Criminal Justice Act 1991

Criminal Justice Act 1967 (c.80) E+W

2 (1) Section 67 of the 1967 Act (remand time to be taken into account in computing sentences) shall be amended as follows. E+W

(2) In subsection (1A)(c)—

(a) after the word “remanded” there shall be inserted the words “or committed”; and

(b) after the words “section 23 of the M1 Children and Young Persons Act 1969” there shall be inserted the words “or section 37 of the M2 Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980”.

(3) For subsection (5) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(5) This section applies—

(a) to sentences of detention in a young offender institution; and

(b) to determinate sentences of detention passed under section 53(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (sentences for serious indictable offences),

as it applies to sentences of imprisonment.”

(4) In subsection (6)—

(a) after the word “being”, in the second place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “remanded or”;

(b) for the words “committed to the care of a local authority” there shall be substituted the words “remanded or committed to local authority accommodation”; and

(c) after the words “the said section 23” there shall be inserted the words “or 37”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 11 para. 2 wholly in force at 1.6.1999; Sch. 11 para 2(1)(2)(a)(3)(4)(a)(b) in force at 1.10.1992 see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.; Sch. 11 para. 2(2)(b)(4)(c) in force at 1.6.1999 by S.I. 1999/1280, art. 3, Sch.

Sch. 11 para. 2(2)(b)(4)(c) shall come into force on the day appointed by the Secretary of State by order under s. 62(1) see S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(5), Sch. 3 (which art. 2(5) is revoked (1.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1280, art. 2)

Marginal Citations

M1 1969 c. 54.

M2 1980 c. 43.