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 1984 Act” means the M6Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;

• “the 1985 Act” means the M7Prosecution of Offences Act 1985;

• “the 1989 Act” means the M8Children Act 1989;

• “the 1991 Act” means the M9Criminal Justice Act 1991;

• “the 1994 Act” means the M10Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994;

• “the 1997 Act” means the M11Crime (Sentences) Act 1997;

• “caution” has the same meaning as in Part V of the M12Police Act 1997;

• “child” means a person under the age of 14;

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• “custodial sentence” has the same meaning as in F2the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000;

• “guardian” has the same meaning as in the 1933 Act;

• F3“local probation board” means a local probation board established under section 4 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by an order made by the Secretary of State;

• “young person” means a person who has attained the age of 14 and is under the age of 18;

• “youth offending team” means a team established under section 39 above.

In this Act—

• “the 1993 Act” means the M13Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993; and

• “the 1995 Act” means the M14Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.

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