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Amendment of Act of 1996. 
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31.—Section 1 of the Act of 1996 is hereby amended by— 
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(a) the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “child”: 
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“‘child’ means a person who has not reached the age of 16 years;”, 
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(b) the deletión of the definition of “school leaving age”, and 
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(c) the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “young person”: 
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“‘young person’ means a person who has reached the age of 16 years but has not reached the age of 18 years.”. 
 
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