Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. III amended by Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42), s. 2(1), Sch. 1 and (1.4.1981) by Child Care Act 1980 (c. 5), ss. 78(1)(2)(b), 79(1)(4)(5)(b). (Child Care Act 1980 (c.5) repealed (14.10.1991) with saving by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(6)(7), Sch. 14 paras. 21, 27(4), Sch. 15; S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
(1)A [F1youth court] sitting for the purpose of hearing a charge against, . . . F2, a person who is believed to be a child or young person may, if it thinks fit to do so, proceed with the hearing and determination of the charge . . . F2 notwithstanding that it is discovered that the person in question is not a child or young person.
F3[(2)The attainment of [F4the age of eighteen] years by . . . F5 a person in whose case an order for conditional discharge has been made, shall not deprive a [F1youth court] of jurisdiction to enforce his attendance and deal with him in respect of . . . F5 the commission of a further offence . . . F5.
(3)When a [F1youth court] has remanded a child or young person for information to be obtained with respect to him, any [F1youth court]acting for the same petty sessional division or place—
(a)may in his absence extend the period for which he is remanded, so, however, that he appears before a court or a justice of the peace at least once in every twenty-one days;
(b)when the required information has been obtained, may deal with him finally;
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6
(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7 a [F1youth court]may sit on any day for the purpose of hearing and determining a charge against a child or young person in respect of an indictable offence.
(5)A [F1youth court] sitting in [F8the inner London area] shall have all the powers of a metropolitan police magistrate; and for the purposes of any enactment by virtue of which any powers are exercisable—
(a)by a court of summary jurisdiction acting for the same petty sessional division or place as a [F1youth court] by which some previous act has been done; or
(b)by a [F1youth court] acting for the same petty sessional division or place as a court of summary jurisdiction by which some previous act has been done,
[F8the inner London area] shall be deemed to be the place for which all metropolitan police magistrates sitting in that area and all [F1youth courts] sitting in that area act.
(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 48 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 repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c. 37), s. 64, Sch. 5
F3S. 48(2) substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), Sch. 9
F4Words in s. 48(2) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), ss. 68, 101(1), Sch. 8 para. 1(2), Sch. 12 para. 22(1); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2
F5Words repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), Sch. 6
F6Words repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58), Sch. 10 Pt. I
F7Words repealed by Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 (c. 55), s. 132, Sch. 6
F8Words substituted by virtue of Administration of Justice Act 1964 (c. 42), Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 4
F9S. 48(6) repealed by Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (c. 101), Sch. 7, Pt. III