Criminal Justice Act 2006

Amendment of section 3 of Act of 2001.

122.— Section 3 of the Act of 2001 is amended in subsection (1)—

(a) by the insertion of the following definition:

“ “ anti-social behaviour” is to be construed in accordance with section 257A(2);”,

(b) in the definition of “children detention school”, by the substitution of “Minister” for “Minister for Education and Science”,

(c) in the definition of “detention”, by the deletion of “or a children detention centre designated as such by the Minister under section 150”,

(d) by the deletion of the definition of “junior remand centre”,

(e) in the definition of Minister, by the substitution of “Parts 3 and 11” for “Parts 3, 10 and 11”,

(f) in the definition of “prescribed”, by the deletion of “, the Minister for Education and Science”,

(g) in the definition of “victim” to insert, after “property”, “and, in relation to anti-social behaviour by a child, means a person who suffers physical or emotional harm as a consequence of that behaviour”.