Other provisions
62Orders: enforcement etc.
After Schedule 1 to the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9)) insert the Schedule set out in Schedule 10 to this Act which makes provision about the enforcement etc. of reparation orders, community responsibility orders and youth conference orders.
63Extension of youth justice system to 17 year olds
(1)Schedule 11 makes amendments of enactments and instruments for extending the youth justice system to 17 year olds.
(2)The Secretary of State may by order make provision amending any other enactments or instruments (whenever passed or made) for, or in connection with, extending the youth justice system to 17 year olds.
64Juvenile justice centre orders for 17 year olds
In Article 39 of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (juvenile justice centre orders for offences punishable in the case of an adult with imprisonment), after paragraph (3) insert—
“(3A)A court shall only make a juvenile justice centre order in the case of a child who has attained the age of 17 if—
(a)he will not become an adult during the period of the order;
(b)he has not had a custodial sentence imposed on him within the last two years; and
(c)the court, after considering a report made by a probation officer, considers that it is in his best interests to make such an order.”
65Consultation about detention
In Article 45 of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (punishment of children convicted of certain grave crimes), after paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A)Before giving a direction under paragraph (1) or (2) in relation to a child who has not attained the age of 14, the Secretary of State must consult the appropriate authority.”