Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

Young offenders: transfer, supervision and recall within British Islands

12 (1) Part III of the [1961 c. 39.] Criminal Justice Act 1961 (transfer, supervision and recall within British Islands) shall have effect with the following amendments.

(2) In section 29—

(a) in subsection (1), for the words from “youth custody centre” to “young offenders institution” there shall be substituted the words “or institution for young offenders to which this subsection applies”;

(b) after subsection (2), there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(2A) The institutions for young offenders to which subsection (1) above applies are the following: a remand centre, young offenders institution or secure training centre and, in Northern Ireland, a young offenders centre.”.

(3) In section 30—

(a) in subsection (3), for the words between “prison” and “in any part” there shall be substituted the words “or institution for young offenders to which this subsection applies”;

(b) after subsection (3), there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(3A) The institutions for young offenders to which subsection (3) above applies are the following: a young offenders institution or secure training centre and, in Northern Ireland, a young offenders centre.”.

(4) In section 32, in subsection (2), after paragraph (k), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(l) sections 1 and 3 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.”.

(5) In section 38(3), for paragraph (a), there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(a) the expression “imprisonment or detention” means imprisonment, custody for life, detention in a young offenders institution or in a secure training centre or detention under an equivalent sentence passed by a court in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man;”.