571Court may order pre-sentence report

571 Court may order pre-sentence report (1) If the Criminal Division finds a child guilty of an offence it may, before passing sentence, order a pre-sentence report in respect of the child and adjourn the proceeding to enable the report to be prepared. (2) The Criminal Division must order a pre-sentence report if it is considering making a youth residential centre order or a youth justice centre order. (3) If it appears to the Court that a child found guilty of an offence is intellectually disabled, the Court must, before passing sentence, order a pre‑sentence report in respect of the child and adjourn the proceeding to enable the report to be prepared. S. 571(4) substituted by No. 23/2006 s. 234(7). (4) If the Secretary has issued a statement in respect of the child that the child has an intellectual disability within the meaning of the **Disability Act 2006**, a pre-sentence report prepared in accordance with an order under subsection (3) must— (a) include a copy of the statement; and (b) specify disability services which are— (i) available under that Act and appropriate for the child; and (ii) designed to reduce the likelihood of the child committing further offences.