Valid from 30/09/1998
26(1)For subsection (5) of section 57 of the 1973 Act (interpretation) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(5)Where a compensation order or supervision order has been made on appeal, for the purposes of this Act (except section 26(5)) it shall be deemed—
(a)if it was made on an appeal brought from a magistrates’ court, to have been made by that magistrates’ court;
(b)if it was made on an appeal brought from the Crown Court or from the criminal division of the Court of Appeal, to have been made by the Crown Court.”
(2)After subsection (6) of that section there shall be added the following subsection—
“(7)For the purposes of any provision of this Act which requires the determination of the age of a person by the court, his age shall be deemed to be that which it appears to the court to be after considering any available evidence.”