5Meaning of *young person*

5 Meaning of *young person*

In this Act, a young person means a person 18 years of age or over (other than a person who is taken under section 4(2) to be a child) who is—

(a) sentenced to a term of detention in a youth justice custodial centre under the Sentencing Act 1991; or

A person who committed an offence when they were 19 years of age and sentenced as a young offender (within the meaning of the Sentencing Act 1991) to a term of detention in a youth justice custodial centre under Subdivision (4) of Division 2 of Part 3 of that Act.

(b) sentenced to a term of imprisonment under the Sentencing Act 1991 and is—

(i) the subject of a direction under Chapter 13 for transfer to a youth justice custodial centre; or

(ii) being considered under Chapter 13 for transfer to a youth justice custodial centre.

Until the parole period ends or a young person is otherwise discharged from the sentence of detention, a young person released on parole is regarded as being still under sentence and as not having served their period of detention—see section 635.