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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Children (Allocation of Proceedings) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 14th October 1991.
(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–
“child”–
(a)means, subject to sub-paragraph (b), a person under the age of 18 with respect to whom proceedings are brought, and
(b)where the proceedings are under Schedule 1, also includes a person who has reached the age of 18;
“London commission area” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(1) of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979(1);
“petty sessions area” has the meaning assigned to it by section 4 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1979(2);and
“the Act” means the Children Act 1989, and a section, Part or Schedule referred to by number alone means the section, Part or Schedule so numbered in that Act.
Section 4 was amended by the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), section 12.
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