Part IX

Young Offenders

Detention of young offenders in Scotland.
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In each of sections 207 and 415 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 for subsections (5) to (10) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
5
A sentence of detention imposed under this section shall be a sentence of detention in a young offenders institution.
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2
Subject to subsection (3) below, in any enactment—
a
for a reference to a detention centre there shall be substituted a reference to a young offenders institution; and
b
for a reference (however expressed) to a detention centre order there shall be substituted a reference to a sentence of detention in a young offenders institution.
3
Nothing in subsection (2) above applies—
a
to section 21 of the Firearms Act 1968;
b
to Part I of Schedule I to the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980;
c
to section 41(2) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980.
4
The amendments and transitional provisions in Schedule 9 to this Act shall have effect.
1975 c. 21.
1968 c. 27.
1980 c. 55.
1980 c. 62.