# Sentencing Act 2020, Section 367: Report where court proposes both parenting order and referral order


(1) This section applies if a court proposes to make both—
(a) a referral order in respect of an offender, and
(b) a parenting order under section 366 (parenting order on conviction of a person aged under 18) in respect of a parent or guardian of the offender.
(2) Before making the parenting order the court must obtain and consider a report by an appropriate officer—
(a) indicating the requirements which that officer proposes should be included in the parenting order;
(b) indicating the reasons why the officer considers that those requirements would be desirable in the interests of preventing the commission of any further offence by the offender;
(c) if the offender is aged under 16, containing the information required by section 366(8).
(3) In subsection (2) “an appropriate officer” means—
(a) an officer of a provider of probation services,
(b) a social worker of a local authority, or
(c) a member of a youth offending team.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/section/367 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sentencing-act-2020/section-367
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