{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008/article-96",
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  "legislation": "nisi/2008/1216",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-northern-ireland-order-2008",
  "path": "article/96",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "96",
  "heading": "Custody of children over the age of 17",
  "text": "(1) The Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (NI 9) is amended as follows.\n(2) In Article 13(1)(b) for “paragraph (1B)” substitute “ paragraphs (1B) and (1BB) ”.\n(3) In Article 13 after paragraph (1B) insert—\n“(1BB) In the case of a child who has attained the age of 17, the court shall make an order committing the child to a juvenile justice centre (and not to a young offenders centre) if the court has been notified by the Secretary of State that no suitable accommodation for that child is available in a young offenders centre.”.\n(4) In Article 39 for paragraph (3A) substitute—\n“(3A) A court shall only make a juvenile justice centre order in the case of a child who has attained the age of 17 if either paragraph (3B) or (3C) applies in relation to the child.\n(3B) This paragraph applies in relation to a child if—\n(a) the child will not become an adult during the period of the order;\n(b) the child has not had a custodial sentence imposed on him within the last two years; and\n(c) the court, after considering a report made by a probation officer, considers that it is in the child's best interests to make such an order.\n(3C) This paragraph applies in relation to a child if the court has been notified by the Secretary of State that no suitable accommodation for that child is available in a young offenders centre.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2008/1216/article/96",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:03.144833+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."
}