HL Deb 02 November 1987 vol 489 cc863-4

General

1. Subject to paragraph 2 below, in any enactment—

  1. (a) for a reference to a detention centre or to a youth custody centre or to both there shall be substituted a reference to a young offender institution; and
  2. (b) for a reference (however expressed) to a detention centre order or to a sentence of youth cusotdy or to both there shall be substituted a reference to a sentence of detention in a young offender institution.

2. Nothing in paragraph 1(b) above applies—

  1. (a) to section 21 of the Firearms Act 1968;
  2. (b) to Part II of Schedule 1 to the Juries Act 1974; or
  3. (c) to section 5 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; or
  4. (d) to section 17(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982.

3.—(1) In any enactment except—

  1. (a) section 21 of the Firearms Act 1968,
  2. (b) Part II of Schedule I to the Juries Act 1974;
  3. (c) section 5 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; and
  4. (d) sections 1(3) and 17(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982,
for a reference to a sentence of Borstal training there shall be substituted a reference to a sentence of detention in a young of lender institution.

(2) In any enactment for a reference to a Borstal institution there shall be substituted a reference to a young offender institution.

Firearms Act 1968(c. 27)

4. In section 21(1) and (2) of the Firearms Act 1968 (possession of firearms by persons previously convicted of crime) after the words "youth custody" there shall be inserted the words "or detention in a young offender institution".

5. In subsection (1)(a) of section 52 (forfeiture and disposal of firearms; cancellation of certificate by convicting court) for the words from "preventive" to "Scotland" there shall be substituted the words "detention in a young offender institution or detention in Scotland in a detention centre or a young offenders' institution;"

Employment Agencies Act 1973 (c.35)

6. In section 13(7)(a)(ii) of the Employment Agencies Act 1973 for the words from "prison" to "institution" in the second place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the words "custodial sentence passed by a criminal court in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man;".

Juries Act 1974 (c. 23)

7. In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Juries Act 1974 (persons inelegible for or disqualified from jury service), after the words "youth custody", in each place where they occur, there shall be inserted the words "or detention in a young offender institution".

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (c. 53)

8. In section 5 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (rehabilitation periods) the words "detention in a young offender institution" there shall be inserted—

  1. (a) in subection (1)(b), after the words "youth custody", and
  2. (b) in subsection (2), in Table A, after the word "imprisonment", in both places where it occurs.

Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48)

9. The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (b) of section 17(3) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (restrictions on making attendance centre orders)— (ba) to detention in a young offender institution".")

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