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(2)In section 37 of the 1980 Act (committal of young person to Crown Court for sentence)—
(a)in subsection (1), for the words “17 years old” there shall be substituted the words “18 years old”;
(b)in subsection (2), for the words “A person committed in custody under subsection (1) above” there shall be substituted the words “Where a person committed in custody under subsection (1) above is not less than 17 years old, he”; and
(c)after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(3)Where a person committed in custody under subsection (1) above is less than 17 years old—
(a)he shall be committed to accommodation provided by or on behalf of a local authority (within the meaning of the Children Act 1989) and
(b)the court by which he is so committed shall impose a security requirement within the meaning of section 23 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969.”
(3)In the case of a child or young person who has been remanded F2... to local authority accommodation [F3under section 91(3) of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012] by a youth court or a magistrates’ court other than a youth court, any application under section 25 of the M1Children Act 1989 [F4or section 119 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014] (use of accommodation for restricting liberty) shall, notwithstanding anything in section [F592(7)] [F6of the Children Act 1989], be made to that court.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 60(1) omitted (3.12.2012) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 12 para. 27; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(j)
F2Words in s. 60(3) omitted (3.12.2012) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 12 para. 28(a); S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(j) (with art. 7(2)(3))
F3Words in s. 60(3) inserted (3.12.2012) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 12 para. 28(b); S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(j) (with art. 7(2)(3))
F4Words in s. 60(3) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 128(a)
F5Words in s. 60(3) substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 127; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)
F6Words in s. 60(3) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/413), regs. 2(1), 128(b)
Commencement Information
I1S. 60 wholly in force at 1.6.1999; s. 60(3) in force at 14.10.1991, see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1991/2208, art. 2(1), Sch. 1; s. 60(1)(2)(a) in force at 1.10.1992, see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2; s. 60(2)(b)(c) in force at 1.6.1999 by S.I. 1999/1280, art. 3, Sch.
S. 60(2)(b)(c) shall come into force on the day appointed by the Secretary of State by order under s. 62(1) see S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(5), Sch. 3(which art. 2(5), Sch. 3 was revoked (16.1999) by S.I. 1999/1280, art. 2)
Marginal Citations