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Modern Slavery Act 2015

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32Rules of court

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(1)Rules of court may provide for a youth court to give permission for an application under section 15 or 23 against a person aged 18 or over to be made to the youth court if—

(a)an application to the youth court has been made, or is to be made, under that section against a person aged under 18, and

(b)the youth court thinks that it would be in the interests of justice for the applications to be heard together.

(2)Rules of court may, in relation to a person reaching the age of 18 after proceedings against that person by virtue of this Part have begun—

(a)prescribe circumstances in which the proceedings may or must remain in the youth court;

(b)make provision for the transfer of the proceedings from the youth court to an adult magistrates’ court (including provision applying sections 21 and 28 with modifications).

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