Application to youths
3A Application to youths
This
Act applies to a debtor or alleged offender who is a youth.
However, an additional power exists, in relation to enforcement of a pecuniary sum or expiation notice, for the youth or the Chief
Recovery Officer to apply, at any time, to the Youth Court for the making of a community service order in respect of the youth (as if section 46 applied in respect of the pecuniary sum or the amount due under the expiation notice).
In this section—
debtor includes a person who is a debtor within the meaning of Part 8;
youth means a person under the age of 18 years and includes, in relation to pecuniary sums and expiation notices, a person who was under the age of 18 years at the time of the relevant offence or alleged offence.
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