Children Act, 2001

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PART 9

Powers of Courts in Relation to Child Offenders

General

Interpretation (Part 9).

95.—In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Act of 1970” means the Prisons Act, 1970 ;

“Act of 1983” means the Criminal Justice (Community Service) Act, 1983 ;

“children court district” has the same meaning as “district court district”;

“children detention centre” means any place designated as such by the Minister under section 150 (1);

“compensation order” has the meaning assigned to it by section 6 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1993 ;

“day centre” and “day centre order” have the meanings assigned to them by section 118 ;

“detention and supervision order” means an order under section 151 ;

“district” means either a children court district or a district court district, as the context requires;

“district of residence” means—

(a) in relation to an order under this Part affecting a child, the circuit or, as the case may be, the district in which the child resides or will reside while the order is in force, and

(b) in relation to a parental supervision order, the circuit or, as the case may be, the district in which the parents concerned reside or will reside while the order is in force;

“hostel residence” means a residence certified under section 126 ;

“parental supervision order” means an order under section 111 ;

“probation officer's report” has the meaning assigned to it by section 99 ;

“probation order” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Act of 1907.