Criminal Justice Act 1991

Supervision requirements U.K.

9 Section 72 of the M1 Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (supervision of children moving to England and Wales or to Northern Ireland) shall be amended as follows—

(a) in subsection (1)(b), for the words “to a juvenile court acting for the petty sessions area” there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs—

“(i) in the case of residence in England and Wales, to a youth court acting for the petty sessions area (within the meaning of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969);

(ii) in the case of residence in Northern Ireland, to a juvenile court acting for the petty sessions district (within the meaning of Part III of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981).”;

(b) in subsection (1A)—

(i) for the words “The juvenile court in England or Wales” there shall be substituted the words “A youth court”;

(ii) after the word “12” there shall be inserted the words “, 12A, 12AA, 12B or 12C”; and

(iii) paragraph (a), and the word “and” immediately following that paragraph, shall cease to have effect;

(c) in subsection (2), for the words “The juvenile court in Northern Ireland” there shall be substituted the words “A juvenile court”;

(d) in subsection (3), after the words “by a” there shall be inserted the words “youth court or, as the case may be”; and

(e) subsection (4) shall cease to have effect.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 3 (paras. 1 - 11) wholly in force at 1.10.1992 see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.

Marginal Citations

M1 1968 c. 49.