SCHEDULES
I1SCHEDULE 7 Pre-consolidation amendments: powers of criminal courts
Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (c.62)
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1
For subsection (5) of section 57 of the 1973 Act (interpretation) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
5
Where a compensation order or supervision order has been made on appeal, for the purposes of this Act (except section 26(5)) it shall be deemed—
a
if it was made on an appeal brought from a magistrates’ court, to have been made by that magistrates’ court;
b
if it was made on an appeal brought from the Crown Court or from the criminal division of the Court of Appeal, to have been made by the Crown Court.
2
After subsection (6) of that section there shall be added the following subsection—
7
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.
Sch. 7 wholly in force; Sch. 7 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 121; In force at 30.9.1998 by S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1) (subject to savings in arts. 5-8)