# Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980, Section 96A: Application of Part III to persons aged 17 to 20.

Extent: E+W

This Part of this Act shall have effect in relation to a person aged 18 or over but less than 21 as if any reference to committing a person to prison, or fixing a term of imprisonment for a default, were a reference to committing the person to, or, as the case may be, to fixing a term of, detention under section 108 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000; and any reference to warrants of commitment, or to periods of imprisonment imposed for default, shall be construed accordingly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/43/section/96A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-act-1980/section-96A
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