In this Act—

• “the 1933 Act” means the M1Children and Young Persons Act 1933;

• “the 1969 Act” means the M2Children and Young Persons Act 1969;

• “the 1973 Act” means the M3Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973;

• “the 1980 Act” means the M4Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980;

• “the 1982 Act” means the M5Criminal Justice Act 1982;

• “the 1983 Act” means the M6Mental Health Act 1983;

• “the 1991 Act” means the M7Criminal Justice Act 1991.

• F1“local probation board” means a local probation board established under section 4 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000;

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Where an offence is found to have been committed over a period of two or more days, or at some time during a period of two or more days, it shall be taken for the purposes of this Act to have been committed on the last of those days.

For the purposes of any provision of this Act which requires the determination of the age of a person by the court, his age shall be deemed to be that which it appears to the court to be after considering any available evidence.