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- s. 46 amended by 1999 c. 22 Sch. 13 para. 8 11(a)
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- s. 12D(1A)-(1F) inserted by 2017 anaw 2 s. 51
- s. 39(2A) inserted by 2010 c. 26 Sch. 3 para. 3 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 3 Pt. 2 repealed (4.9.2013) without ever being in force by 2013 c. 22, s. 17(4) ; S.I. 2013/2200 art. 2(a))
- s. 49(12)-(14) inserted by 1999 c. 23 Sch. 2 para. 3(9)
46 Assignment of certain matters to [F1youth courts].E+W
(1)Subject as hereinafter provided, no charge against a child or young person, and no application whereof the hearing is by rules made under this section assigned to [F1youth courts] ,shall be heard by a [F2magistrates' court] which is not a [F1youth court]:
Provided that—
(a)a charge made jointly against a child or young person and a person who has attained [F3the age of eighteen] years shall be heard by a [F2magistrates' court] other than a [F1youth court]; and
(b)where a child or young person is charged with an offence, the charge may be heard by a [F2magistrates' court] which is not a [F1youth court] if a person who has attained [F3the age of eighteen] years is charged at the same time with aiding, abetting, causing, procuring, allowing or permitting that offence; and
(c)where, in the course of any proceedings before any [F2magistrates' court] other than a [F1youth court], it appears that the person to whom the proceedings relate is a child or young person, nothing in this subsection shall be construed as preventing the court, if it thinks fit so to do, from proceeding with the hearing and determination of those proceedings.
[F4(1A)If a notification that the accused desires to plead guilty without appearing before the court is received by the [F5designated officer for] a court in pursuance of [F6section 12 of the M1Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980] and the court has no reason to believe that the accused is a child or young person, then, if he is a child or young person he shall be deemed to have attained [F3 the age of eighteen] for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section in its application to the proceedings in question.]
(2)No direction, whether contained in this or any other Act, that a charge shall be brought before a [F1youth court]shall be construed as restricting the powers of any justice or justices to entertain an application for bail or for a remand, and to hear such evidence as may be necessary for that purpose.
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7
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F1Words in s. 46 substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 100, Sch. 11 para. 40(2)(a); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.
F2Words in s. 46(1) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(1), 110, Sch. 8 para. 74(2); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(bb)
F3Words in s. 46(1)(1A) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), ss. 68, 101(1), Sch. 8 para. 1(2), Sch. 12 para. 22(1); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.
F4S. 46(1A) inserted by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), Sch. 5 para. 4
F5Words in s. 46(1A) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 109(1), 110, Sch. 8 para. 74(3); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(bb)
F6Words substituted by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), ss. 154(2), 155(7), Sch. 7 para 6
F7S. 46(3) repealed by Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (c. 101), Sch. 7, Pt. II
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 46(1) excluded by Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c. 37), s. 18, Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45), s. 34(1) and Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43), ss. 29(1), 155(7)
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