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Part IIIU.K. Protection of Children and Young Persons in relation to Criminal and Summary Proceedings

Youth CourtsU.K.

47 Procedure in [F1youth courts].E+W

(1)[F1Youth courts] shall sit as often as may be necessary for the purpose of exercising any jurisdiction conferred on them by or under this or any other Act.

(2)F2. . . No person shall be present at any sitting of a [F1youth court] except—

(a)members and officers of the court;

(b)parties to the case before the court, their [F3legal representatives], and witnesses and other persons directly concerned in that case;

(c)bonâ fide representatives of newspapers or news agencies;

(d)such other persons as the court may specially authorise to be present:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

Textual Amendments

F2Words in s. 47(2) repealed (30.9.1998) by 1998 c. 37, ss. 47(7), 120(2), Sch. 10; S.I. 1998/2327, art. 2(1)(k)(3)(g).

F3Words in s. 47(2)(b) substituted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), ss. 208, 211, Sch. 21 para. 18 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h) (with art. 9)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3S. 47(2) modified (31.8.2009 for specified purposes, 1.4.2010 for specified purposes, 1.11.2010 for specified purposes) by Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38), ss. 11(7), 66(2); S.I. 2009/1840, art. 3(c); S.I. 2010/469, arts. 3(c), 4, Sch.; S.I. 2010/2541, arts. 3(c), 4, Sch.