Regulation 6 Maximum periods of authorisation by the courtI1

Subject to paragraph (2) F1of this regulation and regulation 7, where a child has been made the subject of an application under section 119 of the Act, the maximum initial period for which a court may authorise the child to be kept in secure accommodation F2in Wales is three months.

Where a child is subject to an application to extend the period in secure accommodation F3in Wales under section 119 of the Act the maximum further period which a court may authorise at any one time is 6 months.