In this Act—
“the 1933 Act” means the Children and Young Persons Act 1933;
“the 1969 Act” means the Children and Young Persons Act 1969;
“the 1973 Act” means the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973;
“the 1980 Act” means the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980;
“the 1982 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 1982;
“the 1984 Act” means the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;
“the 1985 Act” means the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985;
“the 1989 Act” means the Children Act 1989;
“the 1991 Act” means the Criminal Justice Act 1991;
“the 1994 Act” means the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994;
“the 1997 Act” means the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997;
“caution” has the same meaning as in Part V of the Police Act 1997;
“child” means a person under the age of 14;
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“custodial sentence” has the meaning given by section 222 of the Sentencing Code;
“guardian” has the same meaning as in the 1933 Act;
“local probation board” means a local probation board established under section 4 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000;
“prescribed” means prescribed by an order made by the Secretary of State;
“young person” means a person who has attained the age of 14 and is under the age of 18;
“youth offending team” means a team established under section 39 above.
In this Act—
“the 1993 Act” means the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993; and
“the 1995 Act” means the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.
For the purposes of this Act, the age of a person shall be deemed to be that which it appears to the court to be after considering any available evidence.