{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-217",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-217.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/20",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026",
  "path": "section/217",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "217",
  "heading": "Content of youth diversion orders",
  "text": "(1) A youth diversion order may—\n(a) prohibit the respondent from doing anything described in the order;\n(b) require the respondent to do anything described in the order.\nThe order may in particular contain provision of a kind mentioned in subsections (2) to (4).\n(2) An order may contain prohibitions or requirements relating to any of the following—\n(a) the persons with whom the respondent associates or communicates;\n(b) the way in which the respondent communicates or associates with others;\n(c) the respondent’s possession or use of electronic communication devices, including in particular a requirement that a device may only be possessed or used subject to specified conditions;\n(d) the respondent’s presence in, or access to, a specified area or place or an area or place of a specified description;\n(e) the respondent’s travel (whether within the United Kingdom, between the United Kingdom and other places or otherwise).\n(3) An order may—\n(a) require the respondent to attend appointments or participate in activities;\n(b) require the respondent to answer questions, provide information or produce documents;\n(c) contain curfew requirements;\n(d) require the respondent to comply with section 218 (notification requirements).\n(4) An order may contain any prohibition that is of a kind that could be imposed by the Secretary of State in relation to an individual by virtue of paragraph 6A of Schedule 1 to the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (weapons and explosives measures).\n(5) The conditions specified under subsection (2)(c) may, in particular include conditions in relation to—\n(a) the manner in which a device is used;\n(b) the monitoring of such use;\n(c) the granting to a constable of access to premises for the purpose of the inspection or modification of a device;\n(d) the surrendering to a constable of a device on a temporary basis for the purpose of its inspection or modification at another place;\n(e) the inspection of any online account accessed by means of a device;\n(f) the disclosure to a constable of such details as may be specified of any device possessed or used by the respondent or any other person with whom the respondent lives.\n(6) The “inspection” of a device, or an online account accessed by means of a device, includes—\n(a) accessing the device or the online account,\n(b) examining information held on the device or accessed by means of the online account, and\n(c) extracting such information.\n(7) A court may include a prohibition or requirement only if it considers it necessary for the purpose of protecting members of the public from a risk of terrorism or other serious harm.\n(8) Prohibitions and requirements must, so far as practicable, be such as to avoid—\n(a) any conflict with any religious beliefs of the respondent;\n(b) any interference with any times at which the respondent normally attends any educational establishment or works;\n(c) any conflict with the requirements of any other court order or injunction to which the respondent is subject.\n(9) A youth diversion order must specify the period for which it has effect (which must not exceed 12 months).\n(10) A youth diversion order may specify periods for which particular prohibitions or requirements have effect.\n(11) In this section—\n“curfew requirement” means a requirement that the respondent must remain at a particular place for particular periods;\n“document” means anything in which information of any description is recorded (whether or not in legible form);\n“electronic communication device” has the meaning given by paragraph 7(5) of Schedule 1 to the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011;\n“online account” means an account by means of which information held on a service provided by means of the internet is made accessible;\n“specified” means specified in the youth diversion order.\n(12) The reference in this section to “extracting” information includes reproducing it in any form.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 217 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/section/217",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:58.060228+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}