth injunction may specify periods for which particular prohibitions or requirements have effect.

An application for a youth injunction must be made to a youth court.

In this Part, anti-social behaviour means—