# Sentencing Act 2020, Paragraph 31


(1) In this Code “drug treatment requirement”, in relation to a youth rehabilitation order, means a requirement that the offender must submit, during a period or periods (each, a “treatment period”), to drug rehabilitation treatment.
Such treatment may be resident treatment or non-resident treatment.
(2) In this paragraph—
“drug rehabilitation treatment”, in relation to an offender, means treatment which is—
(a)by or under the direction of a person having the necessary qualifications or experience, and
(b)with a view to the reduction or elimination of the offender's dependency on, or propensity to misuse, drugs;
“resident treatment” means treatment as a resident in a particular institution or place;
“non-resident treatment” means treatment as a non-resident at a particular institution or place;
“the treatment director” means the person by or under whose direction the treatment is to be provided.
(3) A youth rehabilitation order which imposes a drug treatment requirement must specify—
(a) the treatment period or treatment periods, and
(b) for each treatment period—
(i) the treatment director;
(ii) if the treatment is to be resident treatment, the institution or place where it is to be provided;
(iii) if it is to be non-resident treatment, the institution or place where, and the intervals at which, it is to be provided;
but must not otherwise specify the nature of the treatment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/schedule/6/paragraph/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/schedule-6/paragraph-31
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