{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/juvenile-justice-centre-rules-northern-ireland-2008/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/juvenile-justice-centre-rules-northern-ireland-2008/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/427",
  "legislation_title": "Juvenile Justice Centre Rules (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/juvenile-justice-centre-rules-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Clothing",
  "text": "(1) The director shall ensure that children are adequately and appropriately clothed.\n(2) Subject to the provisions of this rule, a child shall be permitted to wear his own clothes at all times.\n(3) The director may refuse permission for a child to wear his own clothes or an item of clothing if he considers that they are unsuitable and shall inform the child of the reason for his decision.\n(4) The centre shall provide clothes which are adequate for the climate and for the health of the child:—\n(a) if the child does not provide his own clothes;\n(b) if permission has been refused under paragraph (3) for the child to wear his own clothes; or\n(c) if the clothes provided by the child are unsuitable for the purposes of participation in an activity.\n(5) A child shall be permitted to wear his own clothes when leaving a centre for any purpose.\n(6) All clothing shall be kept in a clean and proper condition and arrangements shall be made for items to be changed as often as necessary for the maintenance of good health and hygiene.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 17 in operation at 12.11.2008, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/427/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:34:22.373836+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."
}