Part 12Children’s hearings: general
Child’s age
124Requirement to establish child’s age
1
This section applies where a children’s hearing is held by virtue of this Act.
2
The chairing member of the children’s hearing must ask the person in respect of whom the hearing has been arranged to declare the person’s age.
3
The person may make another declaration as to the person’s age at any time.
4
The chairing member need not comply with the requirement in subsection (2) if the chairing member considers that the person would not be capable of understanding the question.
5
Any children’s hearing may make a determination of the age of a person who is the subject of the hearing.
6
A person is taken for the purposes of this Act to be of the age—
a
worked out on the basis of the person’s most recent declaration, or
b
if a determination of age by a children’s hearing is in effect, worked out in accordance with that determination.
7
Nothing done by a children’s hearing in relation to a person is invalidated if it is subsequently proved that the age of the person is not that worked out under subsection (6).