Commentary on Sections Other matters Section 44: Referral orders: extension on further conviction
412.Section 44 amends provisions in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the PCC(S)A 2000 which provide for extension of a referral order where the offender has committed further offences.
413.Subsection (1) replaces paragraphs 10 to 12 with a new paragraph 10 that provides for a court to extend any existing referral order on further conviction up to a maximum overall period of 12 months, where the child or young person has been convicted of additional offences. Subsections (2) and (3) make further minor amendments to the Schedule consequent on subsection (1).
414.Subsection (4) provides that the amendments made by this section will apply where the court sentences for offences committed before and after these provisions are commenced.