# Sentencing Act 2020, Paragraph 8


(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where the offender—
(a) is required by a treatment requirement of the youth rehabilitation order to submit to treatment, and
(b) has refused to undergo any surgical, electrical or other treatment.
(2) The offender is not to be treated for the purposes of paragraph 6 or 7 as having breached the requirement on the ground only of that refusal if, in the opinion of the court, the refusal was reasonable having regard to all the circumstances.
(3) In this paragraph, “treatment requirement” means—
(a) a mental health treatment requirement,
(b) a drug treatment requirement, or
(c) an intoxicating substance treatment requirement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/schedule/7/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/schedule-7/paragraph-8
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