In F1section 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 and F2section 5B of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, after subsection (3) of each section there shall be inserted the following subsection:—

“(3A)

In the case of a statement which indicates in pursuance of subsection (3)(a) of this section that the person making it has not attained the age of fourteen, subsection (2)(b) of this section shall have effect as if for the words from “made” onwards there were substituted the words “understands the importance of telling the truth in it”.”