# The Children (Secure Accommodation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Regulation 6: Maximum period in secure accommodation without court authority


(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the maximum period beyond which a child to whom Article 44 applies may not be kept in secure accommodation without the authority of a court is an aggregate of 72 hours (whether or not consecutive) in any period of 28 consecutive days.
(2) Where authority of a court to keep a child in secure accommodation has been given, any period during which the child has been kept in such accommodation before the giving of that authority shall be disregarded for the purposes of calculating the maximum period in relation to any subsequent occasion on which the child is placed in such accommodation after the period authorised by the court has expired.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/487/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-secure-accommodation-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-6
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