Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (repealed)

2 (1) The modifications of sections 51 and 57 of this Act contained in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) below shall have effect for the purpose of preserving certain words omitted from sections 77 and 80 of the M1 Criminal Justice Act 1948 by repeals made by the M2 Children and Young Persons Act 1969, in so far as the relevant repeals are not yet in force at the commencement of this Act; and an order may be made by the Secretary of State under section 73(2) and (3) of the M3 Children and Young Persons Act 1969 with respect to any such modification as if providing that any such modification shall cease to have effect constituted bringing the repeal of the words preserved by the modification into force, and as if that repeal and any of the following provisions of this paragraph were a provision of that Act.

(2) In section 51 of this Act—

(a) in subsection (1)(a), after the word “homes” where it first occurs there shall be inserted the words “or in remand homes or approved schools" and for the words “officers or servants in such hostels or homes" there shall be substituted the words “such officers or servants as aforesaid"; and

(b) in subsection (4)(c), after the word “serving" there shall be inserted the words “in remand homes or" and after the word “homes" there shall be inserted the words “or in approved schools".

(3) In section 57 of this Act the following definitions shall be inserted at the appropriate points in alphabetical order:—

• “approved school’ means a school approved under section 79 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933;

• "remand home’ means premises established or used by the council of a county or county borough under the provisions of section 77 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933”

Marginal Citations

M1 1948 c. 58.

M2 1969 c. 54.

M3 1969 c. 54.