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961 Court to have powers of Magistrates' Court

For section 528(3) of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 substitute—

"(3) In punishing a person for a contempt of court under section 133 or 134 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 (as applied by subsection (2) of this section), the Court must not order that a person under 18 years of age be committed to prison but instead must order that the person be committed to a youth justice custodial centre.".

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