The Magistrates' Courts (Children and Young Persons) Rules 1992

PART I GENERAL

Citation and commencement

1.  These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Children and Young Persons) Rules 1992 and shall come into force on 1st October 1992.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Rules—

“the Act of 1933” means the Children and Young Persons Act 1933(1);

“the Act of 1969” means the Children and Young Persons Act 1969(2);

“the Act of 1989” means the Children Act 1989(3);

“child” means a person under the age of fourteen;

“court”—

(a)

in Parts II and IV and, subject to rule 13(2), in Part III, means a youth court, and

(b)

in rules 26 to 29, means a magistrates' court whether a youth court or not;

“guardian” has the meaning given in section 107(1) of the Act of 1933;

“register” means the separate register kept for the youth court pursuant to rule 25 of these Rules; and

“young person” means a person who has attained the age of fourteen and is under the age of eighteen.

(2) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, references to a parent in relation to a child or young person are references—

(a) where a local authority has parental responsibility for him under the Act of 1989, to the local authority, and

(b) in any other case, to a parent who has parental responsibility for him under that Act.

(3) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a rule, Part or Schedule shall be construed as a reference to a rule contained in these Rules, a Part thereof or a Schedule thereto, and any reference in a rule to a paragraph shall be construed as a reference to a paragraph of that rule.

Revocations and savings etc.

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the Rules specified in Schedule 1 are hereby revoked to the extent specified.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the provisions of the Magistrates' Courts Rules 1981(4) shall have effect subject to these Rules.

(3) Nothing in these Rules shall apply in connection with any proceedings begun before the coming into force thereof.

(1)

1933 c. 12.

(2)

1969 c. 54.

(3)

1989 c. 41.

(4)

S.I. 1981/552, amended by S.I. 1982/245, 1983/523, 1984/1552, 1985/1695, 1944, 1986/1332, 1988/2132, 1989/300, 384, 1990/226, 1190, 2260.