{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/juvenile-justice-centre-rules-northern-ireland-2008/article-34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/juvenile-justice-centre-rules-northern-ireland-2008/article-34.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/34",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Family and other relationships",
  "text": "(1) Special attention shall be paid to the maintenance of the relationship between a child and his family.\n(2) A child shall be encouraged and assisted to maintain good relationships with family members and other persons or representatives of agencies outside a centre as may, in the opinion of the director, promote the best interests of the child and his reintegration following release.\n(3) In furtherance of paragraphs (1) and (2) the director, with the approval of the Secretary of State, may grant permission for a child who has been detained in a centre under a juvenile justice centre order to leave the centre to visit his parent or other family member either as part of a planned programme in preparation for release, or in exceptional circumstances, at such time and for such period as the director considers appropriate.\n(4) Where any restriction on contact of any kind between a child and his family is considered necessary by the director the views of the child, his family and the agency responsible for supervision after release shall as far as practicable be taken into account.\n(5) In any case where for any reason contact is not maintained between a child and his family the director may arrange for an independent person to visit and befriend and make representation on behalf of the child as provided for in rule 42(3).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 34 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/34",
    "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."
}