Criminal Justice Act 1988

Part I Amendments

General

1 In any enactment for a reference to a detention centre or to a youth custody centre or to both there shall be substituted a reference to a young offender institution.

2 In any enactment except—

(a) section 21 of the [1968 c. 27.] Firearms Act 1968;

(b) Schedule 1 to the [1974 c. 23.] Juries Act 1974;

(c) section 5 of the [1974 c. 53.] Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; and

(d) section 17(3) of the [1982 c. 48.] Criminal Justice Act 1982,

for a reference (however expressed) to a detention centre order or to a sentence of youth custody or to both there shall be substituted a reference to a sentence of detention in a young offender institution.

3 (1) In any enactment except—

(a) Part II of Schedule 1 to the [1974 c. 23.] Juries Act 1974;

(b) section 5 of the [1974 c. 53.] Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; and

(c) sections 1(3) and 17(3) of the [1982 c. 48.] Criminal Justice Act 1982,

for a reference to a sentence of Borstal training there shall be substituted a reference to a sentence of detention in a young offender institution.

(2) In any enactment for a reference to a Borstal institution there shall be substituted a reference to a young offender institution.

Army Act 1955 (c. 18)Air Force Act 1955 (c. 19)Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53)

4 In subsection (6) –

(a) of section 71AA of the Army Act 1955 and the Air Force Act 1955; and

(b) of section 43AA of the Naval Discipline Act 1957,

(each of which is concerned with the making of custodial orders against young Service offenders) the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (a)—

“(a) where the offender is in or removed to England or Wales, any institution in which a person sentenced to detention in a young offender institution could be detained, section 1C of the [1982 c. 48.] Criminal Justice Act 1982 having effect in relation to the offender as it has effect in relation to an offender sentenced to detention in a young offender institution;”

5 In sub-paragraph (6) of paragraph 10—

(a) of Schedule 5A to the Army Act 1955 and the Air Force Act 1955; and

(b) of Schedule 4A to the Naval Discipline Act 1957,

(each of which is concerned with the making of custodial orders against young civilian offenders) the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (a)—

“(a) where the offender is removed to England or Wales, any institution in which a person sentenced to detention in a young offender institution could be detained, section 1C of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 having effect in relation to the offender as it has effect in relation to an offender sentenced to detention in a young offender institution;”

Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27)

6 In section 21(1) and (2) of the Firearms Act 1968 (possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of crime) after the words “youth custody” there shall be inserted the words “or detention in a young offender institution”.

Employment Agencies Act 1973 (c. 35)

7 In section 13(7)(a)(ii) of the [1973 c. 35.] Employment Agencies Act 1973 for the words from “prison” to “institution”, in the second place where it occcurs, there shall be substituted the words “custiodial sentence passed by a criminal court in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man;”.

Juries Act 1974 (c. 23)

8 In Part I of Schedule 1 to the [1974 c. 23.] Juries Act 1974 (persons ineligible for jury service), in the definition of “penal estblishment” in Group B, for the words from “prison” to the end there shall be substituted the words “establishment regulated by the Prison Act 1952”.

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (c. 53)

9 In section 5 of the [1974 c. 53.] Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (rehabilitation periods) the words “detention in a young offenders institution” shall be inserted—

(a) in subsection (1)(b), after the words “youth custody”; and

(b) in subsection (2), in Table A, after the word “imprisonment”, in both places where it occurs.

Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48)

10 The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (b) of section 17(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (restrictions on making attendance centre orders)—

“(bb) to detention in a young offender institution”.