8(1)Sub-paragraph (2) applies where the offender—E+W
(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.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 7 applied (with modifications) by 2008 c. 4, s. 39(6)(c), Sch. 7 (as amended (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 paras. 266(5), 270 (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 7 para. 8 in force at 1.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2