Section 17A Detained children to be treated as looked after childrenF1

This section applies where a child is detained in secure accommodation by virtue of section 51(1)(a), 205(2), 208(1) or, as the case may be, 216(7) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.

The relevant local authority in relation to the child has the same duties towards the child as it would have by virtue of sections 17, 29, 30 and 31 if the child were looked after by that local authority.

In subsection (2), the “relevant local authority”, in relation to a child, has the same meaning as in section 201 of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011