97U.K.For the purposes of paragraphs 14, 44 and 78—
(a)a person is to be taken to have been under 16 at any time if it appears from the evidence as a whole that he was under that age at that time;
(b)section 7 of the Protection of Children Act 1978 (c. 37) (interpretation), subsections (2) to (2C) [F1and (8) to (10)] of section 52 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 45), and Article 2(2) and (3) of the Protection of Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1047 (N.I. 17)) (interpretation) (respectively) apply as each provision applies for the purposes of the Act or Order of which it forms part.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 3 para. 97(b) substituted (S.) (13.12.2010) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 41(3)(b), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2, Sch.