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SCHEDULES

F1 C1 C2 C3SCHEDULE 2 CONSTITUTION OF F21YOUTH COURTS

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

Sch. 2 substituted by Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c. 37), s. 17(1), Sch. 2

F21

Words in Sch. 2 substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 100, Sch. 11 para. 40(2)(a); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Sch. 2 amended by S.I. 1985/1383, art. 3(6)

References to the metropolitan stipendiary court area amended by virtue of Administration of Justice Act 1964 (c. 42, SIF 82), s. 12(1)

Functions of the Secretary of State in Sch. 2 transferred (1.4.1992) to the Lord Chancellor by virtue of S.I. 1992/709, art. 2(1)(c), Sch. 1.

Sch. 2 modified (temp. from 19.7.2000) by S.I. 2000/1920, art. 4

Part II Metropolitan Area

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The following provisions of this Part of this Schedule shall have effect as respects F2the inner London area and the City of London (in this Part of this Schedule referred to as the metropolitan area).

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F3Youth courts shall be constituted for the whole of the metropolitan area but shall sit for such divisions and in such places as the F4Lord Chancellor may by order specify, without prejudice, however, to their jurisdiction with respect to the whole area.

C415

Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule—

a

each F5youth courtshall F6either consist of a metropolitan stipendiary magistrate sitting alone orconsist of a chairman and two other members and F7. . . have both a man and a woman among its members;

b

the chairman F8(where applicable)shall be a person nominated by F9the Lord Chancellor to act as chairman of F5youth courts for the metropolitan area and shall be either a metropolitan stipendiary magistrate or F10a lay justice for the inner London area selected, in such manner as may be provided by an order of F9the Lord Chancellor, from a panel of such justices from time to time nominated by him; and

c

the other members F11(where applicable) shall be justices so selected from that panel.

F1215A

1

Where, in the the case of any sitting of a F13youth court, a person nominated under paragraph 15(b)of this Schedule—

a

is available to act as chairman; but

b

considers that it would be appropriate for another member of the court to act as chairman,

he may nominate that member to act as chairman at that sitting.

2

A member of a F13youth court nominated to act as chairman under sub-paragraph (1) shall only so act while the person making the nomination continues to sit as a member of the court.

C516

If at any time, by reason of illness or other emergency, no person nominated under paragraph 15(b) of this Schedule is available to act as chairman of a F14youth court, any metropolitan stipendiary magistrate or, with the consent of F15the Lord Chancellor any justice of the peace selected as aforesaid from the said panel, may act temporarily as chairman.

C617

Where it appears to the chairman that a F16youth court cannot, without adjournment, be fully constituted, and that an adjournment would not be in the interests of justice, the chairman may sit with one other member (whether a man or a woman) F17. . ..

C718

F18The Lord Chancellor, in nominating any persons under this Part of this Schedule shall have regard to the previous experience of the persons available and their special qualifications for dealing with juvenile cases; and every such nomination shall be for a specified period and shall be revocable by F19the Lord Chancellor.