4(1)Section 16 (provisions supplementary to section 15) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (3A), for “(3C)” substitute “(4A)”.
(3)Omit subsections (3B) and (3C).
(4)In subsection (4), at the beginning insert “Subject to subsection (4A) of this section,”.
(5)After subsection (4) insert—
“(4A)Where a supervised person has attained the age of eighteen at the time when he is brought before a justice under subsection (3) of this section, or has attained that age at a time when (apart from this subsection) a youth court could exercise its powers under subsection (4) of this section in respect of him, he shall not be remanded to local authority accommodation but may instead be remanded—
(a)to a remand centre, if the justice or youth court has been notified that such a centre is available for the reception of persons under this subsection; or
(b)to a prison, if the justice or youth court has not been so notified.
(4B)A court or justice remanding a person to local authority accommodation under this section shall designate, as the authority who are to receive him, the authority named in the supervision order.”