{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-youth-courts-time-limits-regulations-1999/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-youth-courts-time-limits-regulations-1999/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2743",
  "legislation_title": "The Prosecution of Offences (Youth Courts Time Limits) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-youth-courts-time-limits-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Sentencing time limit",
  "text": "In any case relating to a person who—\n(a) was under the age of 18—\n(i) at the time of his arrest for an offence; or\n(ii) (where he was not arrested for the offence) at the time of the laying of an information charging him with an offence; and\n(b) is convicted of the offence in a relevant court on or after 1st November 1999,\nthe period within which the stage beginning with the date of his conviction and ending with the date of his being sentenced in a relevant court for the offence should be completed shall be 29 days.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2743/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:17.762062+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}