
1 
This Order may be cited as the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (Transitional Modifications of Part I) Order 1981 and shall come into operation on 31st March 1981.
2 
Subsections (2) and (3) of section 23 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 shall have effect as if the references to a young person excluded a male person who has not attained the age of 15 years.
W.S.I. Whitelaw
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
26th January 1981