The Youth Courts (Constitution of Committees and Right to Preside) Rules 2007
These Rules provide for the formation of a Committee, to be known as a youth panel for each local justice area. The youth panel shall consist of the youth justices for the local justice area. The youth panel will advise the appropriate body in relation to the number of justices required to sit and preside in youth courts in its local justice area and will liaise with other bodies to share information and represent the views of youth justices. The Rules make provision for there to be combined youth panels.