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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6Minor and Consequential Amendments

Part IAmendments Relating to Part I

The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21)

14In each of sections 23 and 329 (remand and committal of persons under 21)—

(a)in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), for the words from “commit” to the end there shall be substituted , instead of committing him to prison, commit him to the local authority in whose area the court is situated to be detained—

(i)where the court so requires, in secure accommodation within the meaning of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968; and

(ii)in any other case, in a suitable place of safety chosen by the authority;; and

(b)in subsection (4), for the words from “and” in the second place where it occurs to the end there shall be substituted to be detained—

(a)where the court so requires, in secure accommodation within the meaning of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968; and

(b)in any other case, in a suitable place of safety chosen by the authority..