Section 5 Making a deferment orderI1

the offender consents,

the offender undertakes to comply with any deferment requirements the court proposes to impose,

if those requirements include a restorative justice requirement, section 7(2) (consent of participants in restorative justice activity) is satisfied, and

the court is satisfied, having regard to the nature of the offence and the character and circumstances of the offender, that it would be in the interests of justice to make the order.

more than 6 months after the date on which the order is made, if the offender was convicted of the offence, or any of the offences, before the relevant date, or

more than 12 months after the date on which the order is made, if the offender was convicted of the offence, or all of the offences, on or after the relevant date.

to the offender,

if it imposes deferment requirements that include a restorative justice requirement, to every person who would be a participant in the activity concerned (see section 7(1)),

where an officer of a provider of probation services has been appointed to act as a supervisor, to that provider, and

where a person has been appointed under section 8(1)(b) to act as a supervisor, to that person.