# Child Abduction Act 1984, Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W

(1) This paragraph applies in the case of a child who is—
(a) detained in a place of safety under paragraph 4(2)(a) of Schedule 4, paragraph 7(2)(a) of Schedule 5 or paragraph 24(2)(a) of Schedule 7 to the Sentencing Code;
(aa) detained in a place of safety under paragraph 9(3) of the Schedule to the Street Offences Act 1959; or
(b) remanded to local authority accommodation under paragraph 5 of Schedule 4, paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 or paragraph 25 of Schedule 7 to the Sentencing Code;
(ba) remanded to local authority accommodation under paragraph 10 of the Schedule to the Street Offences Act 1959 ; or
(bb) remanded to local authority accommodation or youth detention accommodation under section 91 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
(2) Where this paragraph applies, section 1 of this Act shall have effect as if—
(a) the reference in subsection (1) to the appropriate consent were a reference to the leave of any magistrates’ court acting for the area in which the place of safety , local authority accommodation or youth detention accommodation is; and
(b) subsections (3) to (6) were omitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/37/schedule/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-act-1984/schedule/paragraph-2
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