# Criminal Justice Act 1961, Section 29: Removal for other judicial purposes.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) If the responsible Minister is satisfied, in the case of a person detained in any part of the United Kingdom in a prison youth custody centre , remand centre, detention centre young offenders centre, young offenders institution or . . . . . . place of safety that the attendance of that person at any place in that or any other part of the United Kingdom or in any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man is desirable in the interests of justice or for the purposes of any public inquiry, the responsible Minister may direct that person to be taken to that place.
(1A) If the Secretary of State is satisfied, in the case of a person detained in any of the Channel Islands or the Isle of man in a prison, remand centre or detention centre, that the attendance of that person at any place in the United Kingdom is desirable in the interests of justice or for the purposes of any public inquiry, the Secretary of State may direct that person to be taken to that place.
(2) Where any person is directed under this section to be taken to any place he shall, unless the Minister by whom that direction is given otherwise directs, be kept in custody while being so taken, while at that place, and while being taken back to the prison or other institution or place in which he is required in accordance with law to be detained.
(3) In this section . . . place of safety has—
(a) in relation to England and Wales, the same meaning as in the Children and Young Persons Act 1933; and
(b) in relation to Scotland, the same meaning as in the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937; and
(c) in relation to Northern Ireland, the same meaning as in the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1950.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/39/section/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1961/section-29
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