55Review of release and adjournment order

55 Review of release and adjournment order

(1)  A youth who is released under a release and adjournment order or a prescribed person may apply to the Court for an order under subsection (4) if –

(a) the circumstances of the youth have changed since the release and adjournment order was made; or

(b) the youth is unable to comply with a condition to which the release and adjournment order is subject.

(2)  A copy of the application and notice of the time and place of the hearing of the application must be served by the applicant not less than 7 days before the hearing on –

(a) the Commissioner of Police, if the application is made by or on behalf of the youth; or

(b) the youth, and a guardian unless one cannot be found after reasonable inquiry, if the application is made by or on behalf of the prescribed person.

(3)  The Court may issue a warrant to arrest the youth if –

(a) the youth fails to appear at the hearing of the application of a prescribed person; or

(b) reasonable efforts have been made to serve the application on the youth but have been unsuccessful.

(4)  At the hearing of an application, the Court may do one or more of the following:

(a) continue the release and adjournment order as it is;

(b) extend the period of the adjournment under the release and adjournment order;

(c) remove or amend the conditions to which the release and adjournment order is subject;

(d) revoke the release and adjournment order and, where appropriate, any other order made under section 47 and make another order under that section in respect of the offence.

(5)  If the period of an adjournment under a release and adjournment order is extended under subsection (4) , the Court must not extend that period so that the adjournment continues for more than 12 months in total.