Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981

Trials of juveniles.

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5.Where a person charged with a F11[sexual assault offence] is tried for that offence summarily in pursuance of F12[section 75 (which provides for the summary trial in certain cases of persons under the age of 18 years who are charged with indictable offences) of the F13[Act of 2001]]

(a) sections 2 (2) and 3 (2) (b) shall have effect as if for the references to the jury there were substituted references to the court,

(b) section 3 (2) (a) shall have effect as if the words “ in the absence of the jury ” were omitted, and

(c) section 3, subsections (3) and (4) of section 7 and subsections (2), (4) and (5) of section 8 shall have effect as if for the references to the judge there were substituted references to the court.

Annotations

Amendments:

F11

Substituted (18.01.1991) by Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990 (32/1990), s. 17(1), commenced as per s. 22(3).

F12

Substituted (1.05.2002) by Children Act 2001 (24/2001), s. 266, S.I. No. 151 of 2002.

F13

Substituted (31.08.2024) by Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Act 2024 (28/2024), s. 8, S.I. No. 391 of 2024.