Section 351 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Appeals from decisions of Youth Court by young person
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351 Appeals from decisions of Youth Court by young person (1) Every young person who has been found by a Youth Court to have committed an offence may appeal to the High Court against— (a) The finding of the Court: (b) Any order made by the Court based on that finding: (c) Both the finding of the Court and any order made based on that finding. (2) A young person may not appeal against a finding of the Court until the young person has been dealt with by the Court under section 283 of this Act. (3) Nothing in subsection (2) of this section shall prevent a young person who has not been dealt with by the Court under section 283 of this Act within 1 month after the date of the finding of the Court from appealing against the finding of the Court. (4) In any case where a young person has not been dealt with by the Court under section 283 of this Act within 1 month after the date of the finding of the Court and has not appealed to the High Court under subsection (3) of this section, the young person may appeal to the High Court in accordance with subsection (1) of this section after the Court has made any order or imposed any sentence on the young person. Compare: 1974 No 72 s 53(1), (2); 1980 No 87 s 2
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