# The Children (Secure Accommodation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations supplement the provisions in Article 44 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (“the Order”) which govern the restriction of liberty of children who are being looked after by authorities.
The Regulations provide for approval by the Department of Health and Social Services to the placement of a child aged under 13 in secure accommodation (regulation 2); the children to whom Article 44 of the Order shall not apply (regulation 3); the making of applications to court (regulation 4); the duty to give notification of placements in authority homes (regulation 5); provision as to the maximum period in accommodation for restricting liberty without court authority (regulation 6); the maximum initial period of authorisation by any court (regulation 7); further periods of authorisation by a court (regulation 8); the duty to notify parents and others in relation to children in secure accommodation (regulation 9); the appointment of persons to review placements in secure accommodation (regulation 10); the review of placements in secure accommodation (regulation 11); the records to be kept in respect of a child in secure accommodation (regulation 12); and the prohibition of the use of accommodation for restricting liberty in voluntary homes and registered children’s homes and breach thereof (regulation 13).
Articles 44(3) and (8), 45(1) and (2), 73(1) and (2)(d), 89(1), (2)(f) and (3), and 105(1), (2)(f) and (3) of the Order are the enabling provisions under which these Regulations are made. They were brought into operation on 18th July 1996, by virtue of Article 2(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Children (1995 Order) (Commencement No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No. 297 (C. 17)).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/487/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-secure-accommodation-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/note
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