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Rule 11 Chairmanship of youth courts

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

A youth court, other than one consisting of a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) sitting alone, shall sit under the chairmanship of—

(a)

a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) if he is sitting as a member of the court; or

(b)

a youth justice who is on the list of approved youth court chairmen.

(2)

A youth justice may preside before he has been included on a list of approved youth court chairmen only if—

(a)

he is under the supervision of a youth justice who is on a list of approved youth court chairmen; and

(b)

he has completed the training courses prescribed by rule 31 of the 2007 Rules.

(3)

In this rule “list of approved youth court chairmen” means a list kept by the ILYTDC or BTDC as appropriate in accordance with rules 32 and 36 of the 2007 Rules.