# Criminal Justice Act 1991, Section 68: Persons aged 17 to be treated as young persons for certain purposes.

Extent: E+W

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.);
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/53/section/68 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1991/section-68
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