Regulation 2 Amendment to the Children (Secure Accommodation) Regulations 1991

in regulation 4 (placement of children under 13 in secure accommodation) at the end there shall be inserted the words “and such approval shall be subject to such terms and conditions as he sees fit”;

for sub-paragraph (b) of regulation 6(1) (children remanded to local authority accommodation) there shall be substituted—

“(b)

children remanded to local authority accommodation under section 23 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969^f2 (remand to local authority accommodation) but only if—

(i)

the child is charged with or has been convicted of a violent or sexual offence, or of an offence punishable in the case of an adult with imprisonment for a term of 14 years or more, or

(ii)

the child has a recent history of absconding while remanded to local authority accommodation, and is charged with or has been convicted of an imprisonable offence alleged or found to have been committed while he was so remanded.”;

in regulation 15 (appointment of person to review placement) for the words “at least one of whom must not be employed by the local authority” there shall be substituted the words “at least one of whom is neither a member nor an officer of the local authority”;

in regulation 16(3) (review of placement) for the words “and the reasons for such outcome” there shall be substituted the words “what action, if any, the local authority propose to take in relation to the child in the light of the review, and their reasons for taking or not taking such action.”.