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Children and Young Persons Act 1963 in Northern Ireland

1963 c. 37 · Enacted 31 July 1963 · Extends to United Kingdom

Not fully up to date. 7 changes made by later legislation have not yet been written into this text, which is revised to 13 April 2015.

See the changes not yet applied
ProvisionChangeMade by
s. 57(4)repealedYouth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 Sch. 6
s. 57(4)words repealed by 1994 c. 33 Sch. 11 (as modified (retrosp.))Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 Sch. 4 para. 24
s. 57(2)repealedYouth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 Sch. 6
s. 57words substitutedYouth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 Sch. 4 para. 3
s. 40(1)words repealedCriminal Justice Act 2003 Sch. 37 Pt. 9
s. 40(2)words repealedCriminal Justice Act 2003 Sch. 37 Pt. 9
s. 29power to exclude conferred by 1980 c. 43, s. 24ZB (as inserted)Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 s. 8

Contents

  1. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  2. Children and young persons in need of care, protection or control
  3. 4—15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  4. 17Constitution and place of sitting of juvenile courts.
  5. 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  6. 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  7. 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  8. 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  9. 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  10. 25Attendance at court of parents of child or young person brought before court.
  11. 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  12. 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  13. Increase of certain penalties
  14. 32Increase of penalty for sales of tobacco, etc., to persons under 16.
  15. Part II: Employment of Children and Young Persons
  16. 34Hours of employment.
  17. 36Increase of certain penalties.
  18. Entertainment
  19. 42Licences for children and young persons performing abroad.
  20. 44Construction of Part II.
  21. Part III: Miscellaneous and General
  22. 54. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  23. 55Emigration with consent of Secretary of State.
  24. 58. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  25. 59. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  26. 60Expenses.
  27. 62. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  28. 65Citation, construction, commencement and extent.
  29. Part I: OUTSIDE METROPOLITAN AREA Repealed
  30. Juvenile court panels Repealed
  31. 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
  32. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
  33. 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
  34. Combined juvenile court panels Repealed
  35. 4Paragraph 4 Repealed
  36. 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
  37. 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
  38. Effect of order establishing combined panel Repealed
  39. 7Paragraph 7 Repealed
  40. Restrictions on formation of combined panels Repealed
  41. 8Paragraph 8 Repealed
  42. 9Paragraph 9 Repealed
  43. Consultations and notices Repealed
  44. 10Paragraph 10 Repealed
  45. 11Paragraph 11 Repealed
  46. 12Paragraph 12 Repealed
  47. Part II: Metropolitan Area Repealed
  48. 13Paragraph 13 Repealed
  49. 14Paragraph 14 Repealed
  50. 15Paragraph 15 Repealed
  51. 16Paragraph 16 Repealed
  52. 17Paragraph 17 Repealed
  53. 18Paragraph 18 Repealed
  54. 19Paragraph 19 Repealed
  55. Part III: General Repealed
  56. 20Paragraph 20 Repealed
  57. 21Paragraph 21 Repealed
  58. Schedule 3: Minor and Consequential Amendments
  59. The Principal Act
  60. 7Paragraph 7
  61. 8Paragraph 8 Repealed
  62. 29Paragraph 29
  63. 30Paragraph 30
  64. 31Paragraph 31
  65. 32Paragraph 32
  66. 33—36Paragraph 33—36 Repealed
  67. 37Paragraph 37 Repealed
  68. 38Paragraph 38 Repealed
  69. 39Paragraph 39 Repealed
  70. 40Paragraph 40 Repealed
  71. 41Paragraph 41 Repealed
  72. 44Paragraph 44 Repealed
  73. 46Paragraph 46 Repealed
  74. 47Paragraph 47 Repealed
  75. 48, 49Paragraph 48, 49 Repealed
  76. the Criminal Justice Act 1961
  77. 50Paragraph 50
  78. Schedule 5Schedule 5

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17Constitution and place of sitting of juvenile courts.

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In section 47(2) of the principal Act (which relates to sittings of juvenile courts) for the words from “subject as hereinafter provided” to “other courts are held” there shall be substituted the words “not sit in a room in which sittings of a court other than a juvenile court are held if a sitting of that other court has been held there within hour before or after the sittings of the juvenile court”.

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25Attendance at court of parents of child or young person brought before court.

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For section 34 of the principal Act there shall be substituted the following section:—

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Where a child or young person is charged with any offence or is for any other reason brought before a court, any person who is a parent or guardian of his may be required to attend at the court before which the case is heard or determined during all the stages of the proceedings, and any such person shall be so required at any stage where ;the court thinks it desirable, unless the court is satisfied that it would be unreasonable to require his attendance.

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Where a child or young person is arrested or taken to a place of safety, such steps shall be taken as may be practicable to inform at least one person whose attendance may be required under this section”.

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32Increase of penalty for sales of tobacco, etc., to persons under 16.C1

Section 7 of the principal Act and section 18 of the principal Scottish Act (which, in subsection (1), prohibit the sale of tobacco and cigarette papers to persons apparently under the age of sixteen and, in subsection (2), enable a court to order measures to be taken to prevent the use by such persons of automatic machines for the sale of tobacco) shall each be amended, as respects offences committed after the commencement of this Act, by substituting—

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in subsection (1) (which provides for fines not exceeding two, five and ten pounds on a first, second or subsequent conviction) for the words “two”, “five” and “ten” the words “twenty-five” “fifty” and “one hundred”, respectively; and

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in subsection (2) (which provides for fines not exceeding five pounds for failure to comply with the order of the court and further fines not exceeding one pound for each day during which the offence continues) for the words “five” and “one” the words “fifty” and “ten”, respectively.

34Hours of employment.C1

For paragraph (c) of section 18(1) of the principal Act (which prohibits the employment of children before six o’clock in the morning or after eight o’clock in the evening) and for paragraph (c) of section 28(1) of the principal Scottish Act (which prohibits such employment before six o’clock in the morning or after seven o’clock in the evening or at certain times of the year eight o’clock in the evening) there shall be substituted the following paragraph:—

“(c)

before seven o’clock in the morning or after seven o’clock in the evening on any day ; or”.

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Section 21 of the principal Act and section 31 of the principal Scottish Act (which impose penalties for contraventions of the general provisions of those Acts as to employment) shall each be amended, as respects offences committed after the commencement of this Act, as follows:—

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in subsection (1) (which provides for fines not exceeding five pounds and twenty pounds for first and subsequent offences respectively) for the words “five pounds” there shall be substituted the words “twenty pounds” and for the words “twenty pounds” the words “fifty pounds”; and

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in subsection (3) (which provides for fines of twenty shillings and forty shillings for first and subsequent offences respectively) for the words “twenty shillings” there shall be substituted the words “ten pounds” and for the words “forty shillings” the words “twenty pounds”.

42Licences for children and young persons performing abroad.

(1)

Section 25 of the principal Act (which prohibits F1childrenfrom going abroad for F2certain purposes except under the authority of a licence granted under that section) and section 26 of that Act (which imposes penalties for contraventions) shall have effect as if the words “singing, playing, performing or being exhibited” included taking part in any such performance as is mentioned in paragraph (c) or (d) of section 37(2) of this Act.

(2)

A licence under the said section 25 may be granted F3in relation to a purpose referred to in subsection (1)(a) of that section in respect of a person notwithstanding that he is under the age of fourteen if—

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the engagement which he is to fulfil is for acting and the application for the licence is accompanied by a declaration that the part he is to act cannot be taken except by a person of about his age; or

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the engagement is for dancing in a ballet which does not form part of an entertainment of which anything other than ballet or opera also forms part and the application for the licence is accompanied by a declaration that the part he is to dance cannot be taken except by a child of about his age; or

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the engagement is for taking part in a performance the nature of which is wholly or mainly musical or which consists only of opera and ballet and the nature of his part in the performance is wholly or mainly musical.

44Construction of Part II.

(1)

This Part of this Act, in its application to England and Wales, and, as regards section 42, in its application elsewhere, shall be construed, and Part II of the principal Act shall have effect, as if this Part were included in that Part.

(2)

This Part of this Act, except section 42, shall, in its application to Scotland, be construed as if it were included in Part III of the principal Scottish Act and as if references to a local authority were references to an education authority; and the said Part III shall have effect as if this Part of this Act (except section 42) were included in it.

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55Emigration with consent of Secretary of State.F1

Section 52 of the M1Adoption Act 1958 (which, subject to exceptions, requires the authority of a provisional adoption order for the taking or sending abroad for adoption of infants who are British subjects) shall not apply in the case of any infant emigrating under the authority of the Secretary of State given under . . . F2 section 17 of the M2Children Act 1948 F3or section 23 of the M3Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 . . . F4

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60Expenses.

There shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State under this Act and any increase attributable to this Act in the moneys so payable under any other enactment.

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65Citation, construction, commencement and extent.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Children and Young Persons Act 1963.

(2)

This Act and the Children and Young Persons Acts 1933 to 1956 may be cited as the Children and Young Persons Acts 1933 to 1963, and this Act and the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Acts 1937 and 1956 may be cited as the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Acts 1937 to 1963.

(3)

This Act, except in so far as it amends any Act not construed as one with the principal Act or the principal Scottish Act, shall be construed, in its application to England and Wales, as one with the principal Act and, in its application to Scotland, as one with the principal Scottish Act.

(4)

The following provisions of this Act do not extend to Scotland, that is to say, Part I except sections 1, 10 and 32, sections 56 and 61, and Schedules 1 and 2 and Schedule 4 except paragraph 3.

(5)

F1 sections 42 . . . of this Act, paragraphs 7, 8, . . . and 50 of Schedule 3, and so much of Schedule 5 as relates to section 25 and section 26 of the principal Act, extend to Northern Ireland.

C1(6)

This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint, and different days may be so appointed for different purposes; and any reference in any provision of this Act to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the time at which that provision comes into operation.

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In the proviso to section 25(1), for the words “Great Britain and Ireland” there shall he substituted the words “the United Kingdom”.

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For subsection (3) of that section there shall be substituted the following subsection:—

“(3)

Nothing in this section or in any byelaw made under this section shall prevent a child from taking part in a performance—

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under the authority of a licence granted under this Part of this Act ; or

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in a case where by virtue of section 37(3) of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963 no licence under that section is required for him to take part in the performance.”

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In section 33, for the words “public performance” there shall be substituted the words “performance to which section 37 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963 applies and”.

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In section 36(1), for the words “an entertainment or performance” there shall be substituted the words “a performance”.

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In section 38(3), for the words “The said provisions” there shall be substituted the words “The provisions of this Part of this Act relating to employment”.

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C1(1)

In subsection (1) of section 29, after the words “or remand home” there shall be inserted the words “special reception centre or other place of safety”.

(2)

In subsection (2) of that section, after the words “taken back to the prison or other institution” there shall be added the words “or place”.

(3)

At the end of the section there shall be added the following subsection:—

“(3)

In this section “special reception centre” has the same meaning as in the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 and “place of safety” has—

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in relation to England and Wales, the same meaning as in that Act ; and

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in relation to Scotland, the same meaning as in the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937; and

(c)

in relation to Northern Ireland, the same meaning as in the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1950.”

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