Youth Justice (Amendment) Law, 2018

Short title Amendment of section 2 of the Youth Justice Law (2005 Revision) - definitions General amendment Amendment of section 28 - cautions Amendment of the First Schedule - custody and detention of young offenders

Law 1 of 2018.

I Assent

Anwar Choudhury

Governor.

18th April, 2018

A LAW TO AMEND THE YOUTH JUSTICE LAW (2005 REVISION) TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE APPLICATION OF CAUTIONS TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN AND TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO “HER MAJESTY’S PLEASURE” IN CONFORMITY WITH THE CONSTITUTION; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES

ENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands. This Law may be cited as the Youth Justice (Amendment) Law, 2018. The Youth Justice Law (2005 Revision), in this Law referred to as the “principal Law”, is amended in section 2 by deleting the definition of the word “Governor”. The principal Law is amended, except in paragraph 5 of the First Schedule, by deleting the word “Governor” wherever it appears and substituting the word “Cabinet”. The principal Law is amended in section 28 by inserting after subsection (5) the following subsection - “(6) For the purposes of this section, “young person” means a person Short title Amendment of section 2 of the Youth Justice Law (2005 Revision) - definitions General amendment Amendment of section 28 -cautions

under the age of eighteen.” The principal Law is amended in the First Schedule as follows - (a) in paragraph 2 by deleting the words “Her Majesty’s pleasure” wherever they appear and substituting the words “the court’s pleasure”; and (b) in paragraph 5 by deleting the word “Governor” and substituting the word “court”.

Passed by the Legislative Assembly the 16th day of March, 2018.

Dr. Hon. W. Mckeeva Bush

Speaker.

Zena Merren-Chin

Clerk of the Legislative Assembly. Amendment to First Schedule - custody and detention of young offenders