Youth Justice Act 1997
93Review of suspended detention order
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93 Review of suspended detention order
(1) A youth or the Secretary may apply to the Court for an order under subsection (4) if –
(a) the circumstances of the youth have changed since the making of the suspended detention order; or
(b) the youth is being detained in a detention centre or is otherwise unable to comply with a condition or special condition to which the suspended detention order is subject; or
(c) the youth is no longer willing to comply with a condition or special condition to which the suspended detention 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 Secretary, if the application is made by or on behalf of the youth; or
(b) the youth, and the guardian unless one cannot be found after reasonable inquiry, if the application is made by the Secretary.
(3) The Court may issue a warrant to arrest a youth if –
(a) the youth fails to appear at the hearing of the application of the Secretary; 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 suspended detention order as it is;
(b) amend the suspended detention order by amending the period during which that order has effect or in any other manner;
(c) amend the special conditions to which the suspended detention order is subject;
(d) revoke the suspended detention order;
(e) restore the whole or any part of that amount of the sentence that was suspended by the suspended detention order and order the youth to serve the restored sentence;
(f) revoke the suspended detention order and the detention order to which it relates and, where appropriate, any other order made under and make another order under that section in respect of the offence.