Part IX Young Offenders

124 Detention of young offenders in Scotland.

1

In each of sections 207 and 415 of the M1Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 for subsections (5) to (10) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

5

A sentence of detention imposed under this section shall be a sentence of detention in a young offenders institution.

2

Subject to subsection (3) below, in any enactment—

a

for a reference to a detention centre there shall be substituted a reference to a young offenders institution; and

b

for a reference (however expressed) to a detention centre order there shall be substituted a reference to a sentence of detention in a young offenders institution.

3

Nothing in subsection (2) above applies—

a

to section 21 of the M2Firearms Act 1968;

b

to Part I of Schedule I to the M3Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980;

c

to section 41(2) of the M4Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980.

4

The amendments and transitional provisions in Schedule 9 to this Act shall have effect.