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Youth Justice Act 2024
319Suspension of community-based orders on the grounds of illness or other exceptional circumstances
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319 Suspension of community-based orders on the grounds of illness or other exceptional circumstances
(1) The Secretary may suspend the operation of an order, or the operation of a core condition or a special condition of an order, specified in subsection (3) if—
(a) the child in respect of whom the order is in force is ill; or
(b) there are other exceptional circumstances.
(2) The Secretary may determine whether any period of suspension under subsection (1) is to be added to the period of the order for the purposes of calculating the time of its expiry.