CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 154 Person apparently a child or young person

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 154

    For this Chapter—

        (a)     a person who appears, on reasonable grounds, to the court, the chief executive or a police officer to be a child or young person may be dealt with under this Chapter as if he or she were a child or young person and the provisions of this Chapter that refer to a child or young person have effect in relation to the person accordingly; and

        (b)     if it becomes known that the person is not a child or young person—

              (i)     no further proceeding with respect to the person may be taken under this Chapter; and

              (ii)     if, by reason of the application of a provision of this Chapter, the person is in a hospital, a shelter or a State institution, the provision ceases to have effect with respect to the person and the person must be released; and

              (iii)     an order or agreement under this Chapter ceases to have effect with respect to the person.