In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, the following expressions have the following meanings:—

• “the M1Act of 1933” means the Children and Young Persons Act 1933;

• “the M2Act of 1963” means the Children and Young Persons Act 1963;

• “approved school order”, “guardian” and “place of safety” have the same meanings as in the Act of 1933;

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• “child”, except in Part II (including Schedule 3) and sections 27, 63, 64 and 65 of this Act, means a person under the age of fourteen, and in that Part (including that Schedule) and those sections means a person under the age of eighteen and a person who has attained the age of eighteen and is the subject of a care order;

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• “local authority” F16F3..., means the council of a non-metropolitan county or of a F4county borough, metropolitan district or London borough or the Common Council of the City of London;

• F5 “local authority accommodation” means accommodation provided by or on behalf of a local authority (within the meaning of the Children Act 1989)

• F14“local authority residence requirement” has F21the meaning given by paragraph 24 of Schedule 6 to the Sentencing Code;

• F6“local probation board” means a local probation board established under section 4 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000;

• “petty sessions area” F7. . ., in relation to a F8 youth courtconstituted for the metropolitan area within the meaning of Part II of Schedule 2 to the Act of 1963, F7. . . means such a division of that area as is mentioned in paragraph 14 of that Schedule;

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• “police officer” means a member of a police force;

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• “reside” means habitually reside, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly F9. . .;

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• F10“young person” means a person who has attained the age of fourteen and is under the age of eighteen years;

• F11“youth offending team” means a team established under section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

• F15“youth rehabilitation order” and “youth rehabilitation order with fostering” have F22the meanings given by sections 173 and 176 of the Sentencing Code;

and it is hereby declared that, in the expression “care or control”, “care” includes protection and guidance and “control” includes discipline.

In subsection (1A) of this section, the reference to a child or young person whose father and mother were not married toF19, or civil partners of, each other at the time of his birth shall be construed in accordance with section 1 of the M3Family Law Reform Act 1987 and F17“ child arrangements order” has the meaning given by section 8(1) of the M4Children Act 1989.

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In section 99(1) of the Act of 1933 (under which the age which a court presumes or declares to be the age of a person brought before it is deemed to be his true age for the purposes of that Act) the references to that Act shall be construed as including references to this Act.

Subject to the following subsection, any reference in this Act to any enactment is a reference to it as amended, and includes a reference to it as applied, by or under any other enactment including this Act.

Any reference in this Act to an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended by any Act of that Parliament, whether passed before or after this Act, and to any enactment of that Parliament for the time being in force which re-enacts the said enactment with or without modifications.