{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/youth-justice-and-criminal-evidence-act-1999/schedule-5/paragraph-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/youth-justice-and-criminal-evidence-act-1999/schedule-5/paragraph-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/23",
  "legislation_title": "Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/youth-justice-and-criminal-evidence-act-1999",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Paragraph 4 of that Schedule (presence of offender in court, remands, etc.) is amended as follows.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (5)(b), for “(6)” substitute “ (7A) ”.\n(3) Omit sub-paragraph (6).\n(4) In sub-paragraph (7), at the beginning insert “ Subject to sub-paragraph (7A) below, ”.\n(5) After sub-paragraph (7) insert—\n“(7A) Where the offender is aged 18 or over at the time when he is brought before a youth court other than the appropriate court under sub-paragraph (4) above, or is aged 18 or over at a time when (apart from this sub-paragraph) the appropriate court could exercise its powers under sub-paragraph (7) above in respect of him, he shall not be remanded to local authority accommodation but may instead be remanded—\n(a) to a remand centre, if the court has been notified that such a centre is available for the reception of persons under this sub-paragraph; or\n(b) to a prison, if it has not been so notified.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/23/schedule/5/paragraph/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:51.659271+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."
}