SCHEDULES
E1I2SCHEDULE 8 Amendments for Treating Persons Aged 17 as Young Persons
Schedule 8 extends to England and Wales only except as mentioned in s. 102(4)-(6).
Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (c.43)
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Part I of the 1980 Act (criminal jurisdiction and procedure) shall be amended as follows—
a
for the words “the age of 17”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “the age of 18 years”;
b
in section 22(9), for the words “under 17” there shall be substituted the words “under 18”;
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In section 81(1), (3) and (8) of that Act, for the words “the age of 17” there shall be substituted the words “the age of 18”.
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In sections 96A, 135(3) and 136(4) of that Act, for the words “aged 17” there shall be substituted the words “aged 18”.
Sch. 8 in force at 1.10.1992 see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.