Editorial Information
X1The text of Sch. 5 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Marginal Citations
Prospective
55E+WIn [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”.”
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 5 para. 55 substituted by Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43, SIF 82) s. 154, Sch. 7 para. 87
F2Words in Sch. 5 para. 55 substituted (4.7.1996, with effect as mentioned in S.I. 1997/386, art. 1(2)) by 1996 c. 25, s. 47, Sch. 1 Pt. I para.21, Pt. III para. 39 (with s. 78(1))
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Textual Amendments