Children and Young Persons Act 1969

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Jurisdiction	UK Non-devolved
Citation	1969 c. 54
Year	1969

Contenidos

Children and Young Persons Act 1969
Part I: Care and other treatment of juveniles through court proceedings

^F1 Care of children and young persons through juvenile courts

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Consequential changes in criminal proceedings etc

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5: Restrictions on criminal proceedings for offences by young persons
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7: Alterations in treatment of young offenders etc
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9: Investigations by local authorities
10: Further limitations on publication of particulars of children and young persons etc

Supervision

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Committal to care of local authorities

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^F44 23: Remands and committals to local authority accommodation
^F45 23A: Liability to arrest for breaking conditions of remand
^F46 23B: Report by local authority in certain cases where person remanded on bail
^F53 23AA: Electronic monitoring of conditions of remand
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Transfer

^F55 25: Transfers between England or Wales and Northern Ireland
^F55 25: Transfers between England or Wales and Northern Ireland
26: Transfers between England or Wales and the Channel Islands or Isle of Man
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Detention

^F62 28: … … … … … … … … … …
^F63 29: Recognisance on release of arrested child or young person
30: Detention of young offenders in community homes
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32: Detention of absentees
32: Detention of absentees

Conflict of interest between parent and child or young person

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Transitional modifications of Part I for persons of specified ages

34: Transitional modifications of Part I for persons of specified ages

Part II: Accommodation etc for children in care, and foster children

Community homes

^F126 35—45: … … … … … … … … … …
46: Discontinuance of approved schools etc on establishment of community homes
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^F130 51: … … … … … … … … … …
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^F134 56, 57: … … … … … … … … … …
^F135 58, 59: … … … … … … … … … …

Part III: Miscellaneous and general

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^F137 61: … … … … … … … … … …
^F138 62—64A: … … … … … … … … … …
Financial provisions

65: Grants to voluntary organisations etc
66: Increase of rate support grants
67: Administrative expenses

Supplemental

^F144 68: … … … … … … … … … …
69: Orders and regulations etc
70: Interpretation and ancillary provisions
71: Application to Isles of Scilly
72: Transitional provisions, minor amendments and repeals etc
73: Citation, commencement and extent

SCHEDULES

^F174 SCHEDULE 1: …
^F175 SCHEDULE 2: …
SCHEDULE 3: Approved schools and other institutions

Provisions as to staff
Use of premises as homes for children in care
Financial provisions
Interpretation

SCHEDULE 4: Transitional provisions and savings

Part I: General
^X5^M32 Part II: Interim Provisions Pending Commencement of Provisions of Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968

^X6 Schedule 5: (Section 72(3)) Minor and Consequential Amendments of Enactments

The Act of 1933
^M36 The Education Act 1944
^M37 The Criminal Justice Act 1948
^M38 The Sexual Offences Act 1956
^M40 The Affiliation Proceedings Act 1957
^M41 The Adoption Act 1958
^M42 The Mental Health Act 1959
^M43 The Criminal Justice Act 1961
The Act of 1963
^M44 The Criminal Justice Act 1967
^M45 The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968

Schedule 6: (Section 72(4)) Repeals
^F247 SCHEDULE 7: …

Children and Young Persons Act 1969

1969 CHAPTER 54

An Act to amend the law relating to children and young persons; and for purposes connected therewith.

[22nd October 1969]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Act extended (S.) by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 390(4)

Part I: Care and other treatment of juveniles through court proceedings

^F1 Care of children and young persons through juvenile courts

^F2 1: … … … … … … … … … …

Amendments (Textual)

Ss. 1-3 repealed (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(6)(7), Sch.15 (with Sch. 14 paras. 1(1), 27(4)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)

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Amendments (Textual)

Ss. 1–3 repealed (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(6)(7), Sch.15 (with Sch. 14 paras, 1(1), 27(4)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)

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Amendments (Textual)

Ss. 1–3 repealed (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(6)(7), Sch.15, (Sch. 14 paras. 1(1), 27(4)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)

Consequential changes in criminal proceedings etc

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Amendments (Textual)

S. 4 repealed (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), ss. 72, 101(2), Sch 13; S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2

5: Restrictions on criminal proceedings for offences by young persons

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(8)

It shall be the duty of a person who decides to lay an information in respect of an offence in a case where he has reason to believe that the alleged offender is a young person to give notice of the decision to the appropriate local authority unless he is himself that authority.

(9)

In this section—

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the appropriate local authority

”, in relation to a young person, means the local authority for the area in which it appears to the informant in question that the young person resides or, if the young person appears to the informant not to reside in the area of a local authority, the local authority in whose area it is alleged that the relevant offence or one of the relevant offences was committed; and

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and

. . .; but nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing any council or other body from acting by an agent for the purposes of this section.

Amendments (Textual)

S. 5(1)-(7) repealed (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), ss. 72, 101(2), Sch. 13; S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2

Definitions in s. 5(9) repealed (1.10.1992) by Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53, SIF 39:1), ss. 72, 101(2), Sch. 13; S.I. 1992/333, art. 2(2), Sch.2

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