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Regulation 6 Maximum periods of authorisation by the courtI1

England and Wales

(1)

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.

(2)

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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 6(1) inserted (2.4.2018) by The Children (Secure Accommodation) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/391), regs. 1(4), 2(5)(a)(i)

F2

Words in reg. 6(1) inserted (2.4.2018) by The Children (Secure Accommodation) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/391), regs. 1(4), 2(5)(a)(ii)

F3

Words in reg. 6(2) inserted (2.4.2018) by The Children (Secure Accommodation) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/391), regs. 1(4), 2(5)(b)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 6 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 1(2)