Crime (Sentences) Act 1997

54 General interpretation.E+W

(1)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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(3)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.

[F3(4)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.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 54(1): definition of “local probation board” inserted (1.4.2001) by 2000 c. 43, s. 74, Sch. 7 Pt. II para. 141; S.I. 2001/919, art. 2(f)(ii)

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