{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-children-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-children-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/1998/0110790170",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-children-northern-ireland-order-1998",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Remand in custody",
  "text": "(1) Where the court decides not to release a child as mentioned in Article 12(1), it shall give reasons for doing so in open court and shall make an order committing the child—\n(a) to a juvenile justice centre; or\n(b) if he is aged 15 or over and the court considers that he is likely to injure himself or other persons, to a young offenders centre,\nfor the period for which he is remanded or until he is brought back before the court.\n(2) Where a court remands a child for a further period such that the total period for which he is remanded in custody will exceed three months, the court shall give reasons for doing so in open court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0110790170/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:20:29.819946+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."
}