s 110 Contribution order
110.—(1) When an order has been made by a Youth Court committing a child or young person to the care of a fit person or sending the child or young person to a juvenile rehabilitation centre, place of detention, place of safety or place of temporary care and protection or hostel, the Court which makes the order may, at the same time or subsequently, make an order (called in this section a contribution order) on the parent or guardian or person having the custody of the child or young person requiring him or her to contribute such weekly or monthly sum as the Court, having regard to the means of the parent, guardian or person having the custody of the child or young person, thinks fit.[3/2011; 27/2014] (2) An order made under subsection (1) may be made against a parent or guardian or person having the custody of the child or young person, who, having been required to attend, has failed to do so. (3) Subject to subsection (2), no order under subsection (1) may be made without giving the parent or guardian or person having the custody of the child or young person an opportunity to be heard. (4) A contribution order remains in force —(a) in the case of a child or young person committed to the care of a fit person, so long as the order for his or her committal is in force; and (b) in the case of a child or young person ordered to be sent to a juvenile rehabilitation centre, place of detention, place of safety or place of temporary care and protection, until he or she ceases to be under the care of the person in charge for the time being of such a juvenile rehabilitation centre, place of detention, place of safety or place of temporary care and protection.[3/2011] (5) No contribution is payable under a contribution order in respect of any period during which a person ordered to be sent to a juvenile rehabilitation centre, place of detention, place of safety or place of temporary care and protection is released on licence from a juvenile rehabilitation centre or place of safety or placed under the supervision of an approved welfare officer.[3/2011] (6) A contribution order made under this section —(a) may be varied, revoked or suspended by the Youth Court; but (b) must not be so varied as to increase any contribution payable thereunder without giving the person making the contribution an opportunity to be heard.[27/2014] (7) If any person wilfully neglects to comply with a contribution order made under this section, the Youth Court may, for every breach of the order, by warrant, direct the amount due to be levied in the manner by law provided for levying fines imposed by a Magistrate’s Court, or may sentence the person to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month for each month’s contribution remaining unpaid.[84 [27/2014]