47 Procedure in [F1youth courts].E+W
(1)[F1Youth courts] shall sit as often as may be necessary for the purpose of exercising any jurisdiction conferred on them by or under this or any other Act.
(2)A [F1youth court] shall [F2not sit in a room in which sittings of a court other than a [F1youth court] are held if a sitting of that other court has been or will be held there within an hour before or after the sitting of the [F1youth court]]; and no person shall be present at any sitting of a [F1youth court] except—
(a)members and officers of the court;
(b)parties to the case before the court, their solicitors and counsel, and witnesses and other persons directly concerned in that case;
(c)bonâ fide representatives of newspapers or news agencies;
(d)such other persons as the court may specially authorise to be present:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 47 substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 100, Sch. 11 para. 40(2)(a); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
F2Words substituted by Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c. 37), s. 17(2)
F3S. 47(2) proviso repealed by Justices of Peace Act 1949 (c. 101), Sch. 7 Pt. III
F4S. 47(3) repealed by Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (c. 101), Sch. 7, Pt. II
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 47(2) restricted by Adoption Act 1958 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2 c. 5), s. 47; restricted by Adoption Act 1976 (c. 36), s. 37(4)