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1968 c.29 135.(1) Where a court has power, or would but for section 1 of the Treatment of Offenders Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 or section 72 have power, to impose imprisonment on a person who is under the age of seventeen, or to deal with any such person under section 4 of the Probation Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 for failure to comply with any of the requirements of a probation order, the court may, if the clerk of the court has been notified by the Ministry that an attendance centre is available for the reception from that court of persons of his class or description, order him to attend at such a centre, to be specified in the order, for such number of hours as may be so specified. (2) The aggregate number of hours for which a person may be required to attend at an attendance centre by virtue of an order under subsection (1) (a)shall not be less than twelve except where he is under the age of fourteen and the court is of opinion, having regard to his age or any other circumstances, that twelve hours would be excessive; and (b)shall not exceed twelve except where the court is of opinion, having regard to all the circumstances, that twelve hours would be inadequate, and in that case shall not exceed twenty-four hours. (3) An order shall not be made under subsection (1) unless the court is satisfied that the attendance centre to be specified in the order is reasonably accessible to the person concerned, having regard to his age, the means of access available to him and any other circumstances. (4) No order shall be made under subsection (1) in the case of a person who has been previously sentenced to imprisonment or to Borstal training or has been ordered to be detained in a young offenders centre or to be sent to a training school or has been ordered to be sent to a detention centre or an approved school in England or Wales or has been placed under supervision in a residential establishment in Scotland. (5) The times at which an offender is required to attend at an attendance centre by virtue of an order made under this section shall be such as to avoid interference, so far as practicable, with his school hours or working hours, and the first such time shall be specified in the order (being a time at which the centre is available for the attendance of the offender in accordance with the notification of the Ministry) and the subsequent times shall be fixed by the officer in charge of the centre, having regard to the offender's circumstances, so however that an offender shall not be required under this section to attend at an attendance centre on more than one occasion on any day, or for more than three hours on any occasion.
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