# The Children (Secure Accommodation) (Wales) Regulations 2015, Regulation 6: Maximum periods of authorisation by the court

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of 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 in Wales is three months.
(2) Where a child is subject to an application to extend the period in secure accommodation in Wales under section 119 of the Act the maximum further period which a court may authorise at any one time is 6 months.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1988/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-secure-accommodation-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-6
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