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In this Act, except where the contrary intention appears—
“action plan order” means an order under section 69(1) above;
“the appropriate officer of the court” means, in relation to a magistrates' court, the clerk of the court;
“associated”, in relation to offences, shall be construed in accordance with section 161(1) above;
“attendance centre” has the meaning given by section 62(2) above;
“attendance centre order” means an order under section 60(1) above (and, except where the contrary intention is shown by paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 or paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 or 8 to this Act, includes orders made under section 60(1) by virtue of paragraph 4(1)(c) or 5(1)(c) of Schedule 3 or paragraph 2(2)(a) of Schedule 7 or 8);
“child” means a person under the age of 14;
“combination order” means an order under section 51(1) above;
“community order” has the meaning given by section 33(1) above;
“community sentence” has the meaning given by section 33(2) above;
“community service order” means an order under section 46(1) above (and, except where the contrary intention is shown by section 59 above or paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to this Act or section 35 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, includes orders made under section 46(1) by virtue of section 59 or paragraph 4(1)(b) or 5(1)(b) of Schedule 3 or the said section 35);
“compensation order” has the meaning given by section 130(1) above;
“court” does not include a court-martial;
“curfew order” means an order under section 37(1) above (and, except where the contrary intention is shown by section 59 above or paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 or 8 to this Act or section 35 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997, includes orders made under section 37(1) by virtue of section 59 or paragraph 2(2)(a) of Schedule 7 or 8 or the said section 35);
“custodial sentence” has the meaning given by section 76 above;
“detention and training order” has the meaning given by section 100(3) above;
“drug treatment and testing order” means an order under section 52(1) above;
“falling to be imposed under section 109(2), 110(2) or 111(2)” shall be construed in accordance with section 164(3) below;
“guardian” has the same meaning as in the Children and Young Persons Act 1933;
“local authority accommodation” means accommodation provided by or on behalf of a local authority, and “accommodation provided by or on behalf of a local authority” here has the same meaning as it has in the Children Act 1989 by virtue of section 105 of that Act;
“offence punishable with imprisonment” shall be construed in accordance with section 164(2) below;
“operational period”, in relation to a suspended sentence, has the meaning given by section 118(3) above;
“order for conditional discharge” has the meaning given by section 12(3) above;
“period of conditional discharge” has the meaning given by section 12(3) above;
“pre-sentence report” has the meaning given by section 162 above;
“probation order” means an order under section 41(1) above;
“probation period” means the period for which a person subject to a probation or combination order is placed under supervision by the order;
“protecting the public from serious harm” shall be construed in accordance with section 161(4) above;
“referral order” means an order under section 16(2) or (3) above;
“the register” means the register of proceedings before a magistrates' court required by rules under section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 to be kept by the clerk of the court;
“reparation order” means an order under section 73(1) above;
“responsible officer”—
(a) in relation to a curfew order, has the meaning given by section 37(12) above;
(b) in relation to a probation order, has the meaning given by section 41(6) above;
(c) in relation to a community service order, has the meaning given by section 46(13) above;
(d) in relation to a combination order, has (by virtue of section 51(4) above) the meaning given by section 41(6) or 46(13) above;
(e) in relation to a drug treatment and testing order, has the meaning given by section 54(3) above;
(f) in relation to an action plan order, has the meaning given by section 69(4) above; and
(g) in relation to a reparation order, has the meaning given by section 74(5) above;
except that in section 47 above references to “the responsible officer” shall be construed in accordance with that section;
“review hearing”, in relation to a drug treatment and testing order, has the meaning given by section 54(6) above;
“sentence of imprisonment” does not include a committal—
(a) in default of payment of any sum of money;
(b) for want of sufficient distress to satisfy any sum of money; or
(c) for failure to do or abstain from doing anything required to be done or left undone;
and references to sentencing an offender to imprisonment shall be construed accordingly;
“sexual offence” has the meaning given by section 161(2) above;
“supervision order” means an order under section 63(1) above;
“supervisor”, in relation to a supervision order, has the meaning given by section 63(3) above;
“suspended sentence” has the meaning given by section 118(3) above;
“suspended sentence supervision order” has the meaning given by section 122(1) above;
“the testing requirement”, in relation to a drug treatment and testing order, has the meaning given by section 53(4) above;
“the treatment provider”, in relation to such an order, has the meaning given by section 53(1) above;
“the treatment requirement”, in relation to such an order, has the meaning given by section 53(1) above;
“the treatment and testing period”, in relation to such an order, has the meaning given by section 52(1) above;
“violent offence” has the meaning given by section 161(3) above;
“young person” means a person aged at least 14 but under 18;
“youth offending team” means a team established under section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
Specified date: 25 August 2000: see s 168(1).
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