# Sentencing Act 2020, Paragraph 23


(1) A youth rehabilitation order which imposes a residence requirement within paragraph 22(1)(a) may not specify, as the individual with whom the offender is required to reside, an individual who has not consented to the requirement.
(2) A court may not include a place of residence requirement in a youth rehabilitation order unless the offender is aged 16 or over at the time of conviction.
(3) Before making a youth rehabilitation order containing a place of residence requirement, the court must consider the home surroundings of the offender.
(4) A hostel or other institution may not be specified as the required place, except on the recommendation of—
(a) a member of a youth offending team,
(b) an officer of a provider of probation services, or
(c) a social worker of a local authority.
(5) In this paragraph, “place of residence requirement” and “the required place” have the same meanings as in paragraph 22.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/schedule/6/paragraph/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/schedule-6/paragraph-23
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