(1)This section applies where a child is convicted on indictment of a scheduled offence committed while this section is in force.
(2)Article 45(2) of the [S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9).] Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (punishment for serious offence) shall have effect with the substitution for the words “14 years” of the words “five years”.
(3)In this section “child” means a person who has not attained the age of 17.