Part 2Criminal justice and procedure
Places where children can no longer be detained
I121Meanings of “young offenders institution” and “young offender”
1
The Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 (“the 1989 Act”) is amended as follows.
2
In section 19 (remand centres and young offenders institutions), in subsection (1)(b), for second “offenders” to the end substitute “persons not less than 18 but under 21 years of age—
i
sentenced to detention in a young offenders institution, or
ii
remanded or committed in custody for trial or sentence,
may be kept.
3
The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/331) are amended as follows.
4
In rule 2(1) (interpretation), in paragraph (a) of the definition of “young offender”, for “16” substitute “18”
.