
1 
This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Remands in Custody) (Amendment) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st February 1997.
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(1) The Magistrates' Courts (Remands in Custody) Order 1989 and the Magistrates' Courts (Remands in Custody) Order 1991 shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2) below.
(2) In each of the Orders referred to in paragraph (1) above, in article 2, the words “in relation to any accused person who has attained the age of 17” shall be omitted.
Michael Howard
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
12th January 1997