Article 6 Attendance
Persons required to attend at a centre shall so attend—
on the first occasion, at the time specified in the order; and
on any subsequent occasion, at such time as may be notified to them in accordance with rule 5(2) above, or, if no such notification has been given, at such time as may be notified to them in writing by or on behalf of the officer in charge;
and on attending shall report to, and place themselves under the direction of, the officer in charge.
The occasions of a person’s attendance at a centre and the duration of each attendance shall, so far as practicable and subject to the provisions of rules 11 and 12 of these Rules, be so arranged by the officer in charge that the duration of attendance on any occasion is not less than one hour.
Where a person without reasonable excuse attends at the centre later than the time at which he was required to attend, the officer in charge may refuse to admit him; in such a case the person shall be regarded as having failed to attend on that occasion and shall either—
be instructed in accordance with rule 5(2) above as to his further attendance at the centre; or
be informed (both orally and in writing) that he is not required to attend at the centre again and that it is intended in respect of the failure to attend at the required time to take steps to bring him before a court under section 19(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982f1.
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1982 c. 48; section 19 was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), section 67(4), (5) and (6) and by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33), Schedule 9, paragraph 21.