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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-secure-accommodation-amendment-regulations-1992/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/2117",
  "legislation_title": "The Children (Secure Accommodation) Amendment Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-secure-accommodation-amendment-regulations-1992",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Children (Secure Accommodation) Regulations 1991 (“the 1991 Regulations”).\nRegulation 4 of the 1991 Regulations is amended to provide that the Secretary of State’s approval of the placement in secure accommodation of children under 13 in a community home is to be subject to terms and conditions.\nRegulation 6(1) of the 1991 Regulations (modification of criteria for restriction of liberty of children pursuant to section 25 of the Children Act 1989 in respect of remanded children) is amended to take account of the new criteria for remands under section 23 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (remands and committals to local authority accommodation) substituted by section 60 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991.\nRegulation 15 of the 1991 Regulations (appointment of three persons to review the placement, one of whom is to be independent of the local authority) is amended to provide that the independent person appointed to review a placement in secure accommodation is neither a member nor an officer of the local authority.\nRegulation 16(3) of the 1991 Regulations (review of placement) is amended to require the local authority to tell those people whose views are taken into account on the review what action if any they propose to take as a result of the review together with the authority’s reasons.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2117/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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