69Extension of enactments relating to persons sentenced to imprisonment or detention to young persons sentenced to detention.
(1)In section 38(3) of the [1961 c. 39.] Criminal Justice Act 1961 (construction of references to imprisonment or detention and sentence) at the end there shall be added the following paragraph—
“(c)any reference to a person serving a sentence of, or sentenced to, imprisonment or detention shall be construed as including a reference to a person who, under any enactment relating to children and young persons in force in any part of the United Kingdom or any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, has been sentenced by a court to be detained for an offence and is liable to be detained in accordance with directions given by the Secretary of State, by the Minister of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland or by the Governor of the Isle of Man with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and any other reference to a sentence of imprisonment or detention shall be construed accordingly.”
(2)In section 49 of the [1952 c. 52.] Prison Act 1952, section 37 of the [1952 c. 61.] Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952 and section 38(2) of the [1953 c. 18 (N.I.).] Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (persons unlawfully at large) any reference to a person sentenced to imprisonment shall be construed as including a reference to any such person as is mentioned in the foregoing subsection.