Children and Young Persons Act 1969

4(1)In section 76, after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection:—

(1A)In a case where a legally assisted person has not attained the age of sixteen, the power conferred by the last foregoing subsection to order him to pay contributions in respect of the relevant costs shall include power to order any person who is an appropriate contributor in relation to him to pay such contributions ; and for the purposes of any order proposed to be made by virtue of this subsection in connection with a legal aid order, an appropriate contributor who has failed to furnish a statement which he was required to furnish in pursuance of section 75(4) of this Act in connection with the legal aid order shall be deemed to have resources and commitments which are such that he may reasonably be ordered to pay the whole amount of the costs in question.

(2)In section 76(4)(a), after the words " that magistrates' court" there shall be inserted the words " , or any other magistrates' court to which the case is remitted in pursuance of section 56(1) of the [1933 c. 12.] Children and Young Persons Act 1933. "

(3)At the end of section 76 there shall be inserted the following subsection:—

(5)Nothing in subsection (4) of this subsection applies in a case where the legal aid order in question was made by virtue of section 73(3A) or (3B) of this Act, and in such a case an order under this section may be made—

(a)where the legal aid was ordered to be given for the purpose of proceedings before a magistrates' court, by that court, or any other magistrates' court to which the case is remitted in pursuance of section 2(11) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969, after disposing of the case ; and

(b)where the legal aid was ordered to be given for the purposes of an appeal to a court of quarter sessions, by that court after disposing of the appeal.