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Dealing with antisocial behaviour in people under the age of 16 involves a range of new powers and the co-operation of a range of agencies.

New powers that can be used in relation to under 16s include:

  • ASBOs
  • Community Reparation Orders
  • Restriction of Liberty Orders
  • Ban on sale of spray paint
  • Tagging through children’s hearings
  • Intensive Support and Monitoring Services (ISMS)
  • Parenting Order

Please scroll down for more info on dealing with antisocial behaviour in under 16s.

Under 16s in the Act

Under 16s are referred to in the following parts of the Act:

Part 2 – ASBOs

  • 12. Sheriff's power to refer case to children’s hearing
  • 13. Sheriff's power to make parenting order

Part 9 – Parenting Orders

Part 10 – Further Criminal Measures

  • 120. Community Reparation Orders
  • 121. Restriction of Liberty Orders
  • 122. Offence of selling spray paint to child

Part 12 – Children’s Hearings

ASB doc icon Read the Antisocial Behaviour Act

Key Documents and Links on Under 16s

The statutory guidance on the ban of the sale of spray pain to under 16s includes:

  • Terms of the ban
  • Requirement to display warning notice
  • Enforcement
  • Monitoring and evaluation

Document opens in a new window Statutory Guidance on Ban on Sale of Spray Paint to Under 16s (PDF, 255Kb)

ASB doc icon Warning Notice Poster on the Ban on Sale of Spray Paint to Under 16s (updated October 2005) (PDF 447Kb)

Statutory guidance on Parenting Orders will be put in place for April 2008, once we move beyond the pilot phase.

In the meantime, the following guidance document is designed to assist in the operation of the pilot and includes information on:

  • Parental rights and responsibilities
  • Provision of parenting services
  • When to consider a Parenting Order
  • Application
  • Court proceedings
  • Managing a Parenting Order
  • Reviewing a Parenting Order
  • Breach
  • Monitoring and evaluation

ASB doc icon Guidance on Parenting Orders

FAQs about Under 16s

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Related Topics

Information on Acceptable Behaviour Contracts, ASBOs, Disclosure and Information Sharing, Mediation and Support Services and Parenting Orders may all provide additional information about dealing with antisocial behaviour in under 16s.

Need more advice or guidance on Under 16s? Call the Practitioners Advice Line:

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