Section Sch2-“ 205 — Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989: Proceedings not invalid because defendant should have been dealt with in Youth Court—
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“ 205 Proceedings not invalid because defendant should have been dealt with in Youth Court— “ (1) No conviction or order or other process or proceeding shall be held invalid by reason only that at the time the defendant was convicted the defendant should by reason of his or her age have been dealt with in a Youth Court. “ (2) Where subsection (1) of this section applies, on the application of either party a rehearing of the information may be granted under section 75 of this Act, and, if at the time appointed for the rehearing the defendant is still a child or young person within the meaning of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989, the Court shall remit the proceedings to a Youth Court to be reheard in that Court. ”
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