s 33E Recommendations: supplementary
(1) A youth conference co-ordinator may not make a recommendation under Article 33A(5)(b) unless— (a) any person, other than the child, by whom any action falls to be taken under the youth conference plan agrees to take the action; and (b) any person in relation to whom the child is required by the youth conference plan to take any action agrees to the taking of the action by the child. (2) A youth conference co-ordinator may not make a recommendation under Article 33A(5)(c) unless— (a) any person, other than the child, by whom any action falls to be taken under the youth conference plan agrees to take the action; and (b) any person in relation to whom the child is required by the youth conference plan to take any action agrees to the taking of the action by the child. (3) A recommendation to the court by a youth conference co-ordinator under Article 33A(5) must be made in the form of a written report. (4) If the recommendation is made under Article 33A(5)(a), the report— (a) where recommending that the court should exercise its powers by imposing a custodial sentence, must not specify what sort of custodial sentence the court should impose or for what period; and (b) where recommending that the court should exercise its powers otherwise than by imposing a custodial sentence, may include details of how it is recommended that the court should exercise its powers. (5) If the recommendation is made under Article 33A(5)(b), the report must include details of the youth conference plan. (6) If the recommendation is made under Article 33A(5)(c), the report— (a) must not specify what sort of custodial sentence the court should impose or for what period; but (b) must include details of the youth conference plan. (7) If, after the completion of a court-ordered youth conference, a youth conference co-ordinator is unable to make any recommendation under Article 33A(5), he must make a written report of that fact to the court giving the reasons why he is unable to do so. (8) A report under this Article must be accompanied by copies of any reports obtained for the purposes of the court-ordered youth conference.