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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 –
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> > > > (a) must act on the best evidence or information that is reasonably available; but
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> > > > (b) in the absence of any such evidence or information, may estimate the age of the person and act on that estimate.
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> > (2) For the purposes of [subsection (1)](#GS10@Gs1@EN) , a statement in an application under this Act that a person is of a particular age is evidence that the person is that age.