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Children and Young Persons Act 1933

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As published

47 Procedure in youth courts.

(1) Youth courts shall sit as often as may be necessary for the purpose of exercising any jurisdiction conferred on them by or under this or any other Act. (2) . . . No person shall be present at any sitting of a youth court except— (a) members and officers of the court; (b) parties to the case before the court, their legal representatives, and witnesses and other persons directly concerned in that case; (c) bonâ fide representatives of newspapers or news agencies; (d) such other persons as the court may specially authorise to be present: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Your change, as a redline

47 Procedure in youth courts.

(1) Youth courts shall sit as often as may be necessary for the purpose of exercising any jurisdiction conferred on them by or under this or any other Act. (2) . . . No person shall be present at any sitting of a youth court except— (a) members and officers of the court; (b) parties to the case before the court, their legal representatives, and witnesses and other persons directly concerned in that case; (c) bonâ fide representatives of newspapers or news agencies; (d) such other persons as the court may specially authorise to be present: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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