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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into operation on 30th July 1998 Articles 56 and 57 of the Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.

Article 56 makes provision for the renaming of the Rathgael and Whiteabbey Schools Management Board as the Juvenile Justice Board and also provides for the conferring of additional functions on that Board. Article 57 enables the Secretary of State to pay grants to the new Board.