Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. I amended (E.W.) by Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42), s. 2(1), Sch. 1
(1)Section 50 of the; principal Act shall be amended by substituting therein the word “ten” for the word “eight”.
(2)In any proceedings for an offence committed or alleged to have been committed by a person of or over the age of twenty-one, any offence of which he was found guilty while under the age of fourteen shall be disregarded for the purposes of any evidence relating to his previous convictions; and he shall not be asked, and if asked shall not be required to answer, any question relating to such an offence, notwithstanding that the question would otherwise be admissible under section 1 of the M1Criminal Evidence Act 1898.
[F1(3)Nothing in subsection (2) of this section shall be taken to prevent the adduction of evidence of previous convictions for the purpose of establishing the application of any provision of Part I of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (mandatory and minimum custodial sentences).]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 16(3) inserted (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 43, s. 55, Sch. 4 para. 4; S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1)(l)(2)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2The text of ss. 16(1), 17(1)(2), 25(1), 31, 32, 34, 35(3), 36, 38(2), 43, 57(1), 64(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
C3S. 16(2) amended (1.10.1997) by 1997 c. 43, s. 55, Sch. 4 para. 4; S.I. 1997/2200, art. 2(1)(l)(2)(b)
Marginal Citations
(1)For Schedule 2 to the principal Act (which relates to the constitution of juvenile courts) there shall be substituted Schedule 2 to this Act.
(2)In section 47(2) of the principal Act (which relates to sittings of juvenile courts) for the words from “subject as hereinafter provided” to “other courts are held” there shall be substituted the words “not sit in a room in which sittings of a court other than a juvenile court are held if a sitting of that other court has been held there within hour before or after the sittings of the juvenile court”.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4The text of ss. 16(1), 17(1)(2), 25(1), 31, 32, 34, 35(3), 36, 38(2), 43, 57(1), 64(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Notwithstanding section 46(1) of the principal Act (which restricts the jurisdiction of magistrates’ courts which are not [F2youth courts] in cases where a child or young person is charged with an offence) a magistrates’ court which is not a [F2youth court] may hear an information against a child or young person if he is charged—
(a)with aiding, abetting, causing, procuring, allowing or permitting an offence with which a person who has attained [F3the age of eighteen] is charged at the same time; or
(b)with an offence arising out of circumstances which are the same as or connected with those giving rise to an offence with which a person who has attained [F3the age of eighteen] is charged at the same time.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 18 substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 100, Sch. 11 para. 40(2)(e); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
F3Words in s. 18(a)(b) substituted (3.2.1995) by 1994 c. 33, s. 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 5; S.I. 1995/127, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Appendix A
Textual Amendments
F4S. 19, Sch. 3 paras. 28, 51 repealed by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), Sch. 11 Pt. IV
Textual Amendments
Textual Amendments
F6Ss. 21, 64(3), Sch. 3 paras. 1–3, 8, 12, 39, Sch. 5 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Sch. Pt. XI
Textual Amendments
Textual Amendments
F8S. 23 repealed (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(6)(7), Sch. 15, (with Sch. 14 paras. 1(1), 27(4)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
Textual Amendments
(1)For section 34 of the principal Act there shall be substituted the following section:—
“34(1)Where a child or young person is charged with any offence or is for any other reason brought before a court, any person who is a parent or guardian of his may be required to attend at the court before which the case is heard or determined during all the stages of the proceedings, and any such person shall be so required at any stage where ;the court thinks it desirable, unless the court is satisfied that it would be unreasonable to require his attendance.
(2)Where a child or young person is arrested or taken to a place of safety, such steps shall be taken as may be practicable to inform at least one person whose attendance may be required under this section”.
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10
Textual Amendments
F10Ss. 2, 4–15, 22, 23(2)(6)–(8), 24, 25(2), 33, 53(1)(2), 59, 61, Sch. 1, Sch. 3 paras. 10, 16–23, 25–27, 33–36, 44, 46, 48, 49 repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), Sch. 6
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5The text of ss. 16(1), 17(1)(2), 25(1), 31, 32, 34, 35(3), 36, 38(2), 43, 57(1), 64(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
In any proceedings, other than proceedings for an offence, before a [F11youth court], and on any appeal from a decision of a [F11youth court] in any such proceedings, any document purporting to be a certificate of a fully registered medical practitioner as to any person’s physical or mental condition shall be admissible as evidence of that condition.
Textual Amendments
F11Words in s. 26 substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 100, Sch. 11 para. 40(2)(e); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2
Textual Amendments
F12S. 27 repealed by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), ss. 154(2), 155(7), Sch. 9
(1)Subject to subsection (2) of this section, in relation to any oath administered to and taken by any person before a [F13youth court] or administered to and taken by any child or young person before any other court, [F14section 1 of the M2Oaths Act 1978] shall have effect as if the words “I promise before Almighty God” were set out in it instead of the words “I swear by Almighty God that”.
(2)Where in any oath otherwise duly administered and taken either of the forms mentioned in this section is used instead of the other, the oath shall nevertheless be deemed to have been duly administered and taken.
Textual Amendments
F13Words in s. 28(1) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 100, Sch. 11 para. 40(2)(e); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
F14Words substituted by Oaths Act 1978 (c. 19), s. 2
Marginal Citations
(1)Where proceedings in respect of a young person are begun F15 . . . [F16for an offence] and he attains [F17the age of eighteen] before the conclusion of the proceedings, the court may . . . F18 deal with the case and make any order which it could have made if he had not attained that age.
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19
Textual Amendments
F15Words in s. 29(1) repealed (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20),s. 108(6)(7), Sch. 15 (with Sch. 14 paras. 1(1), 27(4)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F16Words substituted by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), Sch. 5 para. 49
F17Words in s. 29(1) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), ss. 68(a), 101(1), Sch. 8 para.3, Sch. 12 para. 22(1); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
F18Words repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), Sch. 6
Textual Amendments
F20S. 30, Sch. 3 paras. 38, 40 repealed (1.4.1981) by Child Care Act 1980 (c. 5), s. 89, Sch. 6