Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. III amended by Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42), s. 2(1), Sch. 1 and (1.4.1981) by Child Care Act 1980 (c. 5), ss. 78(1)(2)(b), 79(1)(4)(5)(b). (Child Care Act 1980 (c.5) repealed (14.10.1991) with saving by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(6)(7), Sch. 14 paras. 21, 27(4), Sch. 15; S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
(1)[F1Youth courts] shall sit as often as may be necessary for the purpose of exercising any jurisdiction conferred on them by or under this or any other Act.
(2)A [F1youth court] shall [F2not sit in a room in which sittings of a court other than a [F1youth court] are held if a sitting of that other court has been or will be held there within an hour before or after the sitting of the [F1youth court]]; and no person shall be present at any sitting of a [F1youth court] except—
(a)members and officers of the court;
(b)parties to the case before the court, their solicitors and counsel, and witnesses and other persons directly concerned in that case;
(c)bonâ fide representatives of newspapers or news agencies;
(d)such other persons as the court may specially authorise to be present:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 47 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
F2Words substituted by Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c. 37), s. 17(2)
F3S. 47(2) proviso repealed by Justices of Peace Act 1949 (c. 101), Sch. 7 Pt. III
F4S. 47(3) repealed by Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (c. 101), Sch. 7, Pt. II
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 47(2) restricted by Adoption Act 1958 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2 c. 5), s. 47; restricted by Adoption Act 1976 (c. 36), s. 37(4)