[24A Child or young person to indicate intention as to plea in certain cases] [24A Child or young person to indicate plea at hearing where allocation decision otherwise required]

[24A  Child or young person to indicate intention as to plea in certain cases] [24A Child or young person to indicate plea at hearing where allocation decision otherwise required]

[(1) This section applies where—

(a) a person under the age of 18 years appears or is brought before a magistrates' court on an information charging him with an offence other than one falling within section 51A(12) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”); and

(b) but for the application of the following provisions of this section, the court would be required at that stage, by virtue of section 51(7) or (8) or 51A(3)(b), (4) or (5) of the 1998 Act to determine, in relation to the offence, whether to send the person to the Crown Court for trial (or to determine any matter, the effect of which would be to determine whether he is sent to the Crown Court for trial)

[(b) a magistrates' court would,

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