Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1265

      The Secure Remands and Committals (Prescribed Description of Children and Young Persons) Order 1999


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


1999 No. 1265

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

The Secure Remands and Committals (Prescribed Description of Children and Young Persons) Order 1999

  Made 28th April 1999 
  Laid before Parliament 10th May 1999 
  Coming into force 1st June 1999 

In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 23 and 69 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969[1] the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

     1. This Order may be cited as the Secure Remands and Committals (Prescribed Description of Children and Young Persons) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st June 1999.

    
2. The following descriptions of children and young persons are prescribed for the purposes of section 23(5) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969-

    (a) any child who is of the age of 12 or 13;

    (b) any person who is of the age of 14;

    (c) any female person who is of the age of 15 or 16.


Paul Boateng
Minister of State

Home Office
28th April 1999



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order prescribes girls and boys aged 12, 13 or 14 and girls aged 15 or 16 as children and young persons who, upon being remanded to local authority accommodation, may be required to be placed and kept in secure accommodation by a court under section 23(4) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (as that section is amended by section 97 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998).


Notes:

[1] 1969 c. 54; section 23 was substituted by section 60 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) and amended by section 19 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33) and section 97 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37).back



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