{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-act-1969/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-act-1969/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1969/54",
  "legislation_title": "Children and Young Persons Act 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-act-1969",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Alterations in treatment of young offenders etc.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3),(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) An order sending a person to an approved school shall not be made after such day as the Secretary of State may by order specify for the purposes of this subsection.\n(6) Sections 54 and 57 of the Act of 1933 (which among other things enables a child or young person found guilty of an offence to be sent to a remand home or committed to the care of a fit person) shall cease to have effect.\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 7(1) repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), Sch. 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 7(2) repealed by Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (c. 62, SIF 39:1), Sch. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 7(3)(4) repealed by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), Sch. 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 7(7)-(9) repealed (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(4), 168(1), Sch. 12 Pt. I (with Sch. 11 paras. 1, 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 7(7A) (which was inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 23(b)) 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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 7(7B)(7C) (which were inserted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s.108(4)(6), Sch. 12 para. 21 (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)) repealed (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), s. 101(2), Sch. 13; S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "31.12.1970 specified for purposes of s. 7(5) by S.I. 1970/1499, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "The text of s. 7(6) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/54/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:51:56.296738+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}