Referral back to court for non-compliance

You were given a referral order for ………… months on ………… for the following offences ………… However, you are now back at court because you [did not sign the contract][do what you were asked][did not attend the meetings].

Where the court takes no action – We have decided on this occasion we will take no action for the fact that [you did not sign the contract][do what you were asked][did not attend the meetings]. This is because …………

The referral order will continue and you have ………… months left on that order. You need to do the things in the contract and attend all meetings until the order ends.

Where the court will revoke and re-sentence – We have decided that we will revoke your referral order made on ………… [insert date] and give you a new sentence.

For the offences of ………… the sentence will be [state new sentence].

This is because …………

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Where the court imposes a fine – We have decided to deal with this non-compliance with the order by a fine of £…………

This is because …………

When giving you this fine we have looked at what [you][your parent/guardian] can afford to pay.

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Where the court extends a referral order – For the offence(s) of ………… we are extending your referral order made on ………… [insert date] by ………… months. Your referral order is now for a total period of ………… months. This is because …………

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Use for all pronouncements when referral order continues for non-compliance – If you do not do the things listed in the referral order, do not attend meetings or commit any further offences you will be brought back to court and you could be dealt with in some other way.

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