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Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997
10Determining age
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10 Determining age
(1) In determining the age of a person, the Court, the Secretary or any other person involved in the administration of this Act –
(a) must act on the best evidence or information that is reasonably available; but
(b) in the absence of any such evidence or information, may estimate the age of the person and act on that estimate.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) , a statement in an application under this Act that a person is of a particular age is evidence that the person is that age.