Commentary on Sections Schedule 11: Transfer of jurisdiction to family court Section 18: Youth courts to have jurisdiction to grant gang-related injunctions
322.Section 18 amends the Policing and Crime Act 2009 with the effect that applications for injunctions to prevent gang related violence against persons aged 14 to 17 should be made in the youth court, sitting in a civil capacity, rather than in the county court or High Court. Section 18 also gives effect to Schedule 12.