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Section 20: Secure remands for young offenders

Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 · 1994 c. 33View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part I: Young Offenders

REPEALED on 1999-06-01 by Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

The text below is the provision as originally enacted. It is historical and may not include amendments made before this status change. View the enacted source.

In section 23(5) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (as substituted by section 60 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991) (conditions for imposing a security requirement in case of young persons remanded to local authority accommodation), for the words “young person who has attained the age of fifteen” there shall be substituted the words—

“person who has attained the age of fourteen”;
“person who has attained the age of thirteen”; or
“person who has attained the age of twelve”;

but no substitution may be brought into force on more than one occasion.

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