Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c.12)E+W
1(1)Section 31 of the 1933 Act shall be renumbered as subsection (1) of that section and after that provision as so renumbered there shall be inserted the following subsection—E+W
“(2)In this section and section 34 of this Act, “young person” means a person who has attained the age of fourteen and is under the age of seventeen years.”
(2)In sections 46(1) and (1A), 48(2) and 99(1) of that Act, for the words “the age of seventeen” there shall be substituted the words “the age of eighteen”.
(3)In section 107(1) of that Act, for the definition of “young person” there shall be substituted the following definition—
““young person” means a person who has attained the age of fourteen and is under the age of eighteen years.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 8 para. 1 partly in force: para. 1(1) not in force; para. 1(2) in force at 1.10.1992; para. 1(3) in force at 1.10.1992 except for specified purpose; see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2)(4), Sch. 2.