69 Extension of enactments relating to persons sentenced to imprisonment or detention to young offenders sentenced to detention.U.K.
(1)In section 38(3) of the M1Criminal 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 M2Prison Act 1952 F1. . .and section 38(2) of the M3Prison 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.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 69(2) repealed (31.3.1996) by 1995 c. 20, s. 117, Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 5, Sch. 7 Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of s. 69(1) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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