31.—Section 1 of the Act of 1996 is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “child”:

“‘child’ means a person who has not reached the age of 16 years;”,

(b) the deletión of the definition of “school leaving age”, and

(c) the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “young person”:

“‘young person’ means a person who has reached the age of 16 years but has not reached the age of 18 years.”.