29 Power of magistrates' court to remit a person under 17 for trial to [youth court] in certain circumstances
Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (1980 c 43) | Legislation

Power to remit person under 17 for trial to [youth court]

29  Power of magistrates' court to remit a person under 17 for trial to [youth court] in certain circumstances

(1)     Where—

(a)     a person under [the age of 18 years] (“the juvenile”) appears or is brought before a magistrates' court other than a [youth court] on an information jointly charging him and one or more other persons with an offence; and

(b)     that other person, or any of those other persons, has attained that age,

subsection (2) below shall have effect notwithstanding proviso

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