{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-children-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-children-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1998/1504",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-children-northern-ireland-order-1998",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Separation of child in police detention from adults charged with offences",
  "text": "(1) Arrangements shall be made for preventing a child while he is detained in a police station from associating with a person who is charged with any offence other than an offence with which the child is jointly charged.\n(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where the person is—\n(a) a parent or guardian of the child;\n(b) a relative of the child; or\n(c) a child.\n(3) Arrangements shall be made for ensuring that so far as practicable while a child who is a girl is detained in a police station she shall be under the care of a woman.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Art. 9 applied (with modifications) by 1994 c. 33, s. 137D(4)(d) Sch. 7B Pt. 3 (as inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.3.2018 in so far as not already in operation) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 116(1)(3), 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 16; S.I. 2018/227, art. 2(f))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1998/1504/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:01.478052+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}