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Section 58

Section 75 of the principal Act is amended—

of Child (Amendment) Act 2016

Amendment ActIn forceProvision 58 of 79
Section 58

(a)

in subsection (1)—

(i)

by substituting for paragraph (b) the following paragraph:

“(b) the probation report submitted to the

Court For Children shows that the child is not suitable to be rehabilitated in an approved school; and”; and

(ii)

by substituting for the words “on the recommendation of the probation officer” the words “after considering the probation report”;

(b)

in paragraph (2)(b)—

(i)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of subparagraph (i);

(ii)

in subparagraph (ii)—

(A)

by substituting for the words “Director

General of Prisons” the words

“Commissioner General of Prison”;

and

(B)

by substituting for the full stop at the end of the paragraph the words “; and”;

and

(iii)

by inserting after subparagraph (ii) the following subparagraph:

“(iii) in subsection 71(1), for the words “probation officer” there shall be substituted the words “prison officer”.”; and

(c)

in subsection (3), by substituting for the words “Director

General of Prisons” the words “Commissioner General of Prison”.

Amendment of section 81