# Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024, Paragraph 9: Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993

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(1) The Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 7 (children detained in solemn proceedings)—
(a) in subsection (2A), “in a young offenders institution” is repealed,
(b) for subsection (2C) substitute—
“(2C) In a case where subsection (2A) applies and the single term mentioned in that subsection is of four or more years, this Part applies to the person as if the single term were an equivalent sentence of detention or, as the case may be, imprisonment.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/5/schedule/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-care-and-justice-scotland-act-2024/schedule/paragraph-9
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