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Section 29 Provisions as to persons between the ages of 17 and 18.

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Where proceedings in respect of a young person are begun F1 . . . F2for an offence and he attains F3the age of eighteen before the conclusion of the proceedings, the court may . . . F4 deal with the case and make any order which it could have made if he had not attained that age.

(2)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 29(1) repealed (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20),s. 108(6)(7), Sch. 15 (with Sch. 14 paras. 1(1), 27(4)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)

F2

Words substituted by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), Sch. 5 para. 49

F3

Words in s. 29(1) substituted (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), ss. 68(a), 101(1), Sch. 8 para.3, Sch. 12 para. 22(1); S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2

F4

Words repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), Sch. 6

F5

S. 29(2) repealed by Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54), Sch. 5 para. 49, Sch. 6

Notes on Part I

Modifications

C1

Pt. I amended (E.W.) by Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42), s. 2(1), Sch. 1