# Criminal Justice (Children) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, Article 9: Separation of child in police detention from adults charged with offences


(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.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where the person is—
(a) a parent or guardian of the child;
(b) a relative of the child; or
(c) a child.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0110790170/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-children-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-9
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