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<p>Paragraph 35 in Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 can
now be found in section 194 of the Sentencing Act 2020. Section 194 gives the Secretary
of State the power, by regulation, to make provision for the review of a Youth Rehabilitation
Order (YRO) and to make provision about the frequency and conduct of those reviews
and the court’s powers on review. This has not changed with the commencement of the
Sentencing Act 2020, no secondary legislation has been made under this power.</p><p>We
are aware of innovative local approaches and informal arrangements between some magistrates
and Youth Offending Teams to improve information sharing and involve magistrates in
reviewing the ongoing progress of children in relation to their orders. We are actively
considering how the Ministry of Justice can learn from and best support these approaches,
while ensuring we maintain the impartial court process. We have no current plans to
make an order under section 194 of the Sentencing Act 2020 but are considering this
carefully.</p>
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