272AModifications and procedure for child aged 12 or 13 years charged with offence in section 272(1)(b) or (c)

1. The modifications referred to in section 272(2A)(b) in respect of a child aged 12 or 13 years charged with an offence specified in section 272(1)(b) or (c) are as follows:

2. sections 236, 238(1)(e), 239(2), 242(2), and 365(1) (on Police custody and placements in residences) do not, despite those sections referring to a young person and section 272(2A)(b), extend or apply to the child as if the child were a young person; and
3. sections 276(1)(a) and 277 do not extend or apply to the child as if the child were a young person; and
4. section 282(1) applies as if it empowers the Youth Court to discharge a charge even if the offence is a category 4 offence; and
5. a reference in this Act or regulations under it to the charge against the child being proved before the Youth Court must be treated as including a requirement that the Youth Court is satisfied that the child knew either—
   1. that the act or omission constituting the offence charged was wrong; or
   2. that it was contrary to law.

6. Repealed

7. Repealed

8. Repealed

9. Repealed

10. Repealed