Section 68 Persons aged 17 to be treated as young persons for certain purposes.I1

England and Wales

The following enactments, namely—

(a)

the Children and Young Persons Acts 1933 to 1969;

(b)

section 43(3) of the 1952 Act (remand centres, young offender institutions etc.);

F1(c)

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(d)

the 1980 Act,

shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in Schedule 8 to this Act, being amendments which, for certain purposes of those enactments, have the effect of substituting the age of 18 years for the age of 17 years.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 68(c) repealed (10.3.2014) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 25 Pt. 2 (with s. 141(1)-(6)); S.I. 2014/423, art. 2(c) (with art. 3)

Commencement

I1: S. 68 wholly in force (except for specified purposes, see S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(4)) at 1.10.1992 see s. 102(2)(3) and S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch. 2