CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 386 Presumption of age
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1999 (NO. 63 OF 1999) - SECT 386
Presumption of ageIf—
(a) a person is charged with an offence against this Act in relation to someone who is alleged in the charge to be under a stated age (the supposed child or young person ); and
(b) the supposed child or young person appears to the court to be under that age;
there is a rebuttable presumption that the supposed child or young person is under that age.