SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11Extension of youth justice system to 17 year olds

19Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9))

In Article 45 (punishment of certain grave crimes)—

a

in paragraph (1), for “under the age of 18” substitute “a child”,

b

in paragraphs (4) and (5), for “person” substitute “child”, and

c

in paragraph (6), for “person will, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, attain the age of 18” substitute “child will, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, become an adult”.