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MENTAL HEALTH ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1961 - SECT 49

Additional powers in respect of children and young persons.

49.(1) If in the case of a child or young person brought before a juvenile
court under [section ninety-four]... of the Children and Young Persons Act
(Northern Ireland), [1968]

(a)the court is satisfied that the child or young person is in need of care [,
protection or control;]...; and

(b)the conditions which, under section forty-eight, are required to be
satisfied for the making of a hospital order or guardianship order in respect
of a person convicted as therein mentioned are, so far as applicable,
satisfied in the case of the child or young person;

Subs.(2) rep. by 1968 c.34 (NI) s.181(3) sch.8

(3) Where a hospital order is made by virtue of this section in respect of a
child or young person, the court may also make an order committing him to the
care of a fit person under the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern
Ireland), [1968]; but except as aforesaid an order shall not be made under
[section ninety-five]... of that Act in conjunction with a hospital order or
guardianship order.

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