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Criminal Justice Act 2003

Section 289: Power to sentence young offender to detention in respect of certain firearms offences: England and Wales

636.This section amends section 91 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 to ensure that persons aged 16 or 17 can be sentenced to the term of detention required by the new section 51A of the 1968 Act.

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