Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Act 2024
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Presumption of age of child applicant | ||
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26. Where— | ||
(a) an applicant or appellant, as the case may be, or | ||
(b) in the case of an application under section 27 (4), the person making an application on behalf of an applicant or an appeal on behalf of an appellant, | ||
claims in the application that the applicant or appellant, as the case may be, has not attained the age of 18 years, the competent authority, the trusted partner, the operational committee or an appeals officer, as the case may be, shall presume, unless and until the contrary is proved, for the purposes of this Part, that that applicant or appellant, as the case may be, has not, at the date on which the claim is made, attained the age of 18 years. |