SCHEDULES
E1I2SCHEDULE 8 Amendments for Treating Persons Aged 17 as Young Persons
Annotations:
Commencement Information
Extent Information
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Schedule 8 extends to England and Wales only except as mentioned in s. 102(4)-(6).
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (c.53)
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In section 5(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (which provides for rehabilitation periods to be reduced by half for young offenders)—
a
in paragraph (a), for the words “seventeen years of age” there shall be substituted the words “eighteen years of age”; and
b
in the heading to Table A, for the words “under 17” there shall be substituted the words “under 18”.
Sch. 8 in force at 1.10.1992 see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.